Someone Step Up and Make a New Thread Already EditionPlease post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.Also talk about darkroom practices, enlargers, photo paper, techniques like dodging/burning, tools, and equipment related to enlarging, developing, and printing.Thread Question: If you were going to try one antiquated/non-traditional printing process (gum bichromate, collodion, oil print), which would it be and why?Previous thread: >>4504208
oh good now I can post all my half-baked snapshits
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>>4507358I should do some b&w some time
I should have used my other camera because the om2 was clearly not designed with that activity in mind
Are Nikkor lenses actually worth buying Nikon cameras?Shooting with Pentax is just so much cheaper. The bodies are cheaper, the lenses are cheaper, accessories are cheaperWhy touch any other brand if you aren't made of money?
>>4507347>Someone Step Up and Make a New Thread Already EditionSorry, I'm the recent regular baker but I had an irl irregularity (crunch at work) and was basically offline for the last 10+ days. Thank you for your service. >>4507364Not sure what you're really trying to say or ask here. But Nikon is an optical company first. Not "camera lens" company, but an optical company - binoculars, rifle scopes, microscopes, other precision instruments, and IC lithography steppers which are the God tier of optical instruments. So what I'm saying is that Nikon knows lenses, they're not an afterthought for them. For about 1.5-2x the price of equivalent 3rd party lens for the mount your get superior optical quality, lens coating, build quality, lowest sample variation, and so on. And until a decade ago about 99% backwards compatibility going 50+ years back to Nikon F.Make your own decision about what matters to you, but if you're asking about value for money then yes, it's absolutely there and absolutely worth the premium.
>>4507364nikkor lenses are pretty good but.. u can get sharp shots out of post-80s AF first party zooms so... i think it only matters if ur exclusively shooting very old tech
Still working on my darkroom camera but a bit slow since I also have been organising an exhibition that is happening right now. Did some more darkening of internal parts and sealed some edges of moving parts, the image projected is looking more and more crisp. Also made the hole where the arm sleeve goes and I found some fabric that is light tight in my junk, I just need to sew it into a sleeve and attach it to the lid of the box.
Split prisms suck ass for lenses slower than f/2,8.
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>>4507388If you have the wrong one installed, yes. There are different split prisms for different lens speeds. Only taking a Stylus Epic to Mexico City was a 10/10 idea.
>>4507388You always focus wide open, the aperture only closes down when you shoot. Have you never used a camera? Did your dof preview get stuck?
>>4507388>>4507401skill issue
>>4507401Sick creepshots bro, you should go to the beach too
>>4507403Ah disregard my idiot post, I misread
>>4507365>Sorry, I'm the recent regular baker but I had an irl irregularity (crunch at work) and was basically offline for the last 10+ days. Thank you for your service.All good, m8. Shit happens. Can't fault you for prioritizing real life over the Tibetan Collodion Wet-Plate forum.>>4507371Good stuff, anon.. Looks like a fun little project. Making me want to give one a go after I finally get around to learning how to into darkroom at home.
>>4507404I mean, kinda but that's also why there are prisms.made for slower lenses. Every camera with an interchangable prism will discuss this in the manual. >>4507405Uhh, I know the people in those photos dumbass. Nice projection
redid these two
>>4507426sorry for the scanner being so dusty
>>4507401Our Olympuses are starting to get old :(>>4507416It's not an issue with primes, I just want to do some macro shots on the old F body with the 70-180 mm ED lens.
>>4507347Some Fomapan 400/Holga 400 shots
>>4507388I have grid focusing screens both for my Nikon FM2 and Mamiya 645, I can't level for shit, it's very useful while shooting on tripod in dark
>>4507452I like this one a lot, the contrast is pretty cool
>>4507454that last one posted upside down, oops.
>>45074554Chan really isn't playing nice with the photo orientations today.
>>4507456last one I liked from this batch
>>4507457last last one, I forgot it
>>4507452>>4507454i like your pictures but these two especially. Thought about giving Fomapan 400 a try before but now i will definitely get some some day>>4507456that happens when rotation is done via exif metadata or whatever. 4chan strips that so the "raw" orientation is used
>>4507472Thank you! I like your photos too. There unfortunately aren’t too many interesting buildings near me, or I would take way more in city photos. I am hoping to finish a roll of 120 6x6 night sky long exposures this weekend, so if those turn out any good I’ll post them.
>>4507458>>4507460>>4507488nice
>>4507484>Thank you! I like your photos too.lmao reddit faggot. >thank you sooooo much for attention i really needed this! pathetic
Does anyone even shoot film anymore? For those that do, how you know which film to pick from? There are so many. Do you read reviews or just try everything and stick with one you liked?
>>4507505>No photos seething because he doesn’t actually take photosPost something or fuck off fag
>>4507484>I am hoping to finish a roll of 120 6x6 night sky long exposures this weekendthat sounds very cool. i've always wanted to do that but the light pollution where i live is pretty bad. What film are you going to use and how do you want to take these pictures?>so if those turn out any good I’ll post them.post them regardless. the "technical" aspect to those sounds cool enough to be posted
>>4507506>Does anyone even shoot film anymore?Is this a trick question?>For those that do, how you know which film to pick from?Whatever is the cheapest. Fomapan 100 or Kentmere pan 100 usually.
>>4507505miserable reddit faggot contributing nothing to this thread as always
How do I learn to shoot film in the evening and at night?I've recently switched to a camera that doesn't have a light meter and been getting some pretty good daytime shots with sunny 16.But I've had this idea for a while, that I would like to get some cheap BW film and push it to 800 or even 1600 to take some low light pictures without a tripod, but I have no clue how to even approach that.Am I just screwed without a light meter?
>>4507523i have never personally used this film or shot without a lightmeter but this sounds very promising for your situation
>>4507523jesus christ don't push film if you're gonna shoot on tripod. Only thing pushing does is increasing the contrast of the negative - in low light or night scenery the contrast will be already pretty big. You don't need a fast film on tripod.>>4507525DO NOT DO THISFoma 400 is barely a 320iso film in compensating developer, Foma writes bullshit in their data-sheets don't trust them. Pushing this film is useless you will have completely transparent shadows. Never trust retards in the internet telling that they have "good results" pushing foma. "Good results" for most people is that anything appeared on the negative, even though half of the frame is transparent and highlights are cooked.
>>4507532>jesus christ don't push film if you're gonna shoot on tripodI think you misunderstood my post. I want to push so that I can shoot without a tripod and don't need to shell out on a fast film for now
>>4507537Hp5 can be pushed to 3200 with pretty good results.
