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I am loving have a scanner Spider by Jordan_t_Brown, on Flickr
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Not sure if you guys have read this before but I felt it was an interesting read on the state of the film market now: http://www.apug.org/forums/forum390/111070-photokina-2012-report-english-version.html
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Nov 26, 2012 11:10
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Im That One Guy posted:I am loving have a scanner Very cool. Congrats for your new toy too, it will keep you busy for quite a while. 
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Nov 26, 2012 12:04
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alkanphel posted:Not sure if you guys have read this before but I felt it was an interesting read on the state of the film market now: http://www.apug.org/forums/forum390/111070-photokina-2012-report-english-version.html Also check out the last couple of episodes of the film photography podcast, they've got bunch of interviews with industry types from photokina and PDN. The end result being that its all not looking too bad for film.
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Nov 26, 2012 12:57
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You were wrong then. It's great 8)
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Nov 26, 2012 14:41
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atomicthumbs posted:
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Nov 26, 2012 19:40
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Very nice, I've some Ektachrome at home but nothing as fast as 1600, fast film is so expensive where I live It's expensive here too, now that people think expired film is worth millions on ebay. S Now every ad is for "Lomo, Rare, LOL" film that is somehow worth more than brand new film from any online retailer. I think the only exceptional deal I have gotten in the last six months is the 20 rolls of Portra 100T is stole for $50. Also get Provia 400x and find a lab that will push E6 2 stops if you want fast slides.
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Nov 26, 2012 20:38
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I think there's only one lab in Dublin that still does E6, it's the official Fuji retailer and they're not very film-centred at all, I'd be very surprised if they can push develop.
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Nov 26, 2012 21:38
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I just switched to Ecopro Neutral Fix because I couldn't one more wiff of Kodafix. I highly recommend this stuff, tiny odor of ammonia but other than that not bad at all.
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Nov 27, 2012 06:00
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Delta 3200 is fuckin' wacky what the gently caress Checkers by iantuten, on Flickr
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Nov 27, 2012 06:10
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8th-samurai posted:Ecopro Neutral Fix When they say it's "eco friendly" does that mean I can pour it down the drain?
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Nov 27, 2012 06:12
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QPZIL posted:Delta 3200 is fuckin' wacky what the gently caress for alternate grain structure, try HP5+ pushed to 3200  Turbine Mast by atomicthumbs, on Flickr  Transition by atomicthumbs, on Flickr  thank you by atomicthumbs, on Flickr
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Nov 27, 2012 06:40
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eggsovereasy posted:When they say it's "eco friendly" does that mean I can pour it down the drain? Absolutely not. It's just a brand name. Fix will never be safe to pour down the drain because of the silver it removes from the film. Fake edit: I guess you could probably pour fresh fix down a drain but why would you? Legit Edit: Well according to their website Ecopro products contain no chemicals that are toxic to plant life. They also say small amount can be poured down the drain with large amounts of water but I still think that's bullshit. Any amount of silver going down the drain is bad in my book. 8th-snype fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Nov 27, 2012 |
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Nov 27, 2012 07:49
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You can remove almost all of the silver from fixer by putting a pad of steel wool in a gallon jug of used fixer, shaking, and letting it stand for a few days, then removing the steel wool and filtering the sludge that forms. It's still illegal in most states to pour it down the drain, but if you have no way to dispose of hazardous waste it's a lot better than just dumping it.
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Nov 28, 2012 02:30
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Speaking of silver how am I *supposed* to dispose of it? I haven't actually ever owned my own chemicals until now.
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Nov 29, 2012 07:56
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Tunnelman posted:Speaking of silver how am I *supposed* to dispose of it? I haven't actually ever owned my own chemicals until now. Sell it on ebay or take it to your local hazardous waste disposal site.
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Nov 29, 2012 09:07
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Tunnelman posted:Speaking of silver how am I *supposed* to dispose of it? I haven't actually ever owned my own chemicals until now. Anywhere but the sink is what I've heard. I usually put my spent fixer in an OJ carton or a 2 liter bottle and toss it in the garbage. Am I... Am I doing something illegal? 
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Nov 29, 2012 19:07
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QPZIL posted:Anywhere but the sink is what I've heard. You might as well throw it in the sink if you're going to do that, since any container with liquid in it is going to burst when the trash is collected. The steel wool method is the way to go.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:19
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Radbot posted:You might as well throw it in the sink if you're going to do that, since any container with liquid in it is going to burst when the trash is collected. The steel wool method is the way to go. Good point, but then what do I do with the spent silver I extract?
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Nov 29, 2012 19:20
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QPZIL posted:Good point, but then what do I do with the spent silver I extract? You can throw that away, the key is to get the dissolved silver out of liquid so it can't seep down into stuff and do nasty things.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:49
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Save up enough silver to cast a bullet and protect yourself from werewolves.
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Dec 1, 2012 18:42
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Got a call from the lab on Thursday (never a good sign). "Sir, there's a slight color shift in your film". Oh god. "I'm looking at one image and the skin color of the person is exactly the same as the cement sidewalk they are standing on." NOOOO. "I'll do my best to fix it." loving hurricane Sandy. My film was nice and frozen while I saved up money to get my film developed, and then when the storm hit we lost power for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to think about putting the film in a box outside where it was slightly chilly. I have a co-worker who shoots film all the time, 35mm and 120. Never freezes or refrigerates anything. Shoots with expired film all the time and he swears it's almost always perfect. He's never had a problem with color shifts. He once found a roll of color film he had for like 25 years and put it in one of his cameras, shot the roll, got the film developed and it was virtually perfect. So after hearing these kinds of stories from him (and from some of the stories posted here) I didn't think twice about temporarily loss in cooling. Ugggh. 93 rolls 
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Dec 1, 2012 20:30
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She said my film might look a little "artsy"  I think having had my film in such a cold state for so long, letting it defrost and get warm for 2 weeks was possibly very bad for it. Had it been kept at room temperature the whole time it might have been fine. I am now very concerned for the unused rolls of film, still sealed, in my refrigerator that also went through this warming up process, (and then cooling down process once power came back on).
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Dec 1, 2012 20:37
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Mannequin posted:Got a call from the lab on Thursday (never a good sign). "Sir, there's a slight color shift in your film". Yeah. Your film was not damaged by room temperature storage for a few weeks. Either the lab hosed it up or you left it on the heater that whole time. Mannequin posted:I think having had my film in such a cold state for so long, letting it defrost and get warm for 2 weeks was possibly very bad for it. No it wasn't. 8th-snype fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Dec 1, 2012 |
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Dec 1, 2012 20:40
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Do you have some sort of special process for removing film from the fridge to use that somehow differs from what happened? I highly doubt the whole process had any effect on your film, unless, as 8th said, you then stored it near a heater. More likely is that the film was off to begin with (did you buy it fresh?), or there is a problem with the lab's chemicals or scanner calibration.
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Dec 1, 2012 20:49
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Was it negative film or slide film? Overcast light will shift Provia blue especially if you shoot it in the shade.
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Dec 1, 2012 20:54
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Mannequin posted:Ugggh. I mean, they were all essentially the same photo anyways.
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Dec 1, 2012 20:55
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ShotgunWillie posted:I mean, they were all essentially the same photo anyways. 
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Dec 1, 2012 20:57
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ShotgunWillie posted:I mean, they were all essentially the same photo anyways. No, actually it was a lot of different stuff. I've been trying to move away from the same old same old. There were shots from NY Fashion Week and also a lot of urban landscapes and long night exposures. But my hats off to you for an otherwise clever jab. Touché, good sir.
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Dec 1, 2012 21:03
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So you aren't gonna reply to any of the questions or helpful stuff just the burn? 
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Dec 1, 2012 21:08
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Okay I think we can all agree that that was a superb burn, but we should probably move on.
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Whoops, didn't see these other posts.8th-samurai posted:Yeah. Your film was not damaged by room temperature storage for a few weeks. Either the lab hosed it up or you left it on the heater that whole time. The thing is, there may not be any other explanations. Reichstag posted:Do you have some sort of special process for removing film from the fridge to use that somehow differs from what happened? I highly doubt the whole process had any effect on your film, unless, as 8th said, you then stored it near a heater. No. No special process. I take it out, let it defrost in a plastic bag, and an hour later or so package it up and ship it out. It's usually in transit for 3 days and when it arrives the lab starts work on it right away. This time, after the power came back on it all got frozen again as I was not ready to ship it out just yet. But when I was ready, because of the Thanksgiving holiday and the weekend following it, it spent probably a week in transit getting warm again. It went from cold to warm to cold to warm a few times over, as it had to arrive via shipment to me, then cooled down in my refrigerator, then warmed up while I used it over the hot summer days, then got cold, then got warm, then got cold, then got warm again. All were new rolls except for 3 or 4, (two that were expired 1+ year(s) and the others that were just recently expired.) I think it just got hosed up with the temperatures. Or, she was looking at one roll and did not get a chance to look through all of them and the one she was looking at may have been off. I don't know. I'll find out when it comes in and then I'll let you know. Edit: 8th-samurai posted:So you aren't gonna reply to any of the questions or helpful stuff just the burn? I just didn't scroll up enough to see them. Responses above.
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Mannequin posted:No. No special process. I take it out, let it defrost in a plastic bag, and an hour later or so package it up and ship it out. It's usually in transit for 3 days and when it arrives the lab starts work on it right away. This time, after the power came back on it all got frozen again as I was not ready to ship it out just yet. But when I was ready, because of the Thanksgiving holiday and the weekend following it, it spent probably a week in transit getting warm again. I know a dude who gets pretty good results (according to him) by briefly putting the camera (without lens, just bodycapped) in the freezer with the film (for like 15 minutes or something), then loading the film cold and letting them both come back up to ambient in a plastic bag.
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Dec 1, 2012 21:29
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Mannequin posted:Whoops, didn't see these other posts. It is not because you stored it at room temperature for a little while. Other explanations include: the lab hosed up, the film company hosed up, the film was incorrectly stored by the store you bought it at, you don't get shooting slides, that person really has a skin tone of concrete, someone sneaked into your apt and microwaved your film, the proper sacrifices were not made to the elder gods, the air in New Jersey is literally toxic to art, your camera lens suddenly became a new color, the illuminati has planted agents in the area and taking their photo reveals their true face, etc.
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8th-samurai posted:that person really has a skin tone of concrete Well he must be shooting B&W, that explains it 
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Dec 1, 2012 21:42
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Mannequin posted:Whoops, didn't see these other posts. Freezing film and bringing it back to room temperature doesn't gently caress up your film. Something else went wrong. That's just not how it works.
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Alrighty. Thank you. I'm glad then that the rest of my film is probably okay.
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Yea I agree that it could be the lab. I shoot expired film all the time and I have no clue how it is stored, probably questionably. But it all comes out okay, for 5+ year old film. Did you ask how many rolls were ruined or did you assume it was all 93? What if it was that one roll/batch only?
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SoundMonkey posted:I know a dude who gets pretty good results (according to him) by briefly putting the camera (without lens, just bodycapped) in the freezer with the film (for like 15 minutes or something), then loading the film cold and letting them both come back up to ambient in a plastic bag. Good lord, why? What possible advantage could there be for this? 
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It's all about process, man.
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