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Paragon8 posted:So I am attending a wedding as a guest soon and I thought about shooting a few rolls with a cheap film point and shoot sort of as a gift to the couple of some pictures that look dramatically different from the Jasmine Star wannabee they're hiring. Sounds like you're already set then.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:Is there anything nasty in the Tetenal or Unicolor C-41 (powder) kits that would likely raise eyebrows at Customs (Japan, in this case)? When I checked shipping to Japan at B&H it didn't give me any special warnings or anything, at least. On the other hand, they can be kinda strict about stuff we don't get much poo poo for in the USA... I was trying to get my hands on some silver nitrate last year and apparently you need a license? My freedom I bought the Unicolor C-41 kit from Freestyle a while ago (more than a year), specifically because Freestyle won't ship liquids internationally. Canada customs had no problems with it. I bought the Tetenal E-6 kit from Maco, which contains liquids, again Canada customs had no issues. I don't know how Canada compares to Japan regarding such things, though. I was going to speculate that silver nitrate is used in some nefarious non-photography way, but wikipedia comes up empty beyond "it's toxic, like everything everywhere, if you spill enough on yourself or drink it". Perhaps some long-forgotten international trade dispute?
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May 15, 2013 18:04
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I was going to say portra, yeah. Or go the other way and push Tri-X/delta/hp5 within ND filter.
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May 15, 2013 18:36
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VomitOnLino posted:As I mentioned upthread, I had previously I bought some very expired (Produced in 1991, Expired 1997) Kodak Ektachrome 64T. Looks like heat damage.
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May 15, 2013 19:03
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Paragon8 posted:So I am attending a wedding as a guest soon and I thought about shooting a few rolls with a cheap film point and shoot sort of as a gift to the couple of some pictures that look dramatically different from the Jasmine Star wannabee they're hiring. Ektar and Reala are pretty nice if your P+S shoots good exposures (like a Stylus Epic or something). Ektar does really nice earth tones, Reala is pretty good for nature. Or try some Provia if you're feeling lucky.
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May 15, 2013 22:06
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Paul MaudDib posted:Ektar and Reala are pretty nice if your P+S shoots good exposures (like a Stylus Epic or something). Ektar does really nice earth tones, Reala is pretty good for nature. Or try some Provia if you're feeling lucky. It is a Yashica T3, which seems like it has a pretty nice lens at least. Ektar looks pretty neat, I might just grab a couple of rolls of that to go with the portra. Thanks everyone else for your suggestions!
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May 16, 2013 01:03
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ExecuDork posted:I bought the Unicolor C-41 kit from Freestyle a while ago (more than a year), specifically because Freestyle won't ship liquids internationally. Canada customs had no problems with it. Cool, thanks! I'm actually going to bounce it off my parents first (consolidating everything into a big package saves a mint on international shipping), gonna ask them to call it "developing chemistry kit" or something innocuous like that. It wasn't so much bringing silver nitrate in (although I'm sure that'd also be a huge hassle), even to procure it domestically you've got to have a sort of license/certification for owning/handling it, as it's apparently classified as one step below actual poison here.
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May 16, 2013 01:24
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dukeku posted:Looks like heat damage. I didn't know heat damage looked like that; although heat was my guess too, as summers here can get fiendishly hot. But while the damage to the emulsion seems pretty profound, I managed to salvage almost all the images. They look desaturated and very grainy, but it suits the subject matter just as well, in my opinion. Interesting trivia: I was being pelted with torrential rain, huddling under an umbrella between tripod and camera, but besides movement in the plants it didn't show up at all. Here are some samples:    More images here.
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May 16, 2013 02:15
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/\/\/\ I really like that first one. I shot some generic store-brand expired 400 C-41 film on a walk a couple of weeks ago, and had my local shop develop it. I scanned it tonight, so it's been through at least two rounds of my barely-competence. I'm still pretty happy I have shots of an Osprey in flight with a fish in its talons.  Walking Near The South Saskatchewan 1 by Execudork, on Flickr  Walking Near The South Saskatchewan 2 by Execudork, on Flickr  Walking Near The South Saskatchewan 6 by Execudork, on Flickr
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May 16, 2013 05:39
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May 16, 2013 09:51
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Quantum of Phallus posted:
Lovely! I see you've done a lot of progress my friend, congrats!
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May 16, 2013 10:33
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Quantum of Phallus posted:
It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.
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May 16, 2013 11:55
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maxmars posted:Lovely! I see you've done a lot of progress my friend, congrats! Thanks Max! Hopefully I'll get a roll of double exposure stuff out to you some time this summer, just need to buy some more negative film.
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May 16, 2013 13:37
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I think I'm going to take my K1000 out and shoot some 10 year expired and potentially heat damaged film soon. I lost my scanner in Hurricane Sandy and I'm not really so sure I want to replace it. I was planning on sending the film out to be processed as well. Where's a good place that will develop and scan my negs with decent quality? I know I could get it done at Walgreens but I'm assuming their scans will be poo poo.
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May 16, 2013 15:42
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I developed my first c-41 today. 6 rolls of 120 (fuji reala and portra 160 nc) and 1 roll of 220 ( portra 400). All expired film to boot, some of which had been sitting in a box for months. Any you know what? It was super duper easy. I used the unicolor 1 liter powder kit, mixed each of the 3 chemicals into seperate 1 l bottles , and I just poured in each to cover the film in the tank, and dumped it right back in when I was done. Basically no need to measure any liquids after the initial mix. For the water bath I just filled up my bath tub, got it up to around 105 degrees, and then went and loaded the film in the bag, and by the time I was done the water (and the chems) were right around 102F. I'd go so far as saying that once you get the water bath figured out it's easier/faster than B/W. Reala:  c41005.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Portra:  c41010.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr e. More Portra  c41014.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  c41015.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 09:04 on May 17, 2013 |
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May 17, 2013 07:52
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Shot some Tmax 100 that expired over 20 years ago and it still turned out pretty good.  got two more rolls, gonna use them for something that isn't documenting the neighborhood feral feline population.
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May 17, 2013 18:39
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Thanks Max! Sure whenever you want 
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May 20, 2013 16:10
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So I did some googling, C-41 chems are harmless if you mix them together (developer + blix) and pour down the drain with water? Only ran like 10 rolls of 120 through them.
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May 21, 2013 08:24
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someone correct me if I'm wrong, but anything with "-ix" should never go down the drain. The fix is full of silver when it's used up, and heavy metals are bad for the environment. edit: your 500ml doesn't mean squat in the big picture, but "no one raindrop believes it's responsible for the flood" and all that. Don't add to the water pollution. Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 12:53 on May 21, 2013 |
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May 21, 2013 12:50
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Anyone know what the hell went wrong with this film? It's PanF that I shot in my Bronica. Some of them are underexposed (I blame my slightly iffy metered prism) but even the areas that are exposed ok are dodgy. I'm inclined to blame the photo shop that did this roll... The whole roll is patchy like that, but there's still some pretty fine detail in all the shots. Any idea?
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May 24, 2013 14:14
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Anyone know what the hell went wrong with this film? It's PanF that I shot in my Bronica. Some of them are underexposed (I blame my slightly iffy metered prism) but even the areas that are exposed ok are dodgy. I'm inclined to blame the photo shop that did this roll... Someone went ahead and made it awesome for you? Seriouspost:Lab scans or home scans? What do the negs look like?
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May 24, 2013 15:15
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I had that happen to one of my first rolls, one of the only ones I did with D-76. I have no idea what it was and I've never had it since I switched to HC110 and Rodinal.
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Captain Postal posted:someone correct me if I'm wrong, but anything with "-ix" should never go down the drain. The fix is full of silver when it's used up, and heavy metals are bad for the environment. This is not an acceptable alternative to proper disposal, it's harm reduction if you lack any other options. If you're that remote that you can't dispose of it properly, you probably have a septic system and well water, so pouring it down the drain is still a really bad idea because it's still quite toxic.
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May 24, 2013 17:09
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8th-samurai posted:Someone went ahead and made it awesome for you? Seriouspost:Lab scans or home scans? What do the negs look like? That's a home scan, the negatives look even worse! Guess I won't be taking things back to that place in a hurry, although they did alright with my 35mm B&W.
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May 24, 2013 17:27
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Paul MaudDib posted:I had that happen to one of my first rolls, one of the only ones I did with D-76. I have no idea what it was and I've never had it since I switched to HC110 and Rodinal. I have used D-76 with plenty of rolls and they turned out fine, but being an older formulation I agree that it's probably more likely to go iffy - e.g. less safe. Pantsmaster Bill posted:That's a home scan, the negatives look even worse! Guess I won't be taking things back to that place in a hurry, although they did alright with my 35mm B&W. There's basically no reason not to do your film development at home. You don't even need a darkroom for it. A changing bag, the chemicals and a tank and you're set. It's also not really hard and also quite hard to gently caress up. That said your roll looks like they over-washed it or something. It seems to me like that the emulsion is starting to peel off from the gelatin layer in places. But that's just an educated guess, without seeing the negs I can't tell you much else. Edit: Another idea would be that the film somehow got wet before exposure. Maybe a faulty batch? Was it already opened? Did you have it refrigerated? VomitOnLino fucked around with this message at 03:31 on May 25, 2013 |
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May 25, 2013 03:27
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If the temperatures vary too widely between your baths, you can get reticulation. I'm not sure if this is that, though. GWBBQ posted:This is correct. Used fixer should be brought to your local hazardous waste disposal location. If you don't have a local one, keep it in gallon jugs and bring it somewhere once or twice a year. If you have absolutely no other way to dispose of it, you can remove most of the silver by putting a few pads of fine steel wool per gallon in your waste container, agitating it and letting it sit several times, and pouring off the liquid. Just pour your used fixer and other chemicals into a bucket and leave it outside. Take it to the dump when you have an interesting bucket fulla white crystals and powders. 
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May 25, 2013 09:01
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atomicthumbs posted:If the temperatures vary too widely between your baths, you can get reticulation. I'm not sure if this is that, though. Don't take it to the dump, you still need to take it to a waste treatment plant so they can deal with it properly. If you take it to the dump it'll eventually dissolve in the rain and leech into the underground water table, which is good for nobody/anything.
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May 25, 2013 16:49
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The real solution if you actually care about the planet is just to stop taking pictures altogether.
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May 25, 2013 18:25
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My freezer runneth over. 
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Spedman posted:Don't take it to the dump, you still need to take it to a waste treatment plant so they can deal with it properly. If you take it to the dump it'll eventually dissolve in the rain and leech into the underground water table, which is good for nobody/anything. my dump is also the designated hazardous materials place in my county, so
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May 25, 2013 19:06
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atomicthumbs posted:my posts are designated hazardous material everywhere, so 
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May 25, 2013 19:11
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8th-samurai posted:My freezer runneth over. 
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Is it worth ALWAYS keeping film in the fridge? I bought like ten or so rolls that I'll be using in what I guess will be less than a month... Any reason for throwing them in the fridge for so little time?
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May 25, 2013 21:54
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If you're going to use them within a month, then not really. Assuming they will not get hotter than room temperature, in which case all bets are off, you only chill them to prolong their expiry date.
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May 25, 2013 23:51
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Also, is keeping it in the freezer necessary? Is the refrigerator good enough? I'm also worried about moisture/frost. I keep my film in a tupperware container in the refrigerator with a bunch of silica gel packs. My dad gave me a bunch of 4x5 color film (C41 and E6) that he'd kept in the refrigerator in his office for like 15 years. Haven't shot any of it yet to see if it's still good.
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May 26, 2013 02:29
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I live with food havers and am not allowed that much space. 
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All my film lives in a USPS flat rate box stuffed in the bottom of the freezer. More of my home dev'd 120.  c41044.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  c41051.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr
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Inf posted:Also, is keeping it in the freezer necessary? Is the refrigerator good enough? I'm also worried about moisture/frost. I keep my film in a tupperware container in the refrigerator with a bunch of silica gel packs. There was a post on one of the film forums by... an Illford(?) technical officer, who said that there is a huge increase in shelf life between 25C and 4C, but no noticeable improvement between 4C and -20C. So fridge is in theory fine. We all still use freezers though. Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 06:51 on May 26, 2013 |
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May 26, 2013 06:13
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Captain Postal posted:There is no way that 15 year old film will work properly - if it works you will get some funky effects so give it a try anyway.
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Captain Postal posted:... it works you will get some funky effects so give it a try anyway. That's the plan. It's all tungsten white balanced, though, so I'm not sure when I'll get around to using it since I mostly intend to shoot landscapes and stuff with my 4x5. I have a box of Delta 100 coming whenever B&H gets my mod54 in
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