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I've shot quite a few rolls with the N9000. They used to be in the toycamera thread before that got archived. I've got a bunch of them on my blog posted here. I almost always shoot with a small flash for some fill in and either 200 and 400 film.  
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I accidentally knocked my Olympus XA off a shelf and now it's metering exactly two stops too slow compared to the light meter app on my iPhone or in my Canon AE-1 Program, no matter the light conditions. I tried a different set of batteries, but I got the same results. Generally, I would just set the ISO control to a different setting, but the control doesn't go high enough to shoot the ISO 400 roll that's in there right now. I'm wondering if it is worth it to try to get my XA fixed or if I should just get a BGN XA from KEH for $99.
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mulls posted:I accidentally knocked my Olympus XA off a shelf and now it's metering exactly two stops too slow compared to the light meter app on my iPhone or in my Canon AE-1 Program, no matter the light conditions. I tried a different set of batteries, but I got the same results. Generally, I would just set the ISO control to a different setting, but the control doesn't go high enough to shoot the ISO 400 roll that's in there right now. You can paint and scratch the DX codes so the camera will identify the film as two stops slower (faster?) and thus meter "properly"?
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Miike posted:I've shot quite a few rolls with the N9000. They used to be in the toycamera thread before that got archived. I've got a bunch of them on my blog posted here. I almost always shoot with a small flash for some fill in and either 200 and 400 film. Awesome, thanks!
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Primo Itch posted:You can paint and scratch the DX codes so the camera will identify the film as two stops slower (faster?) and thus meter "properly"? The XA has a manual ISO selection dial that only goes up to 800. No DX.
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deaders posted:I got an Olympus XA3 and loving love it. aww yiss 
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Oct 24, 2014 05:16
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Wow that rocks - was it late evening or just really heavy cloud?
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late arvo on a rainy/cloudy day. bit of a dodge on the middle building.
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Gotta get the Stylus Epic out again for some Tri-x fun.
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MrBlandAverage posted:The XA has a manual ISO selection dial that only goes up to 800. No DX. However, the highly sophisticated meter system involves physically moving a disc with progressively larger holes punched in it. There's a little wiggle room - you can have the meter disc adjusted up one stop so it'll meter 1600. Mine reads exactly one stop fast (ISO 800 is actually 1600), so I suspect this was done at some point. That's got it on the shortlist of cameras I'll never sell - once it goes to 1600 it's more or less a perfect camera so far as I'm concerned. It's one of my best low light shooters, it's a tough choice between my XA and my Lynx 14E. By the way I rather suspect this is what's gotten mis-set on muffs' camera. If the meter's not actually borked, just consistently reading 2 stops low - I have a strong suspicion that that disc got mis-aligned in the fall. I don't know how you would actually adjust it though, and I'm sure the XA is full of a million tiny parts... Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Oct 24, 2014 |
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Oct 24, 2014 06:30
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The XA3 reads DX codes (only difference from the XA2 apparently) but if you cover the contacts with a piece of paper when loading the film you can set it manually up from 100 - 1600 ISO.
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Paul MaudDib posted:I don't know how you would actually adjust it though, and I'm sure the XA is full of a million tiny parts... As someone who bought a $5 thrift store XA in rough shape, I can confirm that it is full of tiny parts. I can also confirm that if the shutter button falls off it's pretty hosed.
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I had to pull my orange shutter button off to readjust the range finder. It's stuck on with some kind of glue and the only way I could get it to stay on again is with a piece of scotch tape draped over the whole thing. It only fires when it wants to now. 
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Saint Fu posted:I had to pull my orange shutter button off to readjust the range finder. It's stuck on with some kind of glue and the only way I could get it to stay on again is with a piece of scotch tape draped over the whole thing. It only fires when it wants to now. That's pretty much exactly what I was talking about. You would think just sticking it back on would work, but it doesn't. Oly stuck that shutter button on with some kind of liquid voodoo.
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Hey folks, so I just bought a Nikon F3, and want to shoot some color photos in an urban space. Do people have any good recommendations for what brand of film to go with? Sorry if this is an annoying or overly asked questions.
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hi liter posted:Hey folks, so I just bought a Nikon F3, and want to shoot some color photos in an urban space. Do people have any good recommendations for what brand of film to go with? Sorry if this is an annoying or overly asked questions. Kodak Portra 400
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hi liter posted:Hey folks, so I just bought a Nikon F3, and want to shoot some color photos in an urban space. Do people have any good recommendations for what brand of film to go with? Sorry if this is an annoying or overly asked questions. Kodak Portra 400.
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ansel autisms posted:Kodak Portra 400 MrBlandAverage posted:Kodak Portra 400. this
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What about Fuji 400? Or is that just used for overexposing to get pastel colors?
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You can do that on Kodak Portra 400 while avoiding 400H's tendency to shift magenta.
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Well that seems like a pretty strong consensus. Thanks.
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hi liter posted:Well that seems like a pretty strong consensus. Thanks. hence the title of the thread
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ansel autisms posted:You can do that on Kodak Portra 400 while avoiding 400H's tendency to shift magenta.
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What's wrong with Tri-X? Why do you want colour? What does colour do for you? gently caress colour.
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Mrenda posted:What's wrong with Tri-X? Why do you want colour? What does colour do for you? gently caress colour. Colors are pretty. Not that I think B&W isn't pretty, but I like colors and colorful things, and want to make colorful images.
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imo you should try Velvia 50 jk
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ektar 100 is fun imo but I dunno if it gets much love on these forums
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ansel autisms posted:You can do that on Kodak Portra 400 while avoiding 400H's tendency to shift magenta. Doesn't Portra shift kinda yellow/orange if you overexpose it?
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Should just rename this thread The Portra 400 Thread
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404notfound posted:Doesn't Portra shift kinda yellow/orange if you overexpose it? Can't say I've ever noticed that, no. The colors do get pretty flat. Tony Two Bapes posted:ektar 100 is fun imo but I dunno if it gets much love on these forums For better or worse, it's like if Velvia were a negative film, including crazy color and handling underexposure poorly.
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MrBlandAverage posted:handling underexposure poorly. I found this out on the last roll I shot
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Tony Two Bapes posted:ektar 100 is fun imo but I dunno if it gets much love on these forums Ektar has some sweet colors, but I wonder if it might be a little slow for urban shooting, which could require working with some rapidly changing lighting conditions. But yeah, at ISO 400 I can't imagine using anything other than Portra or 400H.
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404notfound posted:Doesn't Portra shift kinda yellow/orange if you overexpose it? When I had a bunch of portra at the ice I was bracketing like mad and was getting really heavy yellow and blue shifts with over and under exposing. Really noticeable in all-white icy scenes.
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Tony Two Bapes posted:ektar 100 is fun imo but I dunno if it gets much love on these forums I like Ektar 100, it's quite sharp and has punchy colors that you can mute down a bit to get something saner -- but not Portra level quiet. But, yeah, it doesn't like underexposure; also for me the shadows always will be blue. No matter the light conditions. I guess sometimes I like the "consumer film" look for my colors.  Not the best shot, but something I had readily at hand. VomitOnLino fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Oct 25, 2014 |
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Portra was 10 bucks a roll at my camera shop, Superia 400 was 5 bucks. I went with Superia. I think I'm gonna buy film online next time.
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Superia is still good 
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I've been shooting black and white film for the past two years. It's how I started in film photography. In reality it's how I started in any photography. I like it. I like some of the photos I get out of it. I've been avoiding digital. Partly because I like the process of shooting film. I like not having 468 shots free on my memory card. 467 (after I've taken one shot) that need to be filled. I feel 36 photographs is a manageable amount. I've actually felt embarrassed on photowalks by the lack of pictures I've been taking. People were rattling off their shutters and I was standing doing nothing. I've learned to take multiple shots on film now, knowing I won't get the one I'm thinking of in the first attempt. But still, 36 frames is enough for me. I like the dirty, grimy texture of a black and white film photograph. I like the look of black and white film. I like the simplicity of black and white. I like not needing to understand colours. Mainly though I don't feel I understand how colour works. Ultimately I think it's that I like some of the black and white pictures I took and I don't like anything I've done in colour. It could be because my city is built with a lot of stone. Sure there are shop fronts, but any of the grander and more interesting buildings are made of stone (and that's even negative thinking about the more commercial store fronts, where people have done amazing things on this forum with those commercial, everyday buildings.) I am very much limited to my city. I don't have the confidence (nor the lighting equipment) to do portraits. I don't have the confidence to force myself into a gig situation and photograph them. I could never be hosed going shooting a team I don't care about on a wet and windy Saturday morning after I've been drinking. Ultimately, the city is accessible and that's where I go. I know I have to push myself to shoot colour film. Possibly the cost of shooting colour is holding me back. To pay for development on top of film costs seems prohibitive. I could easily shoot digital colour but my lovely 18-55 Nikkor makes me feel like I have a tiny dick. Like I lack authenticity. All in all, how the gently caress do you shoot colour? I bought Understanding Exposure, and that showed me how to use my camera (not that I read it the entire way through before giving it to a friend who wouldn't do anything but look at the pictures briefly.) I know how a camera works. I don't know how the gently caress colour works? (Shoot more.)
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Mrenda posted:It could be because my city is built with a lot of stone. Sure there are shop fronts, but any of the grander and more interesting buildings are made of stone (and that's even negative thinking about the more commercial store fronts, where people have done amazing things on this forum with those commercial, everyday buildings.) I am very much limited to my city. I don't have the confidence (nor the lighting equipment) to do portraits. I don't have the confidence to force myself into a gig situation and photograph them. I could never be hosed going shooting a team I don't care about on a wet and windy Saturday morning after I've been drinking. Ultimately, the city is accessible and that's where I go. re: confidence Force yourself to be uncomfortable and fail. I'm sure you were uncomfortable when you first picked up that film camera.
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Shoot more, make a lot less excuses?
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