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alkanphel posted:Velvia 50 Velvia really does make for beautiful skies.
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Pukestain Pal posted:Velvia really does make for beautiful skies. Yeah Velvia is really outstanding for that blue. I took some shots on my digital camera too just in case...and it looks so dull in comparison.
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Nov 11, 2014 23:47
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New freezer, room for expansion
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Nov 12, 2014 00:44
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oh, we're posting freezers?
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Nov 12, 2014 01:05
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stop reminding me of how broke I am.
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Nov 12, 2014 03:48
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Goddamn Portra is ridiculous. The sun was just out of frame in the top left, kept all the shadow detail and didn't blow the highlights. Of course I exposed it just right but still  
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Nov 13, 2014 06:42
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deaders posted:Goddamn Portra is ridiculous. The sun was just out of frame in the top left, kept all the shadow detail and didn't blow the highlights. Of course I exposed it just right but still Don't forget to credit your lens/coatings. Flare (and resulting contrast loss) can seriously deteriorate an image regardless of what film you use.
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Nov 13, 2014 07:51
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Yeah this 75mm Bronica lens is pretty good but the flare gets a bit ugly if you actually have the sun in the frame. I was using a lens hood as well.
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Nov 13, 2014 15:23
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It is happening again.
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Nov 15, 2014 23:33
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Nice VCR. Ignore that thing on top of it and ship it to me. I'll dispose of it for you.
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Nov 15, 2014 23:51
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nm posted:Nice VCR. Ignore that thing on top of it and ship it to me. I'll dispose of it for you. nice try i'm already using it, with the only slide present in this entire warehouse (it arrived today and i've taken all the other ones home)  
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Nov 16, 2014 01:02
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Finally got the Pentax SV back from the Hendrickson guy. Threw a roll through it while I was in Vegas. Pretty happy! The Riviera by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr
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Nov 16, 2014 03:35
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atomicthumbs posted:It is happening again. Are you going to sell it? I need it the most just FYI. 
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Nov 16, 2014 05:09
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I was super stoked about doing a masters at a college with free use of a darkroom and darkroom supplies, shame I have no free time outside of my masters to use it.. or take photos.. or see the outside the postgraduate lab. So here's a photo I took several weeks ago and only got around to scanning now;  Is there any way to prevent Flickr from going nuts with sharpening? On my computer it looks ok but it looks a bit overdone on Flickr.
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Nov 16, 2014 14:50
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I don't think it looks overly sharp at all. If anything its soft rendering flirts with a pictorial quality that reminds me of someone like Karl Struss. I like it, dude.
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Nov 16, 2014 19:17
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try it with a lime posted:I don't think it looks overly sharp at all. If anything its soft rendering flirts with a pictorial quality that reminds me of someone like Karl Struss. I like it, dude. Doesn't mean that there aren't sharpening artifacts, which is what he was asking. I think it does have some, but it's not too noticeable unless you're deliberately pixel peeping. And yeah, nice shot.
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Nov 16, 2014 20:35
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crap nerd posted:I was super stoked about doing a masters at a college with free use of a darkroom and darkroom supplies, shame I have no free time outside of my masters to use it.. or take photos.. or see the outside the postgraduate lab. Nothing you can do about it except linking the original size. It's not too bad there, but sometimes it is reeeaaallly bad.
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Nov 16, 2014 21:00
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How do you people scan E-6 film? I had a lab develop a roll of Velvia 50 my dad shot around 5 years ago. It has a magenta cast to it and the colors are meh. I'm wondering if time factors in that. Is that normal for slide film? edit : VVV thanks that's what I feared. I'm having one hell of a time getting corrected scans in VueScan with the lock film base color option, I'll just mess around with them in lightroom. Grimarest fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Nov 17, 2014 |
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Nov 17, 2014 03:28
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If it's that old it's probably magenta from heat damage, correct it by bringing the red a bit down in curves.
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Nov 17, 2014 05:30
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For stains like this, any chance re-washing in Photo-Flo will clear it off (maybe fix?). I'd need to buy some PhotoFlo first, got rid of all of my developing supplies when I moved. Guessing not, but fortunately it seems to be confined to this largely boring roll (this is my fav shot off it).
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Nov 17, 2014 19:17
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Pompous Rhombus posted:For stains like this, any chance re-washing in Photo-Flo will clear it off (maybe fix?). I'd need to buy some PhotoFlo first, got rid of all of my developing supplies when I moved. Guessing not, but fortunately it seems to be confined to this largely boring roll (this is my fav shot off it). I'm not sure if I'm totally off base here but I think your film could also have been under-fixed. The stains are darker than the rest, whereas with residue they should be lighter (like the specks of dust) as I think we're talking about a negative here. The good news is that soaking it in fixer, and then re-washing it will solve the problem without any issues. The bad news is that you need to buy film developer stuff again. Wait, that's no bad news!
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Nov 18, 2014 01:08
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from my first roll of HP5. I'm not mad. Key Bridge by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr The Road by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr
vxsarin fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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Nov 18, 2014 05:20
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this slide scanner owns
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Nov 18, 2014 13:12
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More night stuff from me, this time with proper reciprocity exposure compensation. It's getting dark here around dinner time now, and my only free time is in the evening. I also tried my hand at push processing for the first time. I played it safe and pushed Ilford Delta 400 to 800, and I could have gone a lot further because there's barely any noticeable increase of grain or contrast.    I also discovered an amazing tip to keep your film dead straight for scanning. After letting it hang and dry for a couple hours, roll it back into the developing reel but against the natural curl. Leave it there overnight. In the morning when you pull it out again, it'll be completely flat both vertically and horizontally. Previously I had been letting it dry with a weight and then pressing it flat between some books for a day, but there was still a very slight curl left, and especially across the width. BANME.sh fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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Nov 18, 2014 18:47
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these own & please tell me how you meter.
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Nov 18, 2014 20:31
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atomicthumbs posted:these own & please tell me how you meter. Thanks! I don't do anything fancy with metering, I just use center-weighted mode and point it at something that looks about in the middle between the brightest and darkest areas of the scene. I also adjust the whites and blacks in lightroom after, so these have been tinkered with a bit. I've been meaning to experiment with different metering methods, for example spot metering the darkest point where I still want to see detail, and then underexposing it by 2 stops. Maybe on my next roll.
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Nov 18, 2014 20:40
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BANME.sh posted:Thanks! I don't do anything fancy with metering, I just use center-weighted mode and point it at something that looks about in the middle between the brightest and darkest areas of the scene. maybe my problem is I don't have any of those in my scenes
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Nov 18, 2014 20:48
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It hasn't been foolproof for me. There were a few shots on this roll that still came out too dark
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Nov 18, 2014 20:59
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In a fit of not-procrastination this weekend, I took my old fixative to the once-a-month household hazardous waste disposal. This was a truck with a bunch of metal barrels and a table set up in the back parking lot of the hockey arena. We were the only "customers" there so I chatted with the entry-guy for a bit. Mostly they get old cleaning products, bleach and ammonium and whatnot, and their primary concern is that they don't mix anything that really shouldn't get mixed. He talked about explosions. They seemed rather puzzled by the 3L of old fix I dropped off. He didn't seem to know what colloidal silver is or where it falls on their "avoid mixing or things go boom" system, and when I mentioned silver nitrate - that's one of the silver compounds involved, isn't it? - he focused on the nitrate part because, I guess, lots of other nitrate compounds are particularly good oxidizers. What *is* the hazardous part of fix? I thought I had it sorted out in my mind with colloidal silver and the toxic effects of metals floating around in blood / tissue, but now I'm not sure and I'd like to be able to say something more definite the next time.
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ExecuDork posted:What *is* the hazardous part of fix? I thought I had it sorted out in my mind with colloidal silver and the toxic effects of metals floating around in blood / tissue, but now I'm not sure and I'd like to be able to say something more definite the next time. Other than that, fixer is just some uncommon salts, although they might not be too healthy either. I have heard a story about someone using sea water to fix their film, it just took 24 hours or something like that. (The waste from that would also be hazardous, since it would contain the silver residue.) nielsm fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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Nov 18, 2014 21:28
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I saw a guy do a cyanotype on red paper this morning, looked loving rad.
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Nov 19, 2014 04:15
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Spedman posted:I saw a guy do a cyanotype on red paper this morning, looked loving rad. Yeah, I can get behind that. Was it a contact print?
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atomicthumbs posted:maybe my problem is I don't have any of those in my scenes Do you have a spotmeter? I've found that really helps along with the zone system in the dark. If using color, you have to adapt for your film's dynamic range which will be lower unless you're using portra because portra is magic. I use more sky or reflection metering if there's some light for color, but for dark sky, zone is best for all. Also, you may need to bracket a bit. nm fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 04:50
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voodoorootbeer posted:Yeah, I can get behind that. Was it a contact print? I'm really not sure, but here's the link to the facebook post I saw the image on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/68142897748/permalink/10152504614007749/ It's really got me thinking about a new project idea.
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nm posted:Do you have a spotmeter? I've found that really helps along with the zone system in the dark. If using color, you have to adapt for your film's dynamic range which will be lower unless you're using portra because portra is magic. I use more sky or reflection metering if there's some light for color, but for dark sky, zone is best for all. Somehow I've managed to make passable landscapes with nothing but an incident meter, or a fixed moonlight exposure, or my OM-4Ti's spot/reflective meter if I'm shooting 35mm. I guess it's time to get a spotmeter (or see if my DSLR works well as one).
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Nov 19, 2014 08:28
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! getting closer by voodoorootbeer, on Flickr
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Possible Portra 400 (120/220 format) PSA Recently I'm getting rolls back from various labs (three so far) that have either deformed (looks like it was pinched by rollers) emulsion or scratched emulsion. The deformation is visible to the naked eye and happened with two labs and two entirely different cameras. The scratches are incredibly fine and only visible when scanned at 3200dpi+. Now normally I'd just blame the lab and move on, but these rolls all have one thing in common. They're out of the newest Portra 400 pro packs which also have other anomalies:
All the pro packs this film came from have a 10/2016 or later expiry date. FWIW I bought an older pack, went back with the same cameras and labs and had no more problems. Stocking up on the older packs now. Here's to hoping it's just a batch issue, and not the bean counters finally starting to squeeze out more profits of a shrinking market.
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Have you written to Kodak to ask about it? It'll be interesting to see if their answer is "Crap, that's not supposed to happen," or "Sounds like your problem to us."
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Yond Cassius posted:Have you written to Kodak to ask about it? It'll be interesting to see if their answer is "Crap, that's not supposed to happen," or "Sounds like your problem to us." Good idea, just wrote them.
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