poopinmymouth posted:

There is an Olympus rangefinder with a 40mm 1.7 lens at my local photo store for 29 euro. I would like to purchase it. However this will be my first film camera, and I am clueless as to what film to try. I have literally zero preference or experience, other than knowing that both kodak and fuji make film.

I have played with the DXOfilmpack, and if their treatment is accurate, I like Fuji Reala 200, however I have no idea how accurate it would be to real film. If I like people, and color, especially ones that preserve skin tones well, what should I go with? Preferably something color, and that I have some leeway with (like needing to shoot a stop under exposed.

Pyruvate posted:

Are there any places that still have Kodachrome, or am I going to have to get it from eBay?

Paul MaudDib posted:

I found some on a UK site a while back (probably gone) but Dwayne's has said they do NOT accept European mailers.

Paul MaudDib posted:

Paul MaudDib posted:

Dwayne's doesn't accept European mailers directly. You mail them to Kodak in France or something, and Kodak bundles them and sends them to Dwaynes. I think.

I have four rolls of Kodachrome and four mailers. The mailers are done at the end of the year, and I'm kind of considering selling two of the rolls of film, but it's PKR-64 which is expensive.

guidoanselmi posted:

for posterity:

gib posted:

The really cool ones can also record exif-like information (shutter speed, aperture, etc.) IIRC, some put it between shots and others put it all on a frame at the end of the roll.

fronkpies posted:

My girlfriends getting me a plustek 7500i for Christmas so i can finally stop taping my negatives to the monitor.

fronkpies posted:

Few of the first scans with the plustek 7600i se.

Very pleased with it so far, never realised scanning was so time consuming though.

Hot Dog Day #20 posted:

I picked up a Plustek 7300 a couple weeks ago to go with my film developing supplies. For $190 after rebate it's definitely tough to beat in terms of the detail it pulls off the film, but (while it's not a big deal with my new shots) it brings out dust and scratches so much more than my old flatbed that most of my old film and family slides are rendered unusable. Not sure what the deal is

HPL posted:

I've used store brand Fuji Superia 800 and it's okay, but not that great. Mind you, that's the consumer stuff not the pro stuff. To be honest, I'd rather use my DSLR for colour high ISO work or shoot black and white if it has to be film.

Pompous Rhombus posted:

I guess it depends on what country you're in but I buy almost all of my film online (usually Freestyle for B&W films, eBay for color). The local selection is pretty dismal where I live, generally only buy film from them if I'm in a rush.

Pompous Rhombus posted:

A trip to NYC sounds like the perfect time to stock up on film! If you like Tri-X, order some Arista Premium 400 from Freestyle and have it shipped to your hotel. It's rebranded Tri-X, available in 24 or 36exp rolls, as well as 100' bulk spools.

My favorite slide film for cross processing was Kodak Elitechrome 400. Kind of hard to find now though :-\

brad industry posted:

I've carried more than that before. You can request a hand-check (and they are required to do it if you ask) although they always loving bitch about it.

theflyingexecutive posted:

Supposedly, anything less than 1600 ISO is fine to go through a machine. You can also get an x-ray film bag (which shows up as a big blob on the cameras) which they simply hand check as opposed to hand checking everything else you have.

notlodar posted:

Do this. It even works on the French. Bonus points for Ilford 3200 so they can go "oooohhhh my!"

HPL posted:

Fixer stinks but you'll learn to love it.

HPL posted:

Good lord, have you people never heard of gloves?

fronkpies posted:

There is no worse way to spend a Sunday than scanning and rebuilding your lightroom catalog from scratch.



Cant. Scan. Much. More.

fronkpies posted:

It a 7600i se.

I like it, image quality is good, infrared is good although i dont use it that much, scan time is pretty fast, loading gets annoying as you have to feed the negative holder through yourself and the maximum resolution is no where near advertised but they very rarely are.

For the price range its basically one of the only choices for a dedicated 35mm scanner there is, one day ill have a nice drum scanner.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisdhegarty/ The most recent 2 pages where all scanned with it, cant remember what resolution, probably about 1600 or something like that. Once i get organised ill post some better examples/comparisons.

Martytoof posted:

There's nothing quite like opening a camera to put film in, only to see a half-exposed roll of film staring back at you.

I literally just froze and looked at it for like ten seconds as reality sank in.




In my defence, I routinely play with it by shooting blanks with no film just when I get bored, so seeing "15" on my frame counter means nothing. I forgot to put in the little "film in here" tab on the back of the camera

orange lime posted:

It's a waste, but it's not like I crank the thing open and let it fly. The stream of water is about 1/8" wide, if that. I should definitely get some hypo-clear though -- didn't realize it made the washing so much shorter.

Oh, and one other thing. I have some Minox film (9.5mm wide, about the width of one of those fat rubber bands) that I need to flatten out. It's on a fairly thick base and the narrowness of the film itself makes the curling worse. I am intending to re-wash it to get it all limp, but then -- how do you recommend I dry it so it goes nice and mirror-flat like the negatives I get back from the lab?

Pantsmaster Bill posted:

Where did you buy yours from?

I'm confused, some of the rolls appear to be process paid, is that including sending it away?

HPL posted:

You can get Portra in 800.