The Film Thread: Putting a dollar sign on every shutter press

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dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I put all my film in a clear ziplock and hand that off for hand check. No problems yet.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2024 16:38

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 15:01

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Megabound posted:

Here's the secret, all cameras have good (prime) lenses and most (prime) lenses have been good for at least 100 years. Don't stress too much about it.

Yeah don�t bother with the MD zooms they�re not good but the primes are great

# ¿ Jan 19, 2024 04:17

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I shot a roll on the most gorgeous day in one of the most gorgeous areas of Iceland, went to rewind it at the end of the day and discovered that the reel didn�t grab the film and I spent all day not noticing that :shepface:

I took a bajillion shots with my digital along the way so all was not lost but still

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 20:28

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

New camera just dropped

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/retro-camera-31147

# ¿ Mar 10, 2024 03:11

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

carticket posted:

So, I am a Nikon guy, film and digital. I have my grandfather's FM, and so far that has influenced what I buy for lenses. However, I have access to a full frame digital and there are some lenses I'd like to get for it, but they won't be usable on the FM due to the lack of aperture ring. What Nikon 35mm bodies are able to take advantage of these lenses (would be AF-S I believe)? I have a huge gap in knowledge between the FM and the D70S (which was my first Nikon DSLR) in terms of compatibility and technology.

E: Sorry, I could just look that up. I'm also looking for advice on which ones would be a good buy. I do action photography on the digital side, and also usually shoot a roll or two of film, but the lack of AF kills me on getting much good on film.

I have an N80 that works with all the modern AF-S. It�s alright but you can tell it was the cheap one. I know the F6 does if you want to drop the money for it, maybe F4 or F5 as well?

# ¿ Apr 4, 2024 15:55

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I�ve only ever seen DIY conversion adventures but neither have I looked very hard

# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 19:51

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

What would y�all suggest as a low-entry 35mm rangefinder?

# ¿ May 3, 2024 20:33

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

My initial search did zoom in on the QL19 and RC, I don�t hate the idea of something small and simple, I�ve already got three SLRs :jeb:

Edit: is it worthwhile avoiding things with old battery types or is finding replacements not that bad?

Edit edit: looks like there are same-voltage replacements for the dreaded mercury batteries

dupersaurus fucked around with this message at 00:39 on May 4, 2024

# ¿ May 3, 2024 23:27

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 15:01

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Slavvy posted:

I have a dumb question.

Let's say I'm taking a landscape shot with focus set to infinity, using a platonically ideal tripod on a still day, so there is zero camera movement and I have no concerns about achieving a particular DOF.

If I can get the right exposure with both eg 1000 shutter speed and a relatively open aperture vs 500 and a smaller aperture, is there any optical quality reason I'd choose one over the other? Or will both result in identical photos?

There�s a certain aperture the lens will be sharpest at so ideally you look up what that is for your lens and set the shutter around that

# ¿ May 6, 2024 00:50

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