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tropical
Aug 14, 2003
Ahh say whut?
I’m currently taking an Intro to Black & White Photography extended studies class at NSCAD in Halifax. I’ve got 15 years of DSLR photography experience but never had a chance to do the darkroom stuff before. I’m heading over to the photo department right now to work on prints for my final project.

I’m shooting on my dad’s late 70s Nikkormat FT2 with Nikkor 50 f/2 and 43-86 f/3.5 lenses, using Ilford HP5+ 400 film.

The class is almost over (last class is next week, 10 weeks total) but we’ve learned film processing and making prints with old school art school equipment. We have done both chemical prints and machine prints. It’s been a blast.

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tropical
Aug 14, 2003
Ahh say whut?

Slavvy posted:

I'm thinking the viewfinder or mirror or something is misaligned somehow? Or it's just east German shityness? It's a fifty year old camera.

You’re probably aware, but remember viewfinders typically don’t have 100% coverage. For example, my Nikkormat FT2 viewfinder has 92% coverage which was extremely apparent when I developed my first roll after getting a 24mm lens.

Maybe your viewfinder is somehow misaligned and all of the missing horizontal coverage is on one side. I have no idea if or how that would be possible tho.

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