Film photography

[Tilly]

I can’t remember exactly what film I used but I wouldn’t describe it as either ‘amazing colours’ or a ‘sludgy mess’, it was somewhere in the middle.

Here’s a couple of them:

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Is that in Berlin?

Yeah sometimes stuff just comes out really red/orange and grainy, and there’s not a lot you can do. Just luck of the draw/lucking into the right combo of film and lighting conditions.

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Here’s one I took on Brighton Pier over a decade ago with a Box Brownie.

[shrewbie]

I use an old olympus compact camera sometimes. it seems fine, dunno what else to tell you

[wasted]

Got a NIkon FE2 which is my fav.
mainly just muck around with double exposures. started doing the old develop in a bag trick and scanning (my mate has a pretty decent nikon film scanner - think they go for quite a fair bit) which I find quite fun. I’ve only used HP5 and Acros 100 so far.

Also recently got an Olympus Pen F which is great for just shoving in a bag - because of the half frames I find I fret less about if a picture is ‘worth taking’.

[LilWoodyToodelly]

good camera

have a million rolls of 120mm that I need to develop but never get around to it.

I carry a contax t2 around with me for that sort of everyday stuff

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Because of my backlog I’ve pretty much stopped using my mamiya rb67 so the last time i used it and got anything developed is about a year ago and I’ve not got any pictures of anything interesting bleh.

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I just use digital cameras now mainly

[ericthefourth]

finally we get to see what gb looks like!

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HP5 is my go to. I always push it one stop in processing too to get slightly higher contrast. I’m not such a fan of FP4. When I see other people’s work with it, it’s this lovely smooth effect, but I’ve only ever got dingy results with it. Maybe because I’m used to exposing for HP5.

I got some of that Fomapan stuff really cheap, but I was disappointed with it. When I loaded it onto the developing reel in the dark bag, the emulsion was all sticky and literally came off all over my hands and I never got to develop it.

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The M645 is bad enough for lugging around. I couldn’t face taking an RB67 about. I’d feel like one of those victorian photographers with a hood and pan full of flash powder.

While sorting through loads of crap that was stored in my grandparent’s garage I finally found a folder full of loads of negatives from like 2003-2009, which I want to scan, but know will take me forever.

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For reference.

I have the smaller camera on the right, and it’s a beast that weighs nearly 2kg.

[mroc]

Massively into it I use a Nikon F2. A great camera its pretty heavy but way more practical then the one in the op (which is a beaut by the way)

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Very similar era to my Pentax. Best viewfinder ever, and satisfying clunk noise when you advance the film.

[mroc]

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Double exposure or glass reflection?

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Photo from Palma de Mallorca I took with the Pentax ME super and some HP5 that I pushed one or two stops in processing (probably two stops).

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@mroc sorry, this was the picture I actually meant to add

[mroc]

Was done on a moving train. So a bit of a reflection but most of distortion was created by the speed of the thing.

Yes I need to get into developing the photos myself. Its just a question of finding the time.

[mroc]

But I enjoy messing around with double exposures though. I like using to to put a messy ambient layer on top of a fairly standard photograph. Or just bleach out the image in general. I do more standard stuff as well but I have a lot of fun just playing. This is an example:

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Similar train view about 10 years ago. But in the less glamourous environment of Bracknell. Olympus XA2 + Fuji Astia film cross-processed. I only took this one to use up the end of the film.

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Double exposure with a Diana camera.