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alfredo

(60,074 posts) Sat Jul 21, 2012, 11:52 PM Jul 2012

I went out and shot a roll of film today. I shot some Kodak Professional ISO 400

Getting here was tough due to trying equipment that just didn't want to work. I ended up using the less than stellar kit lens instead of the good old glass I wanted to use. The glass on my ancient scanner was cloudy, so I will have to take it apart and clean the inside the glass. So here are a few shots from my ramble.

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I went out and shot a roll of film today. I shot some Kodak Professional ISO 400 (Original Post) alfredo Jul 2012 OP

Interesting. bluedigger Jul 2012 #1

Yes. The first one looks ancient. Maybe I shouldn't clean alfredo Jul 2012 #4

So when you say "roll of film"... Speck Tater Jul 2012 #2

I shot the film, but had Wallgreens do the negatives and 4/6 prints alfredo Jul 2012 #3

Sweet. I still have my Nikon FM bodies and Nikkor lenses... NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #5

Go for it! Using the OVF was a real treat. I'd love to find something like a Canonet. alfredo Jul 2012 #6

One more using my newly cleaned scanner alfredo Jul 2012 #7

These are VERY cool. Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #8

Thanks. That was what I wanted. The funky scanner helped with the look. alfredo Jul 2012 #9

definitely vintage Celebration Jul 2012 #10

Thank you. You can't get that feel from digital. alfredo Jul 2012 #11

Software can simulate.... Johnny Noshoes Jul 2012 #12

And yet, to play devils advocate... Speck Tater Jul 2012 #13

There's whole generation that has never shot with film, and wouldn't know the difference alfredo Jul 2012 #14

I thought Dektol was a PAPER developer. Speck Tater Jul 2012 #15

Or Goiters. It is for developing prints. TriX is loved for its large but alfredo Jul 2012 #16

Yes, A paper developer. Prints. Speck Tater Jul 2012 #17

DK50 was what we used at our Army darkroom. alfredo Jul 2012 #18

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

1. Interesting.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:15 AM

Jul 2012

So you just scan the negatives and then process them digitally?

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

4. Yes. The first one looks ancient. Maybe I shouldn't clean

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:47 AM

Jul 2012

The scanner.

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

2. So when you say "roll of film"...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:20 AM

Jul 2012

You mean a physical celluloid ribbon with silver salts in colloidal suspension? Chemicals and all that?

Wow! That takes real courage! My hat's off to you.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

3. I shot the film, but had Wallgreens do the negatives and 4/6 prints

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:45 AM

Jul 2012

I sold my processing gear decades ago.

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

5. Sweet. I still have my Nikon FM bodies and Nikkor lenses...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:07 AM

Jul 2012

Maybe I should break them out!

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

6. Go for it! Using the OVF was a real treat. I'd love to find something like a Canonet.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:11 AM

Jul 2012

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

7. One more using my newly cleaned scanner

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:13 AM

Jul 2012

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

8. These are VERY cool.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 05:32 PM

Jul 2012

They look "old." I like 'em.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

9. Thanks. That was what I wanted. The funky scanner helped with the look.

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:13 PM

Jul 2012

Celebration

(15,812 posts)

10. definitely vintage

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:04 PM

Jul 2012

And I like vintage. I love the depth.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

11. Thank you. You can't get that feel from digital.

Reply to Celebration (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:08 PM

Jul 2012

For film, I am thinking that crappier the equipment (to a point), the better the picture.

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)

12. Software can simulate....

Reply to alfredo (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:31 AM

Jul 2012

Software can simulate film but it is NOT the same. I love these photos.

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

13. And yet, to play devils advocate...

Reply to Johnny Noshoes (Reply #12)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:42 AM

Jul 2012

the pictures we are looking at and loving right now in this thread were captured digitally by a scanner and are being shown to us digitally on our monitors. So apparently digital can and does capture that look. (Yes, I know. An analog print just looks different from a digital one, but most people can't tell the difference any more.)