Post your recent 35mm film pictures here!

Wolfeye

Senior Member
We have a macro post, a flowers post, a birds post, and many many others, but I didn't see a 35mm film pictures post. So I made one. :)

Squash lady.

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Nikon F6, Fujis Superia 100 film.
 

coolbus18

Senior Member
I am so diggin' shooting film. Gonna be shooting b&w for a while. The following were shot on a Nikon F5, Nikkor 28-80mm, Fujifilm Neopan 400.

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Wolfeye

Senior Member
A trio of portraits with Nikon F6, Kodak Portra160 film.

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This film is such a joy to shoot and get printed, and a &**&^%$%@!!'ing BITCH to scan. I spent a full hour last night trying to get this roll somewhat right. The prints are gorgeous; my scans, not so.
 
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Retro

Senior Member
...This film is such a joy to shoot and get printed, and a &**&^%$%@!!'ing BITCH to scan. I spent a full hour last night trying to get this roll somewhat right. The prints are gorgeous; my scans, not so.

If you look around, you might find a company that will send you a disc back with your prints. Shoppers Drug does that for us in Canada. I asked them if they would send me a disc only, and they refused. Prints, negs and disc. That's the deal. The last roll of 24 exp. was $13.

Edit: All of the files I get from the disc are 1518 x 1000. I suppose I could get a better file if I brought a negative in for custom scanning, if a photo meant that much to me.
 
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coolbus18

Senior Member
Yes Marilynne he does smile. My friend Pat with his "new" Yashicamat 124G

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Nikon F5, Nikkor 28-70mm, Fuji Neopan 400.

and I also ordered an Epson V600 scanner. Gotta save somewhere. uh huh.
 
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coolbus18

Senior Member
This is Errol. He's one of the owners of the neato grocery market in my neighborhood that I periodically post pix of.

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Nikon F5, Nikkor 28-70mm, Fuji Neopan 400
 

Wolfeye

Senior Member
I had several cameras out recently, testing which worked best with my 100-400mm and 1.4x TC. This one comes courtesy the EOS-1V.

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Wolfeye

Senior Member
Superb! Yep b&w and film , a match made in heaven! And having a tc-14(a and b) is a great tool. You scan your own, yes? That's my challenge now. Save the bucks to do enlargements.

Thanks! Yes, I develop and scan my own. It can be quite the challenge, or, challenges, as each film type has it's own demons:

Color c-41 film - I use Vuescan (software) to do all my scanning. Sometimes the color conversion is good, quick, and easy, sometimes it's a royal pain in the ass. I love Kodak's Portra line and the Gold 200, but getting the color balance right can be a nightmare.

Traditional B&W film like Tri-X - scans well but be careful with contrast it can easily get out of hand. You also can't use digital dust reduction because the scanner will see the silver grains as dust too. Be sure and clean the negatives before scanning.

Chromogenic B&W - scans very well, and lets you use dust reduction. Ilford's the only one making this now, their XP2 film. I find C-41 film development easier than regular, so I may have to try this one out more. I have a ton of the discontinued Kodak BW400CN film and it also scans nice, but it's a bitch to print in a traditional darkroom due to the orange mask. There are places, like MPIX.com that print on traditional B&W paper, so you can scan the Kodak and email them the file to have printed. It's almost traditional, right? :)

Slide film - this should be the easiest to scan. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. If you ever get the joy of trying to scan Kodachrome, well, best of luck to ya. It's color AND you can't use dust reduction on it. Regular E-6 is very easy, although even then, sometimes the colors don't look right. Playing around with film profiles in Vuescan can help.
 

coolbus18

Senior Member
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Oh yeah that bw400cn is super. Printed on color paper, it's sepiaesque(it's a word now) reddsih tone looks great framed. Just super fine grain. I'd love some Kodachrome.I gave a shot to Velvia 50--challenge--oh yeah.I'll be getting the VueScan in a month or so when I learn how to use the 3 on a tree Epson controls. Each frame is a new one. But I'm just lovin' it all.I'm trying out a new to me French Film--Berrger rbf 400. It's in the trusty F4s. I love the experimenting although I must say for b&w I like the Tmax 100 and 400.And my first love Tri-x 400. Lately I've been hitting the books and studying early pioneering photographers. My next non-normal film is CineStill 50.That'll go in the F5. Thanks for your advice and to all have a great time shooting film!!!! :encouragement:
 
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