todd_phillips3

<p>I am partial to Portra but just got my first roll of Ektar 100/35mm developed and was pleasantly surprised with some of the people shots/skin tones... As others have said, it took lower light to turn it on.... These are the lab scans (Noritsu)... </p> <img src="http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/upload/2015/03/07/20150307160710-0b857b23.jpg" alt="" width="597" height="900" /> Camera QSS-32_33 Camera QSS-32_33 <br /><br /> <img src="http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/upload/2015/03/13/20150313021126-bdb88e5c.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="679" /><img src="http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/upload/2015/03/08/20150308145758-de260cf7.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="679" /> Camera QSS-32_33

<p>They are all worth buying depending on how much you're looking to spend and will all work with your M42's... If it were me, I'd go with a K-5... No reason to go earlier than that unless you're looking for a rock bottom dollar price... K-5 is what I'm using, and will be continue to use until the next release.</p>

<p>I really like my Tak-K 135/2.5 which I bought for $40, and there seems to be a fairly abundant supply out there...</p> <p>http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Pentax-Takumar-135mm-F2.5-Bayonet-Lens.html</p>

<p>It took me two months, but I finally finished shooting my first roll of 120 and will get it developed tomorrow.... <br> I'm a mostly digital shooter beginning to dabble in film. So far I've only had a couple rolls of 35mm color neg film developed, using a reputable local lab (Pro Photo Irvine, that uses a Noritsu). I had them scan just so I could compare my scans with theirs... As stated I scanned straight on the glass without the film holders (They must be buried somewhere in my garage but I haven't been able to find them yet...).<br> The (porta 400) colors with the lab scans looked better than what I've been able to achieve with my scans, but their scans (I am guessing because they are at only 6MB resolution, and/or their settings) had a kind of noise reduction/pasty quality (especially at 100% viewing) that I wasn't too fond of... In that regard I actually prefer my scans...<br> So now I am debating whether to pay the lab the extra $3.50 to scan my 12 shots of 120. I am wondering if that pasty look of their scans with my 35mm will go away with the higher res of the 120? Part of the debate is also that this first roll I shot is actually expired Portra 160 from like 2009 that I got for $2 at a camera show. I went with it knowing that I'd probably blow many of the shots on my first roll (which I did) because I'm learning how to use my Yashica 124G... (My next rolls of new Portra 400 are waiting in the fridge)...<br> Either way I will be scanning these shots with my 4870, but for now it has to be straight on the glass until I find my holders...(Or does anybody have a suggestion for a holder other than the $65 holder that betterscanning.com offers?)<br> How big a difference would I see scanning the MF negs with the holder compared to what I get with straight on the glass (all else being the same)? If it's a significant difference, I might have to spend the weekend unloading my garage looking for those holders. <br> <br />Thanks in advance for any constructive input. ;)</p>