Film Camera Week for July 31

Pentax KX with 50/1.7 & 35/2.8 on FP4+ in Pyro HD.

SHRUB & FENCE.

KEENE WAY.

NOBODY 10.

A couple in Centennial Park, an original stand of Douglas Fir & Western Cedar.

CENTENNIAL PARK.

PAIR OF DRYADS. (The woman on the right is 100 years old).

Circa 1965 Nikon F and 50mm f2.0 AI Nikkor; Tri-X in D76 (1:1).

Got some scans in today.

Here are two pix of my young couisns, these 4 awesome girls are the daughter of my eldest 1st cousin's daughter.

Voigtlander R3m, Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Heiar lens, Fuji Industrial 100 color film

There's a lot of personality in this crew, can you tell?

and here's another nice, colorful shot, same film, same gear

Downtown Raleigh NC

I'm liking the results from that Fuji Industrial film. Colors are a bit cool but it suits certain subject matter and shooting conditions. 100 speed is a plus, too.

Yes, there are times when it really shines. I’m liking it well enough to have ordered it several times now. It does often seem a little desaturated or something but when it’s good it’s great.

Yes, there are times when it really shines. I’m liking it well enough to have ordered it several times now. It does often seem a little desaturated or something but when it’s good it’s great.

Who prints (or scans) your film and how good they are at the job matters at least as much the film that you use. Back in the day a lot of one hour labs did a poor job of printing Kodak and Fuji professional films because they weren't set up to use the right filtration. I've seen great prints made from inexpensive consumer grade color neg and terrible prints made from pro emulsions, with great prints made from the same negatives by competent printers. Unless you're shooting with severely outdated Brand X color neg film, the big variable in my experience is the lab--their initial film processing and their printing.

Who prints (or scans) your film and how good they are at the job matters at least as much the film that you use. Back in the day a lot of one hour labs did a poor job of printing Kodak and Fuji professional films because they weren't set up to use the right filtration. I've seen great prints made from inexpensive consumer grade color neg and terrible prints made from pro emulsions, with great prints made from the same negatives by competent printers. Unless you're shooting with severely outdated Brand X color neg film, the big variable in my experience is the lab--their initial film processing and their printing.

Lately I've been using Richard Photo Lab in Valencia, California. They do a pretty nice job with development & scans. All film photos I've posted lately were done by them. I'm not sure they develop by hand but all my photos from them are scanned on a Noritsu scanner.