FilmPhotography-DuaneHorne

We have gone there 6 or 7 times since 2010 and we just love this town! For a short visit as you are planning, take 1 camera and walk the

French Quarter. For architectural and landscape shots shoot color. For people and jazz performances I like to shoot B&W. IMHO must see

locations to shoot would be: St Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, Antique Row ( I forgot the street name) late at night or very early AM.

Bourbon Street at night (drag the shutter and use flash), French Market Cafe ( great live jazz weather permitting). Take the street car to the

Garden District, walk the riverfront and eat Beingets at Cafe DuMonde. Have a great time!

<p>Thank you everyone. I ended up returning the camera and am expecting a refund from Ebay. I will stick to using my SLR and taking the filter on and off for my infrared work.</p>

<p>Thank you everyone. I ended up returning the camera and am expecting a refund from Ebay. I will stick to using my SLR and taking the filter on and off for my infrared work.</p>

<p>Luis and Charles,</p>

<p>Thank you much for your advise.</p>

<p>Thank you, Rick.</p>

<p>Hi.<br /><br />I just purchased a Canonet QL 25 from ebay. It came yesterday. What a beauty but...I tested it and the shutter does not work at all. Can you give me advise on this? I have the owner's manual and followed the instructions. Please help.<br /><br /></p>

<p>I own a Mamaya C220 TLR and a Konica Omega 100. Both are supurb cameras I would highly recommend. The KO weighs a ton, though but works like a charm.</p>

<p>These are great suggestions. What I sometimes do is try different black and white film. I have gottten very creative and wonderful results with Ilford Delta 3200 pushed 1 stop to 6400. Also trying Tri -x has been fun.. I sometimes will chage camera's and use and Mamaya C220 or a Konica-Omega 100 (6x7).</p>

<p>I acquired one a few years ago and shoot with it regularly. Great Camera, I just love it.</p>

<p>I am a die hard film user and am optimistic about the future of this medium. As has been said her before, no ned to hash out again ad naseum the film vs digital discussion. I love film because I love film. The most discouraging news which affected me deeply was when kodak stop making the HIE, but Efke stepped in and made a similar though not equal product; then Kodak introduces the Ektar line which is a very impressive product. I am 50 years old and am convinced that I will be shooting film for the next 50 years and will find an ample supply of equipment to meet my photographic needs.</p>

I. Very very recEnTly trieD IlforD 3200 pushed to 6400 in 35mm format. I loved it. Even some underexposed shots were great because of the mood that the grain and contrast provided. And yes HIE was the best of the best. May a plague be on the Kodak house for ceasing production of this wonderful product.

<p>I would too recommend Texas Station Casino. It is well off the strip and is very very nice for the money. As for lenses, the last time I was there I brought every lens I had and ended up using only 3: a 28-300 zoom, a 19-35 zoom and a macro lens. </p>

<p>I would too recommend Texas Station Casino. It is well off the strip and is very very nice for the money. As for lenses, the last time I was there I brought every lens I had and ended up using only 3: a 28-300 zoom, a 19-35 zoom and a macro lens. </p>

<p>Wow,<br>

Maybe you will see us out there too. I am traveling with my girl friend and her grandson. I have been to all three places. Each place is simply, "magical". I can guarantee you that this will be but the first of many trips you will make. Stovepipe wells is the perfect jumping off point for exploration of DV. Valley of Fire has a back road that leads to Hoover Dam. Sensory overload is the best I can describe the beauty of VoF and the backroad.</p>

I own this lens. I bought it in 2003? and was content with it until I heard all the negative comments. I then purchased a great set up later that year: A tamron adaptal manual 400 f4 with a 1.4 tc it came with all of the accessories plus ans elan Ii. Great set up but heavy as hell. Now with my sciatica I have taken the sigma out again and am enjoyong it. I always use fill flash with 200 iso print film or 400 provia. Always use a tripod and sometimes will use a colourd gel over the flash. I am going after hummingbirds tomorrow.

Gentlemen

 

Thanks for your input. When I shot HIE I mostly used the opaque filter. My exposures were always what the meter read before the filter was on. Always bracketing +/-1 stop. Reviewing my notes with the efke it looks like my base exposure is -.5 then bracket +-1.5..I like the results but not as grainy as the HIE.I also miss the halo effect.

I finally sucessfully shot a roll of the Efke IR film. I was happy with the results. Using a Hoya 72 (wratten 87b) filter,

I took copious notes. My exposure ranged from 3 stops under to 1.5 over in 1/2 increments. When I used the

kodak, I exposed 3 frames; 1 on the mark, 1 stop over and 1 stop under and achieved excellent results. It appears

with the efke, at least until I master it, I will have to expose at lease six frames from 1.5 over down to 2 under. Any

thoughts? Thanks

Thank you all. As clarification, most of the images were underexposed. I had the camera set a "P" mode.

I recently photographed a dance performance my daughter was in. When I got the film developed many of the images

were dark. The particulars are as follows:

 

Environment -- indoors with flourescent lighting, ceiling height about 8ft, I was about 8-10 ft from the subject.

 

Equipment: Canon Elan 7e camera, Tamron 28-300 3.5-6.3 with 81b filter, Canon 540 ez flash with no exposure

compensation (0) mounted on flash bracked with diffuser on flash head tilted at 45 degrees pointed at ceiling.

 

Film: Provia 400

 

What did I do wrong?

 

Most of my photography is nature with just a bit of fill flash. Where did I go wrong here?

 

Thanks for your advice

Steve,

I think I know what I did wrong. I metered at iso 3 and had it processed at iso 3. duuuhhh.... I should have metered at 3 and processed at iso 100, or as you suggest, iso 200.

Thanks Jeff,

 

I guess the Kodak HIE was so sensative to the IR spectrum that this additional exposure was not required.

Hi,

 

One more thing. When I used the Kodak HIE. I used a Canon Elan 7E. I shot it at ISO 100. What I did was to take the exposure without the filter with the camera's light meter. I made a mental note of the exposure setting. I added the filter, then set the camera on manual exposure, setting it for the exact readings I noted befor adding the filter. I would take three shots, one on the exact metered setting and then bracket 1 stop over and under.

Hi,

 

I just shot my first roll of the Efke IR. The results were poor. [Equipment

Used: Mayama C220 TLR, Wratten 87 filter, Sekonic Light Meter.] [Exposure: ISO

3, f-22, bracket at +/-1 stop, the filter factor was not applied. I took the

reading with existing light reading then bracketed.]...It looks like I should

have increased the exposure by several stops. Any suggestions? I had the

Kodak HIE down to a science. Please provide any help you can.

 

Thanks

Gentlemen,

 

Thank you so much for you very helpful comments. I plan to shoot a roll of the new efke IR film this weekend and was looking for a good way to use the grads. John, could you send me a picture of the set up please,

 

Thanks

I own a Mamaya C220 TLR ( 6x6) and a Rapid Omega 100 Rangefinder (6x7). I

would like to know if anyone has any methods for the used of a graduated ND

filter use. I have thought of "waiving a pencil" in front of the upper half of

the taking lens, but have not tried it. Any thoughts would be greately

appreciated.

 

Thanks