photojoe

Vivitar 285 - Why? Auto modes, infinitely variable manual modes from full power to 1/64th. No super-gizmo computer inside to decide what kind of photo to take. The photographer gets to decide how to illuminate their photo.

I'm 26, exposed my first 4x5 at age 23.

Best Method: Do it yourself.

If you're unwilling or unable make sure the lab you take it to uses a "DIP AND DUNK" type processor and the operators do not use infared vision devices to assist them in the dark.

 

Roller Transport processors often use infared LEDS to determine the size and type of film that's going through them. Those LEDS will expose/fog/RUIN yout infared film. DIP & DUNK is required for B&W infared (and E6 Infared as well.)

Where I used to work last year, they had an 8mm projector/camera thing (it wasn't quite a projector or camera, but parts of both.) that would send out a NTSC or PAL video signal from 8mm films(film, like Kodachrome! Not TDK 8mm VIDEO) That signal was fed to a video-in card on a MAC. The mac would capture to the drive and then would be output as MPEG-1 (Mpeg-1?) onto a CD-ROM that was viewable in most DVD players. It wasn't true DVD, but it would play on DVD and if there was no audiotrack on the film then you could get almost 2 hours of film on a CDROM. These things do exist. Keep looking.

Very cute. As noted, the background needs to be cleaned or lighted

more evenly..it looks dirty above her head. Also mentioned as a closer

crop...maybe somehow get the background away from her and throw it out

of focus as well as the previous ideas.