brunomorez

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I'm looking for a descent compact camera<strong> that runs on AA batteries. </strong></p>

<p>I highlighted this because all the camera's I've looked at so far seem to run on rechargeable, brand specific batteries.</p>

<p>I want to take this camera on a big hike in the Alps, with limited and very often no access to electricity. I want to be able to buy batteries if I pass past a village with a little shop/gas station...</p>

<p>Other specs:</p>

<p>a good wide angle lens</p>

<p>max. 200 euros </p>

<p>That's it :-)</p>

<p>Any ideas? </p>

<p>I just developed another roll full of white walls & open skies, used all apertures, and not a trace of the black line. Looks like it was just a hair/fiber probably between the film & the shutter.</p>

<p>Sorry for the panic :-)</p>

<p>This is my suspicion, too.</p>

<p>I'll develop another roll tonight and see if it's still there.</p>

<p>On the first rol I show with this lens, the line wasn't there.</p>

<p>The line shows up on all apertures, I did some shots from f1.4 up to f16, and the line stays the same as well. If it were a lens issue, there should be a change when changing apertures I think.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the good replies so far.</p>

<p>Hi all<br /> <br />I've just purchased a 35 mm 1.4 Nikkor lens (this one: http://www.photographyreview.com/cat/lenses/35mm-primes/nikon/PRD_99065_3111crx.aspx ) from another photographer.<br /> When I bought it, I tested it quite extensively, no sticky blades, no obvious scratches. The only thing I noticed was a minor, hairfine scratch in the coating of the front element (7 mm long or so).<br /> I tested the lens on a D70 (I think, not a FF sensor camera anyway) and everything looked fine.<br /> I've just developed my first film, and on all the negatives, in exactly the same place, there's the same small black line. It's not a scratch on the negative.<br /> I just looked at the lens again, and there's a very fine & small scratch on ( or possible just under) the rear lens element, the one closest to the body. It could also be a hairline crack, just under the rear element.<br /> On the negatives it's about 1/7th of the photo, starting from the right hand side. The minor scratch on the rear element is on the same side, has the same orientation & length.<br /> Is this the reason for this black line on my photo?<br /> I guess so, a hair or dirt would leave a white mark, not a black one.<br /> Money back it is ?</p>

<p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NRV7LJ9J18M/TWjuG69UmTI/AAAAAAAACJY/x6Pxard3ENk/s1600/Scan-110226-0010.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="487" /></p>

<p>Zhou Mi, Chinese photographer<br>

http://www.dancingmind.net/gallery.html</p>

<p>I developed some rolls of Delta 3200 @ 6400 in Microphen 1:0 recently. I'm using a plastic Paterson two reel tank, which can hold +- 600 ml.<br>

I assumed that 250 ml of developer would be enough to cover te reel. 2 out of 3 films came out splendid, the third one showed a band on the top of the negativ. I'm assuming the reel slid up slightly in the tank, and part of the film was underdeveloped.<br>

Today I checked and 250 ml if barely enough to cover one reel. I guess I got lucky. If I want to be sure I need at least 400 ml of dev. to cover the reel and have a margin in case it slides up the tube.<br>

I develop with 250 ml for 18 minutes and get good results.<br>

Now my question: if I use 500 ml instead of 250 ml, do I need to adjust my time or not?</p>

<p>Your link links to the picture and nothing else.<br>

Did find this however:<br>

http://gonecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/nomads-opening-nov-1-evanston-public.html</p>

<p>Nice work, however I find the panoramic format a bit limiting sometimes, as if it's not the most 'natural' format for the specific photo.</p>

<p>I dig the older stuff as well!</p>

<p> </p>

<p>'Use' as in<br>

"<em>you grant us <strong>a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license</strong> to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.'</em></p>

<p>I graduated (ma) in literature and linguistics. After looking for a job in a related field for the last ten months and thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life I've come to realise 1) that those jobs are rare, 2) no actually cares about this degree, 3) the one thing in my life right now that I'm passionate about is photography (and my gf, hi honey! hope you're reading my forums! :p )</p>

<p>Anyway, that's why I'm planning to do a major in journalism next year, and that way try to get into documentary photography, photojournalism, news, etc.</p>

<p>Am I good enough? No clue but I can only try.</p>

<p>I'd say; follow your dreams, if it doesn't work out, there's always a regular dayjob.</p>

<p>Developed in bottled water yesterday in clean recipients, tank etc.</p>

<p>Rinsed for 60 secs in distilled water, had some small water spots though, so a 2 minute rinse might be better. No sticky residue though.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the sound advice once again.</p>

<p>At first I thought it were drops of water, but when I touched one I noticed they were sticky and jelly-like.<br>

I'll use bottled water for my next development, in a clean tank, and only a 30 s dip in the final rinse in either distilled or bottled water.</p>

<p>All the time spend browsing Photo.net, discussing PS could be spend shooting pictures in the street.</p>

<p>Just sayin' ;-)</p>

<p >I developed some 35mm Tri-X last night. After letting the negatives dry for 3,5 hours, I noticed a clear sticky residue where you'd expect the last droplets of water on a negative when leaving it to dry. It's odorless but it makes the negatives stick to their storing sheets.</p>

<p >This is the first time I've experienced this (in say 70 developments). I'm thinking this is some kind of contamination, but I'm not sure where it comes from.</p>

<p >Here's my development proces;</p>

<p >Using a Patterson plastic 2 reel tank</p>

<p >Develop in Rodinal 1:50, using tap water that has been boiled. I've been experimenting with distilled water as well, but the mineral content of the tap water seems to make the Rodinal more active. If I use similar times with distilled water, my negatives look flatter and more grey.</p>

<p >Stop</p>

<p >Fix: Ilfofix 1/10, fresh stock, tap water</p>

<p >Rinse: Ilford method (5,10,20,40 inversion) with standard tap water</p>

<p >Final rinse; a 10 minute soak in distilled water with a few droplets of Amaloco H10 wetting agent.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Then I swing the reel around to get rid of extra water on the negatives and hang them to dry. I cut my negatives when they're wet, because this seems to make them less prone to 'convexing'.</p>

<p >One thing I never do is thoroughly wash my tank, reel, etc. Could it have something to do with this?</p>

<p>Sorry for bumping an old thread.</p>

<p>I recently switched from using very harsh water to distilled water for developing my negatives with Rodinal. The roll I dev'd in distilled water looks very thin & flat compared to the ones developed in the harsh water. The developing process was exactly the same.</p>

<p>I use Rodinal 1:50</p>

<p>I just gave an old guy a print of the portrait I made of him.</p>

<p>He seemed very pleased :-)</p>

<p>Anyone else here does this?</p>

<p >@ Ton; thanks for your kind words. The Jewish/Chasidim community would make a great subject, but they are by far the most 'closed' community in Antwerp. I've lived in the Chasidim neighbourhood for a year and these guys are living in a different dimension. As if you don't even exist. A friend of mine took a photograph of chasidim kids in a school (without asking) and they went completely mad. The Turks are easier I think.</p>

<p > As for the portraits, I'm not a big Vanfleteren fan, I like what he does but especially his portraits have become too much of a 'trick', a lot of them look exactly the same, not really captivating the person in them. I just wanted to see if I could obtain similar results, and with the right light, subject & development technique, I can.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >@ Brad; thanks. I agree that street photography is a continuum, there's candids, there's portraits, and a lot of stuff in between. I like to do all of it.</p>

<p > I'm working on that confidence. I usually tell people I'm a photography student, which seems to help.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >@ Javier: I agree it's just 3 men sitting there, but if I wouldn't have asked I would never have gotten close enough to take their picture. I'm shooting with a simple 50 mm lens, zoom isn't an option :-)</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Anyway, I was hoping to present you some new shots but since I ****ed up my last roll (forgot to put the spool on the tube, hence light got in the tank, routine is a b****)</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Thanks for the replies.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Hi all!</p>

<p > </p>

<p >I'd love to have some feedback on what I've been doing for the past 18 months.</p>

<p >In february 2009 I bought a Nikon FE and I've been shooting B&W film since. I develop my negatives and scan them myself.</p>

<p >Street & documentary photography is what I like most. I love going out there and trying to capture that one great image. I started out taking pictures of abandoned buildings etc, but getting people on film where the real challenge is at for me.</p>

<p >Taking pictures from complete strangers is something that requires some gut, a lot of people don't like it.</p>

<p >Recently I've gotten out of my comfort zone in a huge way by starting to ask people if I can take their picture. I'd say about half the people I ask 'comply'.</p>

<p >Recently I've started taking pictures in my own neighbourhood, trying to focus on the rather large group of Turks that live here. Not easy, because I'm not a Turk, but I hope they start accepting my after a while. A week ago I took a picture of some of the more respected older men in the neighbourhood. I'm gonna print it and show it to people as an example, hopefully if they see that it was ok for these guys, it's ok for them.</p>

<p >Here's a sample of 'my work'.</p>

<p ><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3jU6rAVZcPw/THrFO66KY8I/AAAAAAAAB0w/TLp3U4J7LcI/s400/Scan-101028-0013-copy-goe.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></p>

<p > </p>

<p ><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3jU6rAVZcPw/TGf3nspk4uI/AAAAAAAABgM/5E7Lty33AJ0/s400/Scan-101015-0006-crop.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="269" /></p>

<p > </p>

<p ><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3jU6rAVZcPw/S5PtFskEweI/AAAAAAAAAzA/UtUnSZeef0U/s400/Scan-100306-0021+3.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="271" /></p>

<p >More on http://brunomorez.blogspot.com or http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunomorez</p>

<p >Anyway, let me know what you think.</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Thanks,</p>

<p > </p>

<p >Bruno</p>