stuart_templeton

That's a nice thing to be doing at this time of year. I spend a lot of my lunch breaks wandering arounf churches in my local area and see a lot of wargraves and memorials - I should take my camera with me and record some of them.

That's nice. I used to shoot a lot of XP2 through the camera in the OP, it was a nice combination.

I have a couple of rolls of Kodax kicking around, along with a few rolls of Agfa. I'd like to get some fuji as well. One thing I'm wondering about in regards to shooting expired film, with an auto camera is that there's no way to add an extra stop for every decade.

Well I Personally like the styling on a lot of these compacts, but yeah in some cases I can see your point. I fully agree on the 35RC though - I have one too and it's a wonderful little camera.

That's a really nice way to put it - It's kind of nice to shoot something 'off the wall' for once.

That's cool - I'll be interested to see the results. I dropped off my first roll for processing today - looking forward to seeing how bad they are :) I can't help thinking I should pick up an SLR too though.

That's a really nice shot of that PBY Bill - I didn't know they used those in Korea. Is that your Dad in the pic?

Wow - That's a really interesting camera and a good bit of history in your thread I found about it. It must be nice to be able to use a nice link to some history like that.

Welcome!

A very nice collection of shots. I've always really liked XP2 and have been shooting with it on and off for the past 17 years - great stuff.

Looks lovely, you're lucky to live in such a beautiful Country. Here's one from me - Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. Taken last weekend on my 350D with a 24-85mm. Bit anoyied that I didn't get the DofF correct but hey-ho, I'm going there again this weekend anyway. Here's on from the joust back in the summer - same camera and lens. Cheers!

That's a beautiful shot - where is it?

Berning RoBoT II Luftwaffe gun camera - A what??? Lovely images!

I Think that pretty much nails my reasons why.

I have an ever growing collection of 35mm Comapct cameras - and I have to say I really enjoy using them. I do really enjoy the styling and most (Yashica's aside) of them seem capable of producing some nice shots. http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mR8DRKscY5N6ztU6MzHP-AA.jpg Does anyone else make regular use of these cameras - what are your favourites? Cheers!

I tripped over last weekend and hit myself in the head with my F-1. I think I must have concussion, because since then I’ve had a desire to shoot some APS – in fact I ordered half a dozen rolls of Kodak Advantix… not something I’ve shot with since 2000. Now I know APS has bad reputation now, and I fully agree with all of it - 35mm and Digital are much better formats. However if you take away the serious photographers and just look at the family happy snappers – it WAS very popular at the time (and cool). I’ll admit that I loved it. My first camera that was actually mine was a Fuji APS model. It went everywhere I did and I shot hundreds of rolls of film through it. I enjoyed every minute of it, and to my teenage mind I had some great pictures to show for it. It gave me my ever-lasting love of photography (what almost killed it was a Pro Photographer friend of my mum’s telling me that I ‘wasn’t a ‘proper’ photographer without an SLR and selling me a Minolta X-300 that I had no idea on how to use – resulting in very poor images and a complete lack of enjoyment - but that's another story). So over the past 15 years of reading about how crap the format was, and seeing how much general hatred it picks up – it surprises me, as that just wasn’t my experience with the format, in fact I still have a B&W image of my wife taken with that camera on my desk. So I thought I’d give it a go again, to experiment and just to see if I’m just looking at it through rose-tinted glasses, and it is crap, or if it is still what I remember – fun. I’ll have a go with my old Fuji camera first – but then I was thinking of getting one of those Canon IX or IX7 SLR’s to see if shooting through a decent lens makes any difference. I’m also wondering on how much I’ve actually improved. Will my knowledge of Composition and exposure and Light etc. – actually result in better images than the one’s I made 20 years ago? Anyway – Just thought I’d share my ramblings – there’s no other point to this other than I’m at work and bored witless. Cheers!

Hi Gents, Thanks for the further info - just to clarify, yes I am indeed in the UK, have zero experience and will indeed be doing it in my Kitchen. The temp of the water in an interesting one - I obviously have access to hot water and do have a mixer tap in the kitchen, and a decent digital therometer. But I guess it's trial and error. I DO like that cooler idea. I do see your point and I've often wondered it myself - "why would I want to do this"? (especially as I already have a number of digital camera's including a DSLR). I couldn't comment on the qualities of a scanned neg vs a Digitial image - it's not something I've ever thought about. Asides from getting much more enjoyment out of using old cameras and shooting film, I just fancy getting involved in another stage of the process - it's not really about saving money, although the cost of B&W development is what stops me from using anything other than Ilford XP2. Obviously I'd love to do my own prints, but I just don't have the facilities to be able to do that - yet. But processing my own neg's is the next best thing. What I'll probably end up doing is scanning them for review (and posting up on here), and then sending the neg's off I want printing to a decent processor... Or even doing a yearly photobook. That's the plan anyway. Cheers!

I still use my 350 a lot too - It's a great camera.

Thanks for all the great advice Chaps - Much appreciated! That should get me started! Thanks!

I used to shoot far too much digital too. I get around it now by using the smallest card possible in my DSLR. My 350D is only 8.0MP so I use 128MB cards - they give me around 30 shots. Sometimes if I just want 6x4's I'll cut out the PC altogether and just plug it into the machine at the local Boots. As for the Zenit, Kodak Colourplus or Fujifilm 200 used to work well in mine. I loved it, No other camera taught me more about the relationship between film speed, Aperture, Shutter speed and available light. If the meter doesn't work, google 'the ultimate exposure computer' and use it. Have fun!

I'd love to shoot more B&W film through my classic 35mm cameras but I'm always put off by the lab costs, which is a shame, as I'm missing out on some great films. Assuming a got a scanner to do something with the Negs, what do I actually need to develop them? And how easy is it without a darkroom? I'd love to try some Tri-X, so advice would be welcome! Cheers! Stuart

Beautiful shot Rick, I also agree with you - lovely colour in those pictures Richard.

North American F-100 Super Sabre at the Midland Air Museum in Coventry. Taken last summer on a Canon F-1 with Fujifilm Superia 400. Print scanned on my bog-standard hp scanner, de-saturated and cropped. '][/url] Cheers!

So here we go - first attempt at an upload... This was taken last year sometime at Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckinghamshire. Olympus 35RC with Ilford XP2. This is my favourite spot in the garden. [ATTACH=full]1215087[/ATTACH]

Nice shots Mike. So being new (ish) here, how do you run it - The thread runs Thursday to Wednesday and anyone can post something up? I take it that it can be an older image, not just something taken recently.