stuart_templeton

I shot a roll with the Yashica at Flanders Fields Cemetery and a few other cemeteries and memorials around Ypres.

Also shot some 30 frames with a Leica IIIc with 5cm Hektor. Shot another couple of frames with it Sunday at the biannual Dutch Photographica Fair in Hilversum.

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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.

I am still partial to this little baby. But a compact like that Canon in the OP's post might be a nice change. For now though, TriX in this camera is a joy.

 

 

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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.

The mostly plastic 35mm compacts from the mid 70's to late 80's leave me cold, both in styling and the stinky slow zooms on some of them. Plus I just cannot abide auto only exposure control. As far as a compact 35 I like my Oly 35RC. Certainly not perfect but solid and good enough.

Cons; a hard to grip aperture ring, a silly 43.5mm filter size, defunct (mercury) battery needed. (I use #675 Zinc air cells), focusing ring feel is too light and loose for my taste.

Pros; Compact, solid feel, shutter speed easy to access and adjust, RF patch easy to see, RF easy to adjust, GN lens, (not a big deal, seldom use flash). As far as the odd filter size I keep on a 43.5 to 43mm step down ring, obtained from one of those HK suppliers for $2. Works fine and does not shadow the meter eye. Besides I have a pile of 43mm filters and hoods and caps because I have a Pen F camera and several Zuiko's for it that take that size.

Finally, full mechanical (not battery dependent) manual control when I want it! This is a biggie with me, I don't care how 'smart' the meter is.

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.

I understand the appeal of shooting some APS. I tried it once, a year before they stopped selling the film. The results were lovely.

 

The trick to appreciating APS is, I think, having the same attitude I have adopted for 35mm. Embrace the grain! Embrace the look of the film stock! The smaller the format, the more intimately you are examining the "canvas" so-to-speak. The texture of the film moves more and more to the foreground.

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

Well-I did it. I bought a Pronea 6i with a 24-70 lens.

 

I seem to recall that the 6i will work with most AI and newer lenses(AF-P and E aperture excepted) so I have a pretty nice complement of good optics to stick in front of it. Of course, most(if not all) DX lenses cover an APS-H and will certainly cover if I want to go to APS-C, so I should be set.

 

Now I just need to dig up some film.

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.

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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.

Thank you! It is a place called Åsebro in Sweden.

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!

 

5D Mark IV 24-70mm 2.8

That's a beautiful shot - where is it?

Berning RoBoT II Luftwaffe gun camera - A what???

Lovely images!

For me, it's not only the film cameras (which I do enjoy more), nor the qualities of digital versus a scanned negative, but the little moment of joy and accomplishments I get when take a roll out of the tank and see the tiny images. Holding something physical with your own created images - it's something I don't equally get with digital. Sure it's personal, but I do see the point of shooting film, even if you're only going to scan. There are enough differences in the process of making the image to make shooting film a great addition to an otherwise digital workflow.

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.

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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.

As with all these posts, this is JMHO.......A scanner.? Then print it how.?

I love to see people continue to buy film, it helps me in a manner of speaking, but.......

In all seriousness, if you are going to scan, i do not see the point in shooting film.

The reason to shoot film is so you can print, Especially B&W.....unless you are of the opinion that film "Looks Better" than a digitally shot, circa 35mm frame.?

good luck

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!

Let see your photos for this week. Up to three photos not larger then 1000 px.

 

I picked up my 350D today to give it a workout after a year.

It appeared to have some images on it I forgot about.

 

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Tom in 2015 with 350D EF 35 mm f2

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!

When I shoot digital, I try not to shoot so many. Probably more than film, but not so much more.

 

For one, while the cost of the memory card is low (especially if you reuse it), there is still the cost in time to look through the pictures.

 

In my early film years, I would buy 100 foot rolls from Freestyle for $6.00, so I didn't worry so much about cost.

 

I have many negatives from 7th and 8th grade, when I did school yearbook photography.

 

I suspect that color negatives or XP2 would be a good choice for the OP, to start with.

 

OP also needs to learn how to load, rewind, and unload the camera. Easier with someone to show you.

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

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.

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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.

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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.