@“kory”#p54139 All I had with me yesterday was the nice XF16-55mm Fuji lens. It def did a great job but I could use a bit more reach. One day! The bokeh was a nice surprise in some of these shots!
@“fetus8”#p54146 be careful, those longer, faster lenses can get intoxicating…took me a few years before I regained enough restraint to stop down the aperture every once in a while! Here’s a shot from that trip I managed to dig up:
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oh wow late pass on this thread but I'm loving all these photos.
I'm really into street photography on point-and-shoot film cameras. I mainly use a Canon Autoboy 120. I switch to a toy Holga K-280 if I know there's a chance of me breaking or dropping something tho. Mostly Fujicolor 400, Porta 400 if I'm feeling fancy but that's harder to shoot with.
oh and my favorite photographer is probably professional skateboarder [Jerry Hsu (mild NSFW in one picture in this collection)](https://www.ignant.com/2016/04/28/jerry-hsu-documents-the-non-events-of-daily-life/). The philosophical and pyschological overlap between these two pastimes is basically a circle. actually on that note, my favorite use of photo mode in a game is probably Skate 3 lmao. I'll try to upload the "ads" I shot in that game once the ol' 360 is hooked up again.
@“kory”#p54139 always film. the tones when scanned on the pakon i have come out the right way without needing any further editing for the look i want.
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Can I play too?
https://twitter.com/HelloMrKearns/status/1483583948748128256?t=ecD-rX-OWlRpP0y4Jzobgw&s=19
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@“DavidNoo”#p54568 that nightmare Santa, though…wow
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film is always worth it.
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@“Neko”#p54928 film is always worth it.
The film bug has kinda bitten me lately and this thread isn’t helping ;) I’ve even been [looking at medium format cameras on eBay](https://forums.insertcredit.com/d/866-hardware-design/128) against my better judgement. For the film shooters around here:
What kind of film do you shoot?
How available is it these days? (I don’t even know which companies are actively manufacturing film…Fuji and Ilford would be my guesses?)
Most importantly, what’s your go to method for processing and scanning? I toyed with the idea of processing b+w film at home years ago, but eventually I concluded that it was just too much of a hassle. Even the professional photographers I follow seem to rely on services for processing and scanning these days…
Anyway, the film photography on here is all great and I’d love to join in on the fun :)
@“kory”#p54934
I‘ve always been a little afraid to order a camera from ebay, I like the security of ordering from an established camera store that has some sort of guarantee on used equipment. If I was to get another medium format camera, I think I want a Fuji GSW690III aka “the Texas Leica” because it’s a giant medium format panoramic rangefinder. It looks like it could be a lot of fun to use!
I haven't been shooting too much since the start of the pandemic, but I mostly stick with Kodak films for reversal. I like Portra 400 as an all-purpose color film and Tri-X for B&W. But I also LOVE the colors of slide film and even though it's hard to use and expensive, Fuji Velvia 50 is what I use for special things. Kodak's Ektachrome is very good slide film too though and gets points for being cheaper and faster. I typically order it online from [B&H](https://www.bhphotovideo.com) or [Adorama](https://www.adorama.com/) who are based in NYC so it doesn't take long for me to get it upstate. If I'm feeling adventurous I might order from [Freestyle Photo](https://www.freestylephoto.biz) which stocks all kinds of oddball films.
Processing/scanning is the really expensive part. I used to scan it myself (I have an old Minolta 35mm film scanner) but nowadays I typically use [The Darkroom](https://thedarkroom.com) which does a good job. Although I'm planning on switching to [Dwayne's Photo](https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/) which I used in the past for developing/printing and they did a good job. It looks like high resolution scanning would be considerably cheaper through them and I look forward to sending them my next batch of film!
Once I have scans, if I want prints later, I normally get them from [Printique](https://www.printique.com) (which is Adorama again).
I'd like to get into home development of B&W and scan it myself, but I don't have the space.
I just got back into it and found film online, at Walgreens and at our local camera shop. I got a roll developed that has torn sprockets so they couldn‘t run in through their scanner. I want to get it scanned manually somewhere cause I think there’s some cool shots from Halloween on there. One place I looked online was expensive! Maybe I can find a slide scanner or setup some kind of lightbox or something.
@“kory”#p54934 i have a pakon film scanner from years ago, but there are also a lot of film labs in the bay area. if you are careful and judicious with your shots, it doesn‘t have to be that expensive - but you can’t shoot like your phone cam or digital.
as for space, my b&w dev gear fits in a small tote under the kitchen sink. B&W dev doesn't take up hardly any space, but making prints does. That's probably what you're thinking of, with multiple trays, space to hang and dry prints, and an enlarger. The dev gear is the size of a large thermos and a dark bag to load the film.
not a good photo by any means, but i just stepped out my door and saw a crow trying to chase off a bald eagle. i don't see eagles very often here, this is maybe one of a handful of times.
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@“hellomrkearns”#p53189 I‘ve been internet friends with the SCC dude for a few years. He’s good people, and the shitty camera challenge itself is a delight.
@“kory”#p54934 I have way too many cameras. A few I‘ve gotten off ebay, no trouble yet but it’s still a dice roll every time. A few have been from other photographer friends. A few have been from local camera shops. But the vast majority have come from thrift stores! Though it appears that well has mostly dried up at this point, regrettably.
I mostly shoot whatever's easy to come by. Kodak ColorPlus 200 was a great dependable standard for the longest time but now it's become annoyingly difficult to get your hands on. Kodak Ultramax 400 is another good cheap film that's super vibrant and lively and you can find at basically any drugstore. I usually have a few rolls of that lying around. My personal favorite color film is Fujifilm Superia 200, especially for brightly lit outdoor shooting. It's got this impossibly beautiful green shift to the shadows and lower midtones that's just intoxicating. And it's pretty easy to find! My local drugstore always has a few rolls on hand.
Fuji Superia 200:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFc5p4bjaYU/
For black and white, I mostly stick to Ilford HP5 Plus. It's exactly what I want in pretty much every situation, I have no desire to go back to Tri X or anything else.
Ilford HP5 Plus:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkl4ctDRtl/
I don't really like Kodak Portra, it's too, well, accurate. I like film that looks filmy lol.
As for developing, I always just send my rolls off to Indie Film Lab. I'm not brave enough to do it myself and my local photography shop honestly does a pretty crap job. Indie Film Lab develops for $11/roll of C41 which isn't too bad, and they always send back big-ass scans.
@“andrewelmore”#p56958 Great stuff! Thanks for the tips–I‘ll look into this service for sure. Eventually I would like to try my hand at b+w film development at home, but I’m going to put that project on the back-burner for now. I just received a couple rolls of Ilford HP5+ in the mail, so I‘m looking forward to playing around with that. I have a Pentax P3 film SLR that once belonged to my sister (well, I guess ownership never actually transferred to me…but it’s been under my stewardship for a very long time now lol) that I‘m planning on using it with. The only issue is that the lens aperture blades are a bit sluggish to stop down, so I’m afraid of overexposing images. It seems like servicing the lenses will be a big/expensive PITA, so I'll probably just shoot wide open while I track down other film camera options.
@“kory”#p56999 Yeah I ran into this problem with a Canonet rangefinder. Pretty much every shutter speed is almost a full second, so everything ends up super overexposed! 
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