Having Fun with Shooting Film

[Nikkornos]

Standard Konota processing plus low res scan. Nothing fancy.
I usually over expose print negatives by 1/3 to 1 stop.

I am somewhat disturbed by the very high grain shown on some posts.
Scanning problem?

 

[ricsal]

some shops arent very reliable with their scans..

 

[fengwei]

Got Junlong's VL58/1.4, and fixed Felix' SuperA, here are some of the resutls from a roll of Reala 100:

 

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[felixcat8888]

Man, the photos are pin sharp!!

 

[ricsal]

Wow, really sharp.

 

[fengwei]

Man, the photos are pin sharp!!

Thanks again Felix for such a fine camera

Wow, really sharp.

Some photos I can't even apply sharpening after resizing, otherwise they'd look over sharpened

 

[Nikkornos]

Superb pictures and beautiful colours.

Had been resisting Chiff's offer on the VL58/1.4 for a long long time.... :bigeyes:

 

[fengwei]

Superb pictures and beautiful colours.

Had been resisting Chiff's offer on the VL58/1.4 for a long long time.... :bigeyes:

Thanks. It's an excellent lens, some said it's better than the Pentax 50/1.4. But I'm gonna compare these two myself and see if it's true

 

[nik34]

VL 58mm 1.4 = Black coffee + lots of creamer..;p I like.

Nice shots FW,great pc of glass u got there.:thumbsup:

 

[fengwei]

VL 58mm 1.4 = Black coffee + lots of creamer..;p I like.

Nice shots FW,great pc of glass u got there.:thumbsup:

Thanks Lawrence It's a great lens indeed.

 

[eselite]

FW, those photos are really nice and sharp, do you remember which one taken at wide open? hehe

 

[rocaway]

Hi guys can you recommend a good (preferably cheaper) place to process negatives and scan? My neighbourhood shops don't have onsite labs anymore and charge close to $10-8 per roll. Or is that the regular price now regardless of location

 

[fengwei]

FW, those photos are really nice and sharp, do you remember which one taken at wide open? hehe

Thanks Charlie.

The only one I took wide open was this one:

Took it to test out focusing accuracy, lucky it's spot on

 

[fengwei]

Hi guys can you recommend a good (preferably cheaper) place to process negatives and scan? My neighbourhood shops don't have onsite labs anymore and charge close to $10-8 per roll. Or is that the regular price now regardless of location

The one near my place charges $12.90 for each roll :cry:

 

[ricsal]

Miao Lian in Bukit Batok does all the processing E6,BW,etc

But somehow...not so good sevice la...hi-res scan got see speck of dust(dunno wat happened) and the waiting time for my BW film is nearly 1 month! maybe thats because they told me the one doing the process went overseas and they dunno when he coming back yet.

 

[rocaway]

omg, can't believe its so hard to shoot film. gotta buy rolls, buy batteries and pay through your nose to process them! argh but I will persevere and see how my first shots on film turn out.

 

[pentriot]

omg, can't believe its so hard to shoot film. gotta buy rolls, buy batteries and pay through your nose to process them! argh but I will persevere and see how my first shots on film turn out.

The best & fun part of film is to anticipate the results. T-Kum, T-Kum.

 

[Nikkornos]

Actually I have more fun shooting film.

Film is proven technology. The Fuji Superia 200 or 400 are very good (as Kodak is now fading out).

I had been using Konota since 2000, more than 10 years. Mr. Kwek's hair also turned white already... mine too.

Ask for a standard run thru the mill process, print, and a CD. You won't go wrong.

Shooting film is discipline. You know you got 36, and each shot must count.

You can always go back to enlarge, digitize and post process when you have a nice shot.

Incidentally, I have boxes of film still preserved. Just redeveloped some shot in 1997 and rescanned. Still fine and OK.

A friend of mine had all his pictures stored in the computer since Nikon D1 came out. He lost all his kids' pictures from day 1. Hard disk crashed and wiped out everything. I worked in the HD industry for 10 years, and I tell you don't run the drive for more than 1 years. Especially those made by, ahem, S****** in China. Back up everything on DVD and keep two copies. You will find digital is not really that convenient in the long run.