Overseas! and Film!
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I think many of the forumers here have given some good advice.
My opinions and thumb of rules:
1. Do not risk your trip by doing something you are not familiar with, whether is it camera or film.
2. Always bring a backup (your Ixus can be a life saver when your Leica does not serve you for strange reasons)
3. Do not use slides unless you know what you are doing (not sure if you know which films are slides).
If you are comfortable with BW400CN, either stick to it or try something at least 2 to 3 rolls to test out first.
For colour negative, most machine prints are scanned and printed digitally. You can send to the lab or those who offer scanning to scan first, then adjust the photo to your liking before you send to the lab for printing. Low contrast negatives are generally more merciful to wrong exposure.
For slides, it is expensive to scan and print. But if you scan, adjust then print, then you can save some money as well. However, slides are a no-no for wrong exposure. Once over by 1/2 stop or more, you can say bye bye to your pictures.
My opinions and thumb of rules:
1. Do not risk your trip by doing something you are not familiar with, whether is it camera or film.
2. Always bring a backup (your Ixus can be a life saver when your Leica does not serve you for strange reasons)
3. Do not use slides unless you know what you are doing (not sure if you know which films are slides).
If you are comfortable with BW400CN, either stick to it or try something at least 2 to 3 rolls to test out first.
For colour negative, most machine prints are scanned and printed digitally. You can send to the lab or those who offer scanning to scan first, then adjust the photo to your liking before you send to the lab for printing. Low contrast negatives are generally more merciful to wrong exposure.
For slides, it is expensive to scan and print. But if you scan, adjust then print, then you can save some money as well. However, slides are a no-no for wrong exposure. Once over by 1/2 stop or more, you can say bye bye to your pictures.
third3rdwheel
New Member
bring one film and one digital camera.
i almost pulled all my hair out when i discovered i was shooting iso 400 for my provia 100f.... ;(
wootsk
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Actually, I would suggest slide instead. But the problem always lies in $$$ and TS still haven't got enough experience in it. Cheap roll is around 7 bucks and developing at fotohub cost around 6 bucks. If you just scan and print normally, there is no different from normal negative.
Sorry to hijack, but our last session where you miss, we didn't do the developing due to some small accident that happens, so we can have another session
. Hopefully before Christmas.
bakchormee
New Member
That is nothing 
I once shot a Provia 100f at 1600, thinking I had Super Presto aka Neopan 1600 loaded hahaha!
I once shot a Provia 100f at 1600, thinking I had Super Presto aka Neopan 1600 loaded hahaha!
wootsk
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It's all right, if not wrong, slide maintain better shadow than blown detail. Just that it will be darker.:sweat:
serial_lain
Senior Member
I personally like ektar 100 for color film as previous posters have mentioned it gets great colors (when there is enough light). For black and white nothing beats tri-x, versatile and forgiving. Can pull and push from 250-1600 no problems!
haha, cool!
i currently have:
4 rolls of fuji pro 160s
4 rolls of fuji superia xtra 400
1 roll of fuji superia xtra 800
5 rolls of portra 160VC
Still thinking of a walkabout film. is kodak ultramax good? (should be getting about 8 rolls) and maybe 2-3 rolls of b/w400cn.
=D
Note: i do think that there is too much variance in the types of film that i'm bringing... hmmmm....
i currently have:
4 rolls of fuji pro 160s
4 rolls of fuji superia xtra 400
1 roll of fuji superia xtra 800
5 rolls of portra 160VC
Still thinking of a walkabout film. is kodak ultramax good? (should be getting about 8 rolls) and maybe 2-3 rolls of b/w400cn.
=D
Note: i do think that there is too much variance in the types of film that i'm bringing... hmmmm....
Royale With Cheese
Senior Member
I'm in Hanoi now with 30++ rolls of bulk loaded Tri-X 400
It can be pushed to 3200 & pulled back to 100
Other then the 30+ rolls of Tri-X
I got Velvia 50 for Halong bay over the weekend.
Have bulk loaded provia 100, Portra 400vc, fuji pro 400
2nd day here alone, used 4 rolls of Tri-X already & one roll Provia 400x
I burn them all at ei100
Where do you get your bulk load colour films?
Wah! You'd need a few days leave to do your scanning bro ;p
Hijacking this thread, but I'm heading to Hanoi in January, and I was wondering if you could give me advice on the lighting conditions there. I currently have zero stock of any film, except one roll of Ektar 100 and one roll of Superia 200. I'm partial towards colour, and street/landscape, so what speeds should I be looking to get?
For B&W, anything that you can push/pull from 400-1600 would be good. For example the Tri-X and Ilford HP5. For colour, Provia or Portra. This again is personal taste. You may have your favourite film
In Vietnam, the light is pretty much the same, just that the light seems softer most of the time.
In Vietnam, the light is pretty much the same, just that the light seems softer most of the time.
That is nothing
that's why i love the design of the Minolta CLE... it has a little compartment right behind the camera back for you to slot in a cut out of the film box! That's damn cool imo... :thumbsup:
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