Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: New Toy(s)
I got given an old Olympus OM10 last summer, shot a roll of Delta 400 then did nothing. Got the film developed locally two weeks ago and my god was I impressed... Even though the lens was full of fungus the sharpness was obscene.
Anyway... Fast forward and I thought the film winder jammed as it turns out to be a common problem with them. Soooo I bought another one with the manual adaptor, 50mm f/1.8, 28mm f/2.8, 80-200 f/4, 2x Teleconverter, Sunpak 30DX dedicated flash AND a case for.... £35!
Bargain!
But anyways, it had a spare set of batteries so I whacked them in the other one out of curiosity and lo and behold I now have two working OM10s.
Just shooting a roll of HP5 and FP4 at the moment, I'm such a fan of B&W it hurts... Just trying out loads of different ones to see what filmsacheive what effects.
Any recommendations?
Last edited by mikedeere on Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:24 pm; edited 1 time in total
I never tried much B&W so can't help you there. My main 'film' from the old days was Fuji Velvia. Not much use for sports stuff or nice skin tones but it's cracking for landscapes. If you're doing any landscapes then give it a go.
Example - scanned from slide and no further PP
_________________ Hamish
velvia and provia for slide, hp5 and neopan for B+W, don't use colour neg that much, just shot 5 rolls of medium format fuji 160s so will see what that's like.
You got/gonna get the stuff to develop films? Can probably pick up everything you need including chemicals for around £30.
Damn that is good quality hamish. I've always thought that film is so much better quality than digital, but digital is so much easier to use for biking shots! _________________ Click on my sig...
Velvia (50) is definitely on my list too, hearing the uproar over the last few years when Fuji pulled it off the market makes me want to try it even more now it's back.
As for development I've not really got the space to develop my own, but I've found a local lab that does incredible quality service. First roll of Delta 400 36exp I took in cost me just short of £7 for development and 6x4 prints which was inclusive of student discount. Plus they threw in a free roll of FP4, so overall I'd only spent about £4!
Velvia (50) is definitely on my list too, hearing the uproar over the last few years when Fuji pulled it off the market makes me want to try it even more now it's back.
As for development I've not really got the space to develop my own, but I've found a local lab that does incredible quality service. First roll of Delta 400 36exp I took in cost me just short of £7 for development and 6x4 prints which was inclusive of student discount. Plus they threw in a free roll of FP4, so overall I'd only spent about £4!
I'll be going back there then!
You dont need space at all just to process the film, it's done in a little hand tank, you just need a sink and somehwere totally dark to load the film.
FP4 is pretty slow so have a go at rating it 2 stops higher and telling the lab to push it accordingly...?
Velvia (50) is definitely on my list too, hearing the uproar over the last few years when Fuji pulled it off the market makes me want to try it even more now it's back.
Velvia ROCKS!!!
I would love to have a setting on my D200 that produces anything close to it. It's a struggle to get anything close to it with digi 'film'. Make sure that you expose for the highlights, bracket +/-1 and you'll be fine - that shouldn't be a problem as there's at tiny bit more latitude than digital.
This is a link to my first try at landscape photography, all taken with Velvia 50 and no PP of note. You'll recognise some shots and the composition isn't all there but I think the detail, contrast and saturation of the fuji film speaks for itself:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingpie/sets/72057594109707654/show/
If you want to see what you can aspire to do the look for Peter Lik on google. His stuff is incredible. _________________ Hamish
I would love to have a setting on my D200 that produces anything close to it.
I hear the Fuji S5 (based on the D200) has some pretty incredible modes based on Fuji films, dunno about Velvia though. They've put a lot of work into the processing and even recording of extended dynamic range so that it looks (and feels) more like the real deal. Haven't tried it myself though, only seen samples.
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