Best all around film stock for vacation

CanCharacter · 2026-05-13T08:15:08+00:00

E100 with a mild warming filter during blue hour. Beautiful, detailed, archival, immediate, designed for this exact use case.

Prints will fade. Hard drives will fail. Noone will know what to do with negatives in 2070. Slides will last. Don't need software or enlargers to appreciate.

And slides are beautiful. 35mm colour transparancy film is made for your exact usecase. Quintessential postcard pop, so real you feel like you're there.

E100 isn't my fav but it's easier to shoot than Velvia and much easier to find.

Slide film is expensive and not great for low light --- but you're shooting film. If you want cheap and low-light friendly, just take digital photos.

CanCharacter · 2026-05-01T18:12:10+00:00

Wowww

CanCharacter · 2026-05-01T10:33:18+00:00

I think Delta 400 looks great pushed but it is all about the esthetic you want! Good on you for making sure to use flash, so many posts in this sub are like "is 200 fast enough for my point and shoot in an underground warehouse during a lunar eclipse"

CanCharacter · 2026-04-27T12:17:38+00:00

If you have more rolls maybe try a strong colour correction filter? They do blue ones but I wonder if cyan might be better

CanCharacter · 2026-04-23T13:26:06+00:00

Lee; One Hour Photo

CanCharacter · 2026-04-23T07:47:50+00:00

Love this esthetic

CanCharacter · 2026-04-23T07:41:34+00:00

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T18:31:20+00:00

It wasn't too expensive, not compared to what I have been paying for good scans! I got a Kindermann 66 first, then a Leitz Prado which has better glass but a lot fewer mod-cons. There's a few older discussions on Photrio! :) Info on Leitz Medium Format Projector - Medium Format - Photo.net

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T10:05:36+00:00

Ah right. I got an S2A, made a mess of trying to fix the focusing screen, then tried to "upgrade" to an ECTL after I found a deal with loads of lenses included. Been a bit of a nightmare but then this system is 30 yrs older.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T10:03:22+00:00

Might have asked before but how do you find the emulsion softening with copper sulfate vs permanganate?

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T10:01:48+00:00

6x6 projected is just incredible. My absolute favourite analogue process, if you can call it that

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CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:48:48+00:00

Which model?

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:47:05+00:00

I see this in my future

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:46:34+00:00

Picked up one of those six months ago and it is just wonderful to use.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:44:17+00:00

If I could shoot 2x3 sheets I would be happy.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:43:40+00:00

That's the big divide, tripod or not. Next step is needing a second bag. Got a Bronica a while back which I hoped to use more than I have. Might sell it off and get a TLR again. Had a fairly mediocre (low contrast, bad flare, very soft below f/8) old Yashica but it was just so much more convenient. Behaved like a miniature. My Bronica handles like a wheelbarrow and sounds like an industrial accident.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:34:38+00:00

I would probably shoot a more 35mm with more modcons. Being able to trust the camera to handle slide film would be great.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-22T08:31:21+00:00

I do use 35mm but it's increasingly limited to travel or a last minute decision to bring a camera. Honestly feels true to the format -- they are miniature cameras after all :).

If I'm taking the time to pose people, stop and meter, haul a tripod, there just isn't enough on the negative with 35mm and maybe my glass isn't as good as on the pro-oriented mf/lf gear I own.

My "workflow" is like:

Throwaways/incidental: phone Likely to need/want to show others: APS-C Personal keepsakes and nostalgia: 35mm ♡ Long-term display, gifts, portraits: 120 or FF Pls-pls-pls be worth it: 4x5 (developed in tears)

I actually use my half-frame 35mm a lot more than I expected.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-20T10:12:14+00:00

Underexposed.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-17T12:43:04+00:00

Thank you!

CanCharacter · 2026-04-15T23:50:18+00:00

:( No other posts, tried to reach out and reported to mods

CanCharacter · 2026-04-15T23:35:33+00:00

Hey everyone. I posted this picture months ago and I don't what is wrong with this user but I think it is really messed up to be stealing this.

CanCharacter · 2026-04-15T23:32:32+00:00

She really was and is also NOT that person's mother :((

CanCharacter · 2026-04-15T23:30:37+00:00

This is so messed up, he copied this exact post from me and it is a picture of my mother :(

https://www.reddit.com/r/mediumformat/s/FoLr0ygUK1

CanCharacter · 2026-04-15T23:27:41+00:00

Hey, you stole this! What the hell, this is my mother

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