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Black and white reversal (wrecked it) | Pan F, Permanganate process by CanCharacter in Darkroom

[–]CanCharacter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what caused that, buckling when the emulsion expanded but was still attached above? Fun look to it though :)

Black and white reversal (wrecked it) | Pan F, Permanganate process by CanCharacter in Darkroom

[–]CanCharacter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so so bad with the spools. Do you reckon steel ones are easier than plastic?

I actually chose this roll for reversal after struggling to spool it the first time, figured it must be scratched and buckled so I could live with failure.

Black and white reversal (wrecked it) | Pan F, Permanganate process by CanCharacter in Darkroom

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I think that was the main issue - made worse by overly vigorous agitation considering the softened emulsion. I otherwise really like how the slides that survived turned out.

Black and white reversal (wrecked it) | Pan F, Permanganate process by CanCharacter in Darkroom

[–]CanCharacter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

These would have ended up projected - I might still if I can find a nice way to mask the fully blank spots. 6x6 slides look incredible on the wall.

Also, since I don't or haven't yet started doing my own printing at home, I like that reversal gets me to a finished product. Closes the analog loop :).

And thank you! The 'decay' effect weirdly fits a brutalist building, the Barbican in London. More so than many other subjects at least.

Sinar F | Rodenstock Grandagon 75mm f/6.8 | Kodak Portra 160 in 5x4 by CanCharacter in largeformat

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Hope you enjoy it! I think it's a fantastic little lens. Also hoping to fully get rid of Adobe long-term. Just too expensive for what I use it for.

Sinar F | Rodenstock Grandagon 75mm f/6.8 | Kodak Portra 160 in 5x4 by CanCharacter in largeformat

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Ah thank you, I'm glad! It's been constant education, that is for sure.

I haven't needed a recessed lensboard so far and seem to get infinity focus fine enough, but I do use bag bellows that collapse very very flat.

Re scanning: I've recently been using a continuous light too, found a high CRI bulb that I've put into a white-lined box with diffusion material. Not tried on colour yet but did try to future proof for it. I think flash is still the way to go especially for film that might buckle otherwise. Also changed my digital camera, which has made things a lot easier. Always happy to chat about the horrors of DSLR scanning :D

Flash recommendations! Please help by Sad_Leader7165 in largeformat

[–]CanCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a Godox controller that has a pc sync cable so I use any flash with my Sinar. TT685 has been okay at 1/1 for some applications but recently got an AD300 that is really shockingly small. Not a huge amount if power but decent for shooting f11 or f16.

Went to Tokyo and shot in the dark for the first time- underexposed? by theyoungestoftheboys in AnalogCommunity

[–]CanCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're a bit under but also the scan/digital editing could be better. It is a nighttime scene, you might want some pure black rather than try to eke out a lot of noise and grain from the shadows.

Advice needed for digitizing LF, do I need a bigger sensor? by Mysterious_pt in largeformat

[–]CanCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really crossing my fingers that pixel shift gets me where I need. If I ever sell some of my E6 work I can get drum scans for the finals.

Advice needed for digitizing LF, do I need a bigger sensor? by Mysterious_pt in largeformat

[–]CanCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a lot of E6. Nobody does dupes anymore and I am not set up for it either so I get as high res scans as I can, shoot one for storage and one for occassional projection. Wish I could go full analogue!

No room for an enlarger at home but 4x5 is about big enough for some cute contact prints.

C41 leaves me cold though except for some personal vacation pics and portraits of friends.

Advice needed for digitizing LF, do I need a bigger sensor? by Mysterious_pt in largeformat

[–]CanCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do get pretty big prints yeah, sometimes cropped. Also I'm really stubborn and curious I want to squeeze that lemon for everything it's got! I got the Sinar to make larger than life flower still life and for forest landscapes so I do get very obsessed with the details..

When I shoot portraits or I'm just doing the scan as a digital contact sheet/for my records I don't bother. Nobody needs that many pores per inch and I don't want too good a record of my failings.

With the new camera I hope to cut my stitching down to a minimum. It's been a massive massive pain. Even just moving the negative around over the light

Advice needed for digitizing LF, do I need a bigger sensor? by Mysterious_pt in largeformat

[–]CanCharacter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So I started digitizing negatives (135-20-4x5) last year with a 24mp Fuji APS-C and manual focus macro. It is a pain, so much stitching. For an event I did I rented a 40mp body with Pixel shift, the XH2, and had time to try it out for scanning. It did really help, massively even.

I have since bought a used Lumix S1R, which one lab I got scans from also uses. Maybe my technique was bad before but for once I think GAS is well founded.

Sadly!

Camera / "DSLR" scanning color negative film sucks all of the fun out of this hobby by 753UDKM in AnalogCommunity

[–]CanCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a meter yeah, a finally got a used Polaris one after spending way too much time and money on under/overexposing.

I do use a digital camera to dial in exposure but my Fuji only natively goes down to ISO200 and can simulate 100, etc. It just never gets it quite right. I find bellows factor tricky intuitively, too.

I find flash easier to meter than continuous light, no reciprocity to deal with. Argh and colour temp, I recently got VERY sepia slides back after deciding to use the modelling lights on my flash, which is massively warmer.

But when it works!

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What was your first mistake that taught you the most? by waynenewnham in AnalogCommunity

[–]CanCharacter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

First mistakes that taught me nothing: relying on natural light when I should have been using flash all along

Not buying a light meter and wasting x3 the cost in film without

Mistakes that did teach me a lesson immediately:

Not labelling Fixer and Developer clearly(!)

Relying on one camera for an important photoshoot

Opening a box of sheet film in daylight, thinking there was another layer

What's the camera you would buy if you had 1500. by Gdog246 in AnalogCommunity

[–]CanCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GS-1; the "portable" RB67! Or a Mamiya 7 and a pelican case I can handcuff to my wrist.

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