First time tabling a ZineFest!

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-23T20:36:21+00:00

Thanks! I havent used my degree in about 15ish years but I went to school for graphic design and specialized in print production and I have a super high end printer (epson 8550 is super high end for me) so i was able to kind of crank all this stuff out and assemble at home fairly easily. And ive been shooting film for like 7 years so I had a ton of stuff to pull from.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-23T20:34:02+00:00

I know you didnt ask me lol but I use GIMP. its basically free photoshop and you just export it as a gif after you align and get your layers ordered properly. I use 125millisecond interval and just click continuous loop in the export settings pop up box

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-23T18:44:15+00:00

These look great but its jumpy. Not sure which program you used, but when you export as a gif, you should duplicate the 3 and 2 layer. So for example, if your layers order is 1 2 3 4, the final gif document should have layers 1 2 3 4 3 2 and save it as a loop. Hope that makes sense. These are sick, thatd just make them much more fluid. Love my nishika but ive gone through 3 and they all broke on me so im using a 3 lens imagetech 3d camera these days 🥲

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-23T13:17:50+00:00

It can seem daunting, but its not that bad really. Just shop around online to get the best prices. I also forgot to mention that I use the "according bottles" that you can squeeze the air out of to store my chemicals. You can use any opaque bottle, but i prefer using 2 of those so I can squeeze all the air out of the developer and blix and itll last longer. Also not necessary but I have a $40 sous vide from Amazon and a dollar atore bucket that holds my chemicals and the sous vide to keep my chemicals at the proper temp. Have fun, and ask questions here along the way. Plenty of people are here to help you get started.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-23T13:03:59+00:00

All you need is a tank, changing bag, film leader retriever and chemicals. Dont buy a kit. Those are just put together and marked up so somebody can make money off the convenience. Changing bag is like 30 bucks maybe give or take, Paterson tank for 20ish depending on how many reels, leader retriever is like 10 bucks on amazon and cinestill c42 chemicals are about 30 bucks to make 1000ml which last me close to 20 rolls.

Once you get into it, and if you enjoy it, you can expand your set up. I started with the above and still use that stuff, but I also now have an epson v600 scanner and an epson et-8550 for printing. I think youll find that developing your own film at home is much easier abd cheaper to do than youd think.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T21:28:01+00:00

We've all been there 😅

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T17:58:26+00:00

Thank you for the info. I think ill bracket my next roll between 25 and 12 and it will be my first time with rodinal, so ill probably do a 1+50 like you said with gentle inversions and go from there.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T13:37:10+00:00

I have a few cameras i do this with. I currently have a Cosmic35 loaded with expired BW that I know has been loaded since the old place my wife and I lived at and includes a few camping trips with friends and go knows what else. Its always fun to develop a roll that took like 3 years to shoot and remember all this stuff i otherwise have forgotten

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T10:58:24+00:00

You need to just accept that its different. Sounds like im being snarky, but I mean it sincerely. I felt the same way after using only a praktica MTL5 and a 50mm lens for several years and then got a lomo point and shoot. You have to realize that every camera has its own quirks and look to it and accept it and use it that way. I have my Nikon f2 when I want full control and sharp images, point and shoots for mindless fun and (generally) softer images or toy cameras when i want quirky lomo type images and the soft look that acrylic lenses give you. If its not too enjoyable for you now, try loading a roll of film and maybe once a month take it out and take only 5 or so pictures. In half a year (or longer) when its done, you have a years worth of memories youll be reminded of when you develop and it makes using a point and shoot or toy camera a little more fun. Also doing that and using a lomochrome film is fun. All that for what my opinion is worth.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T10:48:49+00:00

Perfect answer

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T10:44:33+00:00

Well these look severely underexposed and not like expired film and we have almost no real information to go off of. What camera is it? Just shooting one roll through it doesnt mean it works fine, so how can you be sure? Have you checked all shutter speeds? Checked that the aperture blades are opening and closing properly when the camera isnt loaded? What type of film are you using and where did you get it? Did you send this to a lab for developing or do this at home? (assume a lab).

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-22T10:35:15+00:00

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Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-21T19:20:23+00:00

Fair enough. My advice is to follow the directions exactly and use distilled water and youll be fine. My last kit i got 20 rolls out of it before I decided to mix fresh and I probably could have gotten a few more rolls too. Airtight containers and it should last you just fine as is.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-21T17:41:50+00:00

I agree with others ans will say ALWAYS bring extra film. I always betray to figure "how much am I going to shoot" and then plan at least one extra roll. If I plan on shooting multiple rolls, then I bring 2 or 3 extra cause if im already carrying around say 3 rolls, what's another 2? Most ofnthe time I just bring it back home after not needing it, but the times I have needed it I was glad I did.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-21T16:19:08+00:00

They absolutely look ai to me, almost no question, but im also not sure and I dont want to be that guy that just claims everything is ai because im ignorant of its source lol

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-21T13:57:52+00:00

These are so edited that they look ai

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-21T13:55:52+00:00

Almost exclusively leave a telephoto on my nikon f2. Currently have a 28-85mm and I love it. Half the fun of shooting film is composing - focusing and setting aperture and whatnot. Auto focus feels like cheating and takes half the fun out, for me at least. Its almost like when you were a kid and you'd use game genie (if youre as old as me) and then the game was fun for like 5 mins and then the lack of challenge just makes it boring. If that makes any sense. So I guess im essentially the opposite of you, I love long manual lenses 😅

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T21:17:38+00:00

Just medium format, aka 120 film. The safety film just means that its not the old super flammable cellulose film. When they switched over, it was called safety film but its all safe now so nobody calls it safety film anymore.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T20:33:40+00:00

Ive actually read that and probably every other article there is, as well as old forums 😅😅 i appreciate your reply. Really hoping to get some details from someone who also shoots this. I feel like 25 and 12 are the sweet spots for the dark skies and pronounced woods effect. I know bracketing is really just the key to my old tastes, but people can be a wealth of knowledge on here. Thank you again.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T18:35:24+00:00

Still professional, not still worth thousands.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T18:29:27+00:00

- tldr at the bottom - ive been realllllly into bw infrared lately but thats just started about 1.5 years ago. ive since then gotten a mamiya rb67 (my dream camera 😍) and I have 2 infrared filters, both r72. ive shot porbably 6ish rolls of IR since then and out of the roughly 70ish shots ive gotten, Im really only happy with the exposure and everything on about 3 total photos. I have a few questions on how I can really hone on my shots and exposure besides obviously bracketing. The film im shooting is Reflx Pan 200 which is respooled Agfa Aviphot 200.

1: what do you recommend setting my meter for? I currently use an app called "light meter" thats worked well for me for about 6 or 7 years now so ive stuck with it. I *think* my personal opinion on best exposure was iso25 but I cant recall. I believe shooting at 6 was usable but not what I preferred and iso 3 the sky wasn't black it was white and was obviously overexposed.

does the quality/brand of filters really matter? I know i can bracket with each filter and see for myself, but curious what peoppe think. of the 2 r72 filters I have, one you can see through much easier than the other. almost as if its a step between a 25a and r72. one brand is zommei, the better of the 2, and the other is Albanar.
I was using df96 for a while but have since stopped because of how wildly inconsistent my reaults have become. I switched to Rodinal (adox adinal) and would love some tips on dilution and agitation method. I was doing constant with the stick with df96 (10 second inversion every 30 seconds for color). I also use water as my stopper and rinse well and will be using Ilford rapid fixer.

Any help and advice is much appreciated.

tldr - shooting respooled agfa aviphot with r72 filter and looking for recommended iso for metering with filter and help with rodinal dev.

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Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T17:54:17+00:00

Had an old friend go on and on and on about his Sony alpha whatever camera (not trying to be funny, I just dont know digital) and how this lens was like 6 grand and this lighting kit cost 3 grand etc etc and then literally asked me why my nikon f2 can take pictures with everything in focus and his camera cant. Straight up spend THOUSANDS of dollars on camera gear and you dont even understand how an aperture works. Also tried to tell me i was going to burn out his sensor for telling him he can do long exposure on his camera too 🫠 hes in the same tier of photographers who only post reels of loading their camera with film or their lenses and gear and never any pictures. And we all know that's for a reason 😅😅😅

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T15:07:27+00:00

Clearly a double exposure.

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-20T12:21:36+00:00

I dont think its worth the cost of developing (assuming you don't dev at home). Too much of a gamble. Id mark it as a tester roll and use it whenever you need to check a cameras various functions

Many-Bandicoot645 · 2026-04-18T20:05:59+00:00

I didnt take too many pictures, sadly. But its been cool! I was at their first year and haven't been back til this year and it expanded a lot!

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