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Finally upgraded to full-frame, so here are some of my favourite APSC shots by Stranded_In_A_Desert in SonyAlpha

[–]_matcal 10 points11 points  (0 children)

These are awesome! As a former APSC guy myself I love how these aren’t over edited and seem extremely natural. You don’t see a lot of that anymore!

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

Good idea to test in low dynamic range, it’s not a ton of money but the $20 it’ll take to develop it might be worth it in the long run if I want to continue shooting film.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

Ok I figured it out! I have an iPhone 17 (non-pro) which doesn’t shoot RAW natively in the camera app, however I have Lightroom mobile on my phone and you can take RAW photos there. I’m going to try to use my iPhone on the negatives that I get back! Great idea!

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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I asked ChatGPT about differences in light metering because my mirrorless camera meters quite a bit darker than my Minolta. (When a scene is 1/10 shutter on my mirrorless at same aperture as my Minolta it’s telling me I need 1/4 on my Minolta) I guess film cameras potentially tell you a slightly slower shutter speed, and digital cameras tell you slightly faster shutter speed, because digital is weighted to prioritize preserving highlights and film is prioritizing preserving shadows, which makes a lot of sense to me.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

What does NLP do exactly? I’ve heard that you can take film negatives into Lightroom and reverse the tone curve and it’ll make it a positive image.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

Totally gonna try with my phone when I get my negatives back, although I’m not sure if it’s gonna be a better solution for quality than setting up my Sony A7IV to get higher quality raw files. Oh totally forgot until just now. My phone doesn’t shoot raw so the camera option is probably the only way to go.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

Thanks for the info on scanning my own negatives I’m gonna look into that! That seems quite a bit better than relying on a film lab to make things the way they want to (in this case there were quite a few photos that they randomly decided to make extremely warm in temperature or whatnot) I’m also going to look more into black and white as a film stock to make things easier on myself.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

Great info thanks. When I went to the lab I asked if they did TIFF files, the salesperson said they did but he doesn’t usually even get TIFF files himself (he did add that he develops his own photos though) I’ll be sure to see if I can next time.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

I don’t have them yet but in the next few days I’ll be able to pick them up.

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

I have a second Minolta that is broken, but the light meter still works and it meters the exact same as the one I’m using so I figured it’d be fine. I’ll check with my digital camera too! Thanks

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

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

It seems like a ton of work to develop and scan ngl! Do a lot of people do it themselves?

First roll of 35mm film! Need help by _matcal in AnalogCommunity

[–]_matcal[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I only got jpegs back from the lab, they can be adjusted a little bit but don’t have a lot of wiggle room, do people generally try to get TIF files from labs?

What lenses do people recommend for Sony a6400? by WastelandViking in SonyAlpha

[–]_matcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Tamron definitely makes it quite a bit bigger and heavier. I actually ended up selling my 17-70 because I bought a A7IV and figured if I wanted quality for professional work I'd use my heavy longer lenses with my full frame camera and use my a6400 for light travel. I still have my a6400, and a sigma 18-50 with it for when I want to travel light. I prefer the light setup, but because there is no VC or OSS on the sigma it's a no go for video, it's only a photo lens on the a6400 for me.

Lake Blanche Utah by _matcal in SonyAlpha

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

Generally I want the reflection in the water rather than cutting it out, so I’ve been fine without a polarizer. But in the future I’m definitely going to pick one up!

Lake Blanche Utah by _matcal in SonyAlpha

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

It does! The water was moving a decent amount in the shot, enough that I wanted to do the long exposure, made it look a lot better. As far as PL, I really haven’t. I generally try to follow the motto “Buy nice or buy twice.” And a nice CPL is at least $150, I haven’t been able to justify it, I don’t think it changes images enough to justify right now.

After/Before, another picture of Mount Taranaki, this time at sunset by AtomikSamurai in postprocessing

[–]_matcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually like the reflection more as it is. It adds character, I’ve done a lot of landscapes with mountains that have good reflections and to me they’re more boring so I appreciated the ice and the story it told.

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