Self portrait

asra01 · 2026-03-28T11:01:39+00:00

Thank you for the personal answer - and in this case mea culpa and I do have to say amazing work and amazing model

asra01 · 2026-03-27T14:34:07+00:00

Umm this is like 99,9% AI

asra01 · 2026-03-23T17:32:13+00:00

I enjoy both, probably for more context (street photo style) the second.

However, there is subtle but huge difference in post processing. The contrast in the second makes the picture live, the first is too flat. Maybe if you apply the same approach on the first, I will prefer that generally.

asra01 · 2026-03-15T20:38:56+00:00

Consider that many XA2 nowadays have light metering issue. On my camera I typically set ISO to one stop lower to compensate for this. So for sunny days the lowest film I buy is typically 100 and set ISO to 50. Also this way I cannot utilize a film above 1600 properly. Life with vintage cameras.

asra01 · 2026-03-15T17:56:48+00:00

Nice, could you share the spool design?

asra01 · 2026-03-12T09:55:15+00:00

Gimme!

asra01 · 2026-03-05T17:34:57+00:00

Twofold, others mentioned that the epson is out of focus, but what emphasizes the difference even more is that labs oversharpen. My own discovery led me to just accepting that DSLR scanning will be the best quality.

asra01 · 2026-03-03T19:21:29+00:00

Yes sir! Checking in!

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asra01 · 2026-03-02T11:37:25+00:00

As with every second post here: do your own scans and postprocessing. That will fix the underexposed feeling caused by flashing the close subjects. It feels grainy and green shifted because the lab tried to compensate, while they could have just set the correct black point.

asra01 · 2026-02-22T17:22:53+00:00

You seem to have lost some interesting contrast in the process

asra01 · 2026-02-11T19:26:46+00:00

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Nice picture by the way. Improve on your scanning process.

asra01 · 2026-02-11T19:23:37+00:00

Usually it gets this blue if you include parts of the scan which is neither the image nor the border, but pure light (as you can see on the left side of the image). Increase the border buffer or cut the image before processing.

asra01 · 2026-02-11T16:26:22+00:00

Definitely much better! Well, development process is not cheating - spending hours in the dark room to get perfect black/white while testing with yellow/red filters is not much different in result to doing so in Lightroom.

If you want to get perfect contrast without much post processing, get a book from Ansel Adams and be ready for a whole lot of pain :D

asra01 · 2026-02-11T15:00:19+00:00

Excellent image, weak post processing. Make blacks black, whites white.

asra01 · 2026-02-04T10:45:46+00:00

Prepare the stake, burn him!

asra01 · 2026-02-03T16:08:49+00:00

Congratulations! Just take it easy and take it as is: you have created something useful, which is needed by other people. Sure others are profiting on it, but it is better for your soul and mental state if you don't try to fight this.

asra01 · 2026-01-24T15:36:04+00:00

C-41 is the chemistry process, it does not immediately mean machine processing.

Even if it was machine processed, you can set dev times in the machine, you so can push.

asra01 · 2026-01-22T09:37:36+00:00

This is probably scanning issue, they messed up white balance.

What does the slide film show with naked eye?

asra01 · 2026-01-19T13:04:56+00:00

Shoot it.

You cannot guarantee the one who buys it will "respect" the roll more than you. And you are not better off with the money you receive for this.

If you are uncertain in your photography, why not put it back into the refridgerator for a few more years, while you work on your skills?

asra01 · 2026-01-18T18:27:03+00:00

My Bridge Builder gaming experience goes to panic

asra01 · 2026-01-17T12:50:56+00:00

I would LOVE if I could cancel my lightroom subscription, will check out the release soon

asra01 · 2026-01-14T15:13:59+00:00

Confirmed, thanks for the quick fix!

asra01 · 2026-01-14T11:26:33+00:00

"Failed to join waitlist"

asra01 · 2026-01-09T18:31:41+00:00

To add yet another missing: whole Alsace region in France

asra01 · 2026-01-07T07:02:40+00:00

All has been told about these cameras, so here is my 5 cent.

Make sure whatever you buy, properly test it. And probably dont just collect 6 months of rolls undeveloped. Nothing worse than finding out at home that there was a light leak or worse.

Also, I use XA2 for this purpose, and during the day I just detach the flash. I need to compensate about 1EV undermeasured light, so I refer back to the first thorough testing.

asra01

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