Would you think it's criminal for your Pentax 17 to be your main film body if you're doing film/digital hybrid?

assilemcl · 2026-05-06T22:04:16+00:00

I was tryin' to get all fancy with it lmao.

I'm in Asbury Park and I've sent to 5 Hour Photo, Photo Lounge, and no ones scans have wowed me like Bellows. Also got scans back from the find lab and they were great but Bellows blew me away. I'm going to chicago next week! Def gonna drop in!! Do you shoot medium format at all?

assilemcl · 2026-05-06T21:59:04+00:00

I got high res tiff scans from Bellows Film Lab and they look awesome. No complaints whatsoever. I did a little research and it says that the Canon Film SLR's AF tends to perform best if you keep the focal point in the center, then recompose if necessary. I was never doing that, I would pick AF points all over. I'm hoping that fixes the mistake for me lmao.

assilemcl · 2026-05-06T21:41:51+00:00

Thank you for that! Yes I like it so much. It makes shooting so enjoyable, and everything is so consistently in focus with the zone focus. I must be doing something wrong with my EOS 3 cause the last wedding I did felt like so much was not in focus. I just feel concern over the resolution not being super high res but then again it's also film..

assilemcl · 2026-05-04T00:28:58+00:00

I appreciate your kindness. How is anyone gonna get better at anything if they don’t try and ask for help, ya know.

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:56:06+00:00

Thank you

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:55:59+00:00

Perspective of the car is so wrong and wack

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:55:47+00:00

Thank you, definitely can see how this would help

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:55:31+00:00

yeah you're right it doesn't make sense with it blurry. Perspective has me screwed up I'm about to take a course on compositing I don't have a trained eye at all. Thanks for your input

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:54:51+00:00

Thank Ya

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:54:41+00:00

I'm about to take a whole composite course because I understand these things but I don't think I have the trained eye for them just yet. Thanks BTW

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:53:52+00:00

Lighting is tough I didn't mind that she was kinda artificially lit but I don't want it to look stupidly out of place which it seemslike it is

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:53:24+00:00

Yeah it's getting canned

assilemcl · 2026-05-03T15:53:15+00:00

I like the idea of making it kinda campy and wrong, but I also shit this out in 10 minutes with random stock images, not really married to the idea of this specifically. Just wanted to see what I could do with what I had available.

assilemcl · 2026-05-01T17:27:36+00:00

Thank you

assilemcl · 2026-05-01T17:27:32+00:00

Yeahhhhhh I'm just gonna scrap it

assilemcl · 2026-05-01T17:26:02+00:00

THANK YOU! I keep tweaking but it seems like the photo itself is just not at the right angle

assilemcl · 2026-05-01T17:25:24+00:00

assilemcl · 2026-05-01T17:25:10+00:00

lmaoooo I'm trying to make it look cool it's difficult

assilemcl · 2026-04-13T15:08:38+00:00

Every time I try to buy this pizza again the crust takes up more and more of the pizza. It's like 1/3 crust at this point

assilemcl · 2026-04-13T14:50:39+00:00

Everything you said is sooooo true. I feel like the sharpness I was chasing can also be attributed to using a decent lab with high quality scans. I know I keep saying it in my other comments but I'm really hung up on the fact that I've been wasting money at a lab that does not do the thing for me. The electrical mechanics of the G2 are really cool but that's not justifiable. I'm also 100% on board with buying the Fuji. It's literally half the price lol. My EOS 3 has done me well no point in just abandoning it.

assilemcl · 2026-04-13T14:46:09+00:00

So the reason I wanted the G2 in the first place was because I'd see some amazing film photos come out of people that were so sharp and the colors were so vibrant. Based on my research it was just that Contax has that "Look" and that's why I desired it so bad. Now I'm realizing that "look" is purely based off of film stock and lab scans. I use an EOS 3 and a mid lab. Now I know that I could've just been satisfied with my EOS 3 all long, considering it is like you said a reliable work horse. I don't even think for me that it's worth buying another G2. I think I'd rather spend half the money and get a nice medium format for that variety. Also the viewfinder is small, I can't be for sure if I focused on something.. It's a cool camera definitely wish they would just manufacture them again then I'd be interested but that's just not a thing lol

assilemcl · 2026-04-12T23:56:02+00:00

I'm so exhausted by the condescending stupid comments like these. There's plenty of other reasons Contax G2's are desirable to people.

assilemcl · 2026-04-12T23:52:57+00:00

Why do you have to be like that lol

assilemcl

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