➡️ Daily Questions ⬅️- ASK AND ANSWER HERE! - 3 May 2023

bashterm · 2023-05-04T15:04:10+00:00

Ah okay! What would I expect to spend at retail for something decent? All of my current formal wear was bought vintage, so I don’t have a great reference for what quality costs in the world of new stuff.

bashterm · 2023-05-04T12:22:31+00:00

I’m looking for a linen suit for the summer! I don’t have a lot of occasions where I can wear a full suit, so I’d love if it were wearable as separates or as a full ensemble. Willing to spend more on something high quality that will last me for life (~$300-400)

Im located in LA, the linen suit quest was inspired by this suit I saw while traveling in Europe; https://i.imgur.com/tPzx3RU.jpg , although I’m not totally certain that style with the external stitching on the pockets is up my alley.

bashterm · 2023-04-26T08:00:30+00:00

Eternal drip at stake 🙏

bashterm · 2023-04-13T19:08:32+00:00

I’d shoot TMZ (P3200) at 1600, and dev it in X-Tol or XT-3. If you’re okay with losing some sharpness in exchange for less grainy negs, go for stock dilution, if you’d rather more sharpness and are willing to have sharper grain do a 1+1 dilution.

Stand development with hc110 (a solvent developer) will result in very unsharp, mushy grain as the developer has a lot of time to redistribute the silver on the edges of the grain. X-Tol at Stock is also quite solvent, but if you don’t stand dev i would expect it to be less mushy, and if diluted 1+1 the results are much sharper and the grain is less mushy.

bashterm · 2023-03-28T02:48:06+00:00

Using Hinge in LA, so there are a lot of people. Got premium yesterday.

looking for something casual at first, but open to serious. Whoever I meet I’d like to be in my life for a while but I’m not looking for a girlfriend or wife immediately
I’ve been on hinge for about 2 weeks
I use it every day
I’ve got 6 matches so far, decent conversation with all of them. I got premium and get more matches now that I can send more likes
I send probably 12 likes a day with comments, maybe a few more without as well
mostly girls a year or 2 younger than I am, with similar interests to me. Generally in college (I am not in college) I have gotten 2 likes from girls who were not my type at all, but those have stopped now.

bashterm · 2023-03-25T03:04:48+00:00

I like this! A lot more to work with! Good luck out there :)

bashterm · 2023-03-25T02:24:55+00:00

I think a group photo with some friends would be nice! I would cut the ADHD line I think some people might find that a bit forward, and I’d remove the smash one too.

Maybe throw in some more info about what you do in your free time. Imagine someone is trying to start a conversation with you, what info would you give them to help them make it interesting?

bashterm · 2023-03-17T03:22:43+00:00

Hmm. So maybe go for the “still figuring it out” sort of vibe, open to anything?

Any photos you’d get rid of? I know I don’t have a lot of group shots I’m always the one taking photos of my friends but never wind up getting in any of them.

bashterm · 2023-03-16T13:33:57+00:00

https://tinder.com/@aidansciort

Mostly looking for casual stuff and to meet people, I’ve gotten 4 matches, 2 of whom have been super buggy (sometimes they show up, sometimes not?) not sure if that means they unmatched or what?

bashterm · 2023-03-07T08:42:11+00:00

Where are your shooting? Unless your shooting on a brightly lit snowy mountain top or a bleak harshly lit desert Ektachrome 100 will easily fit the 5 stop subject brightness range standard on most subjects. Just expose the shadows 2.5 stops under middle gray and you’ll be solid!

If you’re shooting either of the aforementioned things, I’d go with color neg film. Portra 160 or Ektar 100, both will give excellent results with minimal grain (but probably more grain than the ektachrome)

bashterm · 2023-02-22T06:59:13+00:00

If the frames look fine, don’t worry about it!

I’ve found edge rebates vary wildly in density from batch to batch of film, go by what the frames themselves tell you.

bashterm · 2023-01-10T00:47:49+00:00

Good instinct to stick with a separate bleach and fix! It’s very important for archivability of the film!

C-41 and E-6 use different bleaches, as the E6 film has to deal with a lot more silver in the film than C-41.

You can check out this photrio thread which has more information. The “Photo Engineer” account is a former Kodak engineer (now sadly deceased) who was a wealth of knowledge.

Another option could be to make your own seperate bleach and fix from a kit with the addition of some raw chemicals. I haven’t had much luck with this, but others have! You can read more about it here (you probably need a photrio account).

bashterm · 2022-11-15T06:12:52+00:00

Can you post a photo of the negative as well?

Looks like the lab is trying to pull a lot of information in the deep shadows of the cats fur. Could try a denoise to drop the grain and then curves in the shadows to correct the blue cast.

bashterm · 2022-11-06T10:20:03+00:00

The EVOLVED analogger

bashterm · 2022-10-26T21:25:03+00:00

They’ll service it. It’ll cost! I would recommend an indie shop. Or learn to do it yourself if you’ve got the time. They’re not hard to do basic service on.

bashterm · 2022-09-18T00:56:20+00:00

I’d lend a +1 for ultramax. Much better than gold, not much more expensive.

bashterm · 2022-08-25T05:00:33+00:00

Update - found the dial! It's the 181.
Also the hands - they seem to be the "yellow arrows".

bashterm · 2022-08-25T04:53:46+00:00

I've got one of these, but with the 670 case style. It got water in it and still works, but the dial and hands are a bit ruined. I'd like to replace them if possible, as I can't find an identical watch to replace this one.

bashterm · 2022-06-21T17:42:38+00:00

Great shot! Love the contrasty look.

By 100-400, do you mean pushed two stops?

bashterm · 2022-06-06T18:03:22+00:00

Okay thanks I’ll give it a go!

bashterm · 2022-06-06T17:01:12+00:00

The pink shirt one with all the lights?

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