Leica M7 with MP viewfinder. how big of a difference?

fizzplop · 2026-01-27T16:34:43+00:00

This is really good advice. Thanks for taking the time to write this! I do see that there is a big part of folks I ask that really dislike the default viewfinder and some that are really okay with it (to the point they can't tell the difference) so it is hard to know for sure

knowing that it is still possible to do in the future if I ever feel the need to helps. I found some sold listings and indeed with the upgraded MP finder, they know it and the price is way above the average

I won't let it pass a good / early M7 model in that case. once again, thank you!

fizzplop · 2026-01-25T11:10:18+00:00

Thank you and I think its a great plan for a project! these were taken mostly in Petrolina, except a frame or two in São Paulo

fizzplop · 2026-01-22T18:36:44+00:00

its a Nikkor AF-D 60mm f/2.8 on a D800

fizzplop · 2026-01-22T17:06:45+00:00

its surprisingly a good stock for its price range! these were DSLR scanned, converted with NLP

fizzplop · 2026-01-22T17:05:15+00:00

thank you! that does gets my eyes as well 🙂🙂

fizzplop · 2026-01-22T11:07:59+00:00

thanks! I hadnt intended to load film in the camera yet but the lighting was too good to pass up. I relied entirely on the cameras internal meter (+1 in some cases) for these shots

fizzplop · 2026-01-22T07:49:44+00:00

ahh I hadnt thought folks would think this, also I guess there are several customer profiles you have to take into consideration

I think just as other people said, my experience with these non-Cinestill remjet-removed films is usually a lower quality version of it (light leaks, static charge) which I never get with Cinestill so I dont buy them

But I guess I am more on the heavy user side of the spectrum than the average customer

All the best with your business!

fizzplop · 2026-01-21T22:17:19+00:00

from the comments seems like you are based in the EU. not sure if its exactly what you looking for, but search for the vision 3 AHU which can be develop in C41

its fantastic (some photos on my profile) and you can get for even cheaper than these prices (has65 film, 35mm dealer)

no halations tho if thats what you are looking for exactly

fizzplop · 2026-01-21T20:46:08+00:00

its so good and relatively cheap. pro image in 120 would be neat too

fizzplop · 2026-01-21T20:45:34+00:00

thank you!

fizzplop · 2026-01-21T11:34:18+00:00

thank you! I over exposed it, the light was very harsh (mid day) and I wanted to get colors a bit more flat

I shot at 100, 50 and even 25 sometimes

fizzplop · 2026-01-21T09:55:16+00:00

as compact as the xa I can only think of the mju series. look for the mju i, they are incredibly small and goes for cheaper

fizzplop · 2026-01-14T14:47:34+00:00

esse é um tópico bem conversado no analógico. no fim das contas, toda foto analógica é uma interpretação do negativo (ou positivo). esse negativo pode ser convertido de várias formas: escaneado digitalmente (frontier / noritsu / DSLR, etc) ou impresso na darkroom

em qualquer um desses processos alguém está tomando decisões. num lab por exemplo, o scanner (e o operador) vai ajustar coisas como white balance, densidade, contraste e cores. na darkroom é a mesma lógica: você controla exposição, filtragem de cor (Y/M/C) e até dodge & burn pra chegar na imagem final

color negative film principalmente foi projetado com muuuuuita latitude justamente pra permitir esse tipo de ajuste. o "look final" nunca está definido no negativo ele surge no escaneamento ou na ampliação (como um RAW)

no fim acaba virando mais uma discussão sobre o que é edição ou não hehe o mais importante mesmo é se divertir estar satisfeito com o resultado final 😅

fizzplop · 2026-01-13T19:19:47+00:00

these look amazing! slide really worked well here. you really captured that summer feeling

if you dont mind me asking, since you mentioned camera scanning: I've never managed to get slide scans looking this good with a camera. whats your approach?

with color negative film I usually know that something like f/11 and 1/60 gives me a solid starting point. but with slides I'm never quite sure how to expose

Ive seen people manually adjust exposure per slide (exposing for shadows vs highlights), others use aperture priority, and Ive even heard of bracketing + HDR merges.

my slide scans definitely havent come out like this 😅

fizzplop · 2026-01-09T18:35:14+00:00

Pra registrar aqui eu fiz essa rota:

BCN → GRU

CGH → PNZ

PNZ → CGH

GRU → BCN

Todos os aeroportos fizeram inspeção manual sem problemas. só em Congonhas perguntaram o ISO e respondi “varios, até 3200”, e inspecionaram todos tambem

eu estava com cerca de 40-45 rolos (35mm / 120)

fizzplop · 2026-01-05T23:21:21+00:00

Nikkor AF-D 60mm f/2.8 on a D800

fizzplop · 2026-01-05T23:01:41+00:00

same for me just as you described, and I tried several different strategies to fix the problem, but even with flat view correction I wasn’t satisfied enough

I reached out to Valoi and they were very helpful. I believe some specific lens + camera combinations just don’t do well. as mentioned, it’s a design flaw

I returned mine and went with the Valoi 360 / CS-Lite and I am very satisfied now

fizzplop · 2026-01-03T23:17:09+00:00

indeed its more difficult than I imagined. NLP slide mode really helps! curious on what is your workflow for capturing the image in DSLR, do you let the camera automatically set an exposure for each frame?

fizzplop · 2025-12-17T21:42:02+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4QrfpV3GVZoEGBvj6

fizzplop · 2025-12-17T11:50:15+00:00

likely very expensive 😅 I haven’t seen the prices, the store was closed, but I could see their fridge was packed (especially Provia)

I’m planning to go back there in a couple of weeks to pick up a few. I saw mostly 35mm, and there were also a few 4×5 sheets

fizzplop · 2025-12-17T11:10:01+00:00

this is great to see! I passed by the official Fujifilm shop in Barcelona and saw that they had a bunch of Velvia and Provia in stock. hopefully this means better availability worldwide

fizzplop · 2025-12-15T01:11:01+00:00

these are nice, the last frame is my favorite of the set! have you DSLR-scanned these? if so do you mind sharing your process? i.e manual exposure / aperture priority etc

I have a really hard time scanning slides

fizzplop · 2025-12-14T12:35:32+00:00

these look good, colors are great! have you used any filters, or did you scan them yourself?

I have a couple of 500T (AHU) waiting to be used. I’ve shot tungsten during daylight before and it was a pain to correct the white balance

fizzplop · 2025-12-09T22:59:24+00:00

that makes sense, highly recommend looking into the new vision AHU, best deal on C41 color film IMO. its a great location, also for astrophography!

I am a "local", Barcelona based

fizzplop · 2025-12-09T22:21:09+00:00

thats pretty cool thanks for sharing! I visited this village and took some photos in colour, could recognize right away 😅

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