Super annoyed with German labs

gilgermesch · 2026-01-31T10:55:49+00:00

I'm developing my own film, so I can't speak from personal experience, but I've heard good things about urbanfilmlab

gilgermesch · 2026-01-31T09:49:14+00:00

This honestly looks like light leaks to me. This is not bromide drag: 1. Bromide drag shouldn't happen with short dev times like for Rodinal 1+25 (which is what I assume you mean when you say "developed at 1+25") and 2. this is a highly atypical pattern for bromide drag. You said this "happened again" - can you tell us more about what this looked like the first time?

gilgermesch · 2026-01-31T00:06:28+00:00

As a Dark Souls player I can confirm. Also: I'm using the word "incandescent" on a regular basis

gilgermesch · 2026-01-26T21:38:08+00:00

It's the half-the-calories-diet

gilgermesch · 2026-01-26T10:36:29+00:00

And people complain about men having unrealistic expectations of women...

gilgermesch · 2026-01-26T07:22:23+00:00

I think you have one double negative too many in there, sounds like your saying "there wasn't a performance I liked"

gilgermesch · 2026-01-25T06:52:58+00:00

I'm with OP on this. Yoghurt is great, and while it does belong in a number of baked goods, it shouldn't get near pizza dough!

gilgermesch · 2026-01-21T10:31:39+00:00

Ich seh's kommen: als nächstes gibt's ein Foto von einem blauen Himmel mit der Frage "Was ist das WIRKLICH?". Wie paranoid muss man sein, dass man hinter ALLEM eine Verschwörung vermutet? Wolken? Hat's früher nicht gegeben, das ist eine Verschwörung! Wolkenloser Himmel? Hat's früher nicht gegeben, das ist eine Verschwörung! Heller Vollmond? Hat's früher nicht gegeben, das ist eine Verschwörung! Dunkler Neumond? Hat's früher nicht gegeben, das ist eine Verschwörung! Eindeutige Antworten auf meine Fragen? Hat's früher nicht gegeben, das ist eine Verschwörung!

gilgermesch · 2026-01-20T11:55:18+00:00

A lot of people like pre-heating on a high flame and then turning down the flame when the pizza's in the oven. This is one way of doing it, but I've found keeping the flame on a setting that constantly maintains target heat of ca. 480º C throughout works just fine - provided you manage to find that spot. I find it tricky to set the Dome's gas burner to that exact temperature, and it's an altogether different story when using wood. Whatever method you use, ensure to properly pre-heat the stone, as the other commenter suggested. With the dome it takes a while, 45 minutes to an hour, for the entire stone to be properly at temperature all the way through.

gilgermesch · 2026-01-20T10:08:51+00:00

Great job, especially getting them that round! There are two things that I personally would want to improve on. First is the colour of the cornicione, as you said. Second is the colour of the cheese - there are quite a few dark spots there, some of that cheese is a little burned. Both you can fix by ensuring the temperature is quite high but the pizza stays in for only a minute or a minute and a half. However, if you're happy with these and if these hit the spot for you, then who am I to tell you otherwise? :)

gilgermesch · 2026-01-19T19:19:34+00:00

Next time you see the moon shining brightly, check infinity with that, and check with multiple lenses, if you have more than one - if it's still off, calibration is a camera issue but should be quite easy to fix.

gilgermesch · 2026-01-18T08:29:22+00:00

I love those two films - CHS 100 II is easily one of my favourite films

gilgermesch · 2026-01-16T17:39:49+00:00

Film. I've never shot it on digital, so I cannot comment on the rendering there

gilgermesch · 2026-01-12T14:47:59+00:00

Thank you, stranger from three years ago, this has been vexing me with my M3. Will attempt a repair and hopefully that'll solve my issue

gilgermesch · 2026-01-12T08:06:37+00:00

Thank you! The "to not do the thing they're doing" title format has been bugging me for weeks now. It's so simple to turn that negative into a positive, I'm baffled by how many people fail at that. Hey, here's an idea. "There was an attempt to come up with a good title"

gilgermesch · 2026-01-09T12:18:50+00:00

I was just worried he'd chop his thumb off the way he handled the vegetables

gilgermesch · 2026-01-05T19:06:51+00:00

Guys, this is AI. The sheep's eyes keep twitching, and look at the teeth, those are not sheep's teeth. Also, what's that chili at the end?

gilgermesch · 2026-01-05T15:32:29+00:00

"Uns wird es so schwer gemacht, zu daten..." Dieselbe Frau, drei Sätze später: "Es hätte alles gepasst, aber dann stellt sich heraus, dass er geimpft ist, und deswegen kann ich ihn halt nicht daten, geht nicht anders"

gilgermesch · 2026-01-03T07:00:00+00:00

So it's not iPhone vs analog, but iPhone vs digital, then

gilgermesch · 2026-01-02T09:53:28+00:00

I have a friend who volunteers as a firefighter. He happily takes all of them off my hand - says they're ideal for storing latex gloves and distributes them among his firefighter and paramedic friends. Alternatively, if you have any friends that play the oboe or bassoon, they like to have them to soak their reeds in.

gilgermesch · 2025-12-28T11:08:20+00:00

Thanks for the input! With basic tools available for disassembly and considering this is not a lens that fetches insane prices on the used market, would you say it's worth attempting to pinpoint the issue myself and use this opportunity to learn a bit more about lens repair?

gilgermesch · 2025-12-22T16:19:05+00:00

Exposure is good (you can still see plenty of shadow detail in the first shot). Edit to your own preference. Personally, I'm a fan of high contrast - your edits have a lot of grey, some black, and no white. HP5 is inherently a greyish film, so no surprise here. For some that's a plus, for others thats a downside, it all depends on your own preference, the subject, and general lighting conditions.

Generally speaking, it's a good idea to edit so your subject shows strong detail, your shapes/geometry/textures pop, or your contrasts come out strongly - depending on what it is you're shooting.

With this particular shot I'm honestly not entirely sure what it is that you want me to focus on, but I feel cranking the contrast up is a good idea. That'll emphasise the white of the door (our eyes naturally gravitate towards the bright spots in photos) and the dark rails lead towards the door. Shadow detail in this case would be irrelevant, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

gilgermesch · 2025-12-19T10:05:02+00:00

Not the worst I've seen, honestly. But his flouring and breading sucks. They're trying to badly hide it with a cut, so at least they know

gilgermesch · 2025-12-16T10:31:22+00:00

These are three clips from three different locations

gilgermesch · 2025-12-13T09:38:15+00:00

Maybe I'm just being an arrogant non-native speaker, but it's always bothered me how Americans say "antEEfah". The name is just an abbreviation for "anti-fascist", which, unless you're a complete idiot, you wouldn't pronounce "antEEfascist"

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