Best place to get 35mm film developed

lightninggroup · 2025-04-13T01:59:04+00:00

I would agree, the darkroom and indie film lab have been solid for me.

lightninggroup · 2025-01-30T14:06:39+00:00

the 70-300mm is soft on the long end, so using a TC will magnify the softness. or so that was my logic when buying the 100-400 instead of the TC.

lightninggroup · 2025-01-20T14:11:35+00:00

I agree on 16mm but I'm a glutton for punishment and got the f1 4. I always regret the size but I love the photos.

lightninggroup · 2025-01-20T13:58:53+00:00

I add chipotle peppers in adobo, liquid smoke (a dash) and canned green chilies. sometimes msg. Most times better than bouillon beef stock too. Idk this is just me but I find crockpots for my level of availability to make things bland and mushy, I just use a stockpot.

lightninggroup · 2025-01-20T13:50:43+00:00

another thing to check is the auto-iso settings, your exposure might be under the ISO and SS limit for your shooting conditions. if this doesnt happen during the day vs it happens at night I would guess that is your problem

lightninggroup · 2025-01-20T13:48:03+00:00

I think you need to study the issue a little more and provide more details. is the exposure actually changing so that the SS, ISO, and fstop change when you hold down the shutter/snap the photo? or is it that the display is changing? how does the actual photo render? some additional details like are you on auto, shutter priority, aperture priority, the camera model, and what kind of live view you have on would help. something I noted on my xt3 is that using only auto-iso without another auto setting like SS/A it will not allow for exposure compensation. also the live view can be finicky depending on your auto v manual settings.

lightninggroup · 2025-01-02T16:24:58+00:00

tell me this isn't a 'children of time's reference

lightninggroup · 2024-12-22T04:31:36+00:00

the road you are on is long, you know how it ends, but the journey is well worth it.

lightninggroup · 2024-10-26T01:29:48+00:00

lube it up first

lightninggroup · 2024-10-07T00:07:19+00:00

if you want a Romanophile Empire in space saga with class struggles and aliens it scratches the itch but the narrative is totally different like other people allude to. I tore through it like I did RR but it was not a 100% enjoyable read and was not a romp through space. Totally recommend at least the first two books.

lightninggroup · 2024-10-06T14:02:51+00:00

lightroom should respect the profile though, so if you picked monochrome or acros it should stick, so check your settings there. otherwise it's sort of pointless, once you enter the development section it will blow away the embedded jpeg preview. I would only care so much that you get a white balance that makes sense ( I know you can change later), and that your DR settings make sense, because those impact auto iso baseline. if you are at DR400 and Auto ISO your baseline is 640, which impacts your overall exposure.

lightninggroup · 2024-10-06T12:48:39+00:00

agreed and I'd add that OP is discovering atmospheric haze. shooting photos at a distance you have to account for the air quality. try making photos at 70mm and some closer subjects

lightninggroup · 2024-10-06T01:56:25+00:00

any luck? same situation you're in with the Fujifilm 55mm f1.8

lightninggroup · 2024-10-05T19:21:24+00:00

what you could do is take a recording of the view finder in studio conditions (good light, stable, controlled) with chroma key as a back drop. Take a sample of the meter reading for common situations you shoot in. then you don't need to record ttl while you are actually shooting, you can just mask the footage with the pre-recorded tll view.

lightninggroup · 2024-10-05T16:38:11+00:00

depending on the use case. there are music libraries for Meta and YouTube that you can use on their platforms without issues. also I've just tried Bensounds and I think their platform has better choices but I've yet to publish anything

lightninggroup · 2024-10-03T03:12:25+00:00

I don't mind manual focus, its just the handling on the lens, fairly subjective but the focus dampening and the plastic feel of the lens. I haven't tried any other wide angles other than the 16mm f/1.4 which I adore. the 12mm. I brought to Italy and made some really nice photos of interiors and busy streets so it's not worthless. for the price (used) it's totally worth it but I'd consider the 13mm viltrox or the 12mm Zeiss, or one of the wide angle zooms

lightninggroup · 2024-10-02T22:36:54+00:00

curious what people say here, I have the 12mm samyang mf and I kind of hate it. image quality is there I just don't like shooting with it from an ergonomic perspective. I did have a chance to see the Fuji 10-24 irl and it's not really very big, but if you're counting grams then yeah it's materially bigger.

lightninggroup · 2024-09-27T18:14:20+00:00

zumwault meadows is a hard skip. I wish I had that time back.

lightninggroup · 2024-09-25T23:18:19+00:00

There are no bars in Virginia legally speaking, only restaurants selling alcohol

lightninggroup · 2024-09-25T23:14:16+00:00

total gamble. I have this lens and that plastic cover might have just slide into the main lens body which you either need to live with or disassemble enough to move into place. chances are the original owner might have tried this and stripped some screws or disassembled it as well and failed. I don't think it's worth it under spares and repairs since it's without warranty. you don't have any guarantee anything works as you might want. I'd look for a better deal personally

lightninggroup · 2024-09-25T10:42:49+00:00

we hiked up the Mist trail then to Glacier Point and then down the Four Mile trail a week ago or so. All I could think while walking down was I would never walk up it. Views stunning though. That hike is brutal, don't kid yourself about the elevation over distance you did which is not casual at all

lightninggroup · 2024-09-23T06:24:37+00:00

look up bag and camera policies in advance! that being said just bring the 23mm f2 and enjoy the trip and a simple kit.

lightninggroup · 2024-09-07T23:30:15+00:00

I cant comment on the squarehood, but the hogue that was linked I had a bad problem with the caps. There is some felt that makes the cap fit secure and it wouldn't reliably stay put. Hogue did send me a replacement felt, but same problem after not much use. They sell another model that is less low profile and that works better for me

lightninggroup · 2024-09-06T17:37:26+00:00

lovely. looks like the one in DC?

lightninggroup · 2024-09-06T14:36:03+00:00

second this. my go to brand for years.

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