Forums > Photography Talk > I love film!

Photographer

Patrick Walberg

Posts: 45198

San Juan Bautista, California, US

Although I shoot more digital now, I love shooting film too.  The shutter feels so different when I squeeze off a shot than it does with digital cameras.  Every picture in my "Classics Album" was shot with film back before I started using digital.  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/663/115892

This is the most popular shot!

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/091216/00/4b28948971241_m.jpg

Jun 15 12 05:55 pm Link

Photographer

Fred Greissing

Posts: 6427

Los Angeles, California, US

I like film, Polaroid and even direct to paper / paper negative 8x10.

an example or two that I like to post to these film threads:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6978333439_7792624cfa_b.jpg
Fuji GX680 Plus-X

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6428713609_da052006d8_b.jpg
Ektar Fuji GX680 backstage crew snapshot

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5224/5806044950_155f37e426_b.jpg
8x8cm Polaroid on the Fuji GX680

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5180/5458121808_279291c8e8_b.jpg
Fuji GX680 Panatomic X

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5299/5417854016_f1a10a64ae_b.jpg
Fuji GX680 Plus X

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5297/5417246191_cf601ffe23_b.jpg
Crop from the same negative

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5325855807_bc03cf275b_o.jpg
8x10 Polaroid

Jun 15 12 08:34 pm Link

Photographer

Henry The Artist

Posts: 293

Blackpool, England, United Kingdom

Camera: Arax-CM/MLU + 80mm f2.8 lens.
Film: Rollei orthochromatic 25 ASA.
https://cdn.purpleport.com/i/p/11/1199-609640831.jpg?1337776653

Camera: Arax 645 + 80mm f2.8 lens.
Film: Rollei 400 ASA.
https://cdn.purpleport.com/i/p/11/1199-1103487359.jpg?1337776836

Jun 16 12 12:27 am Link

Photographer

Kaouthia

Posts: 3153

Wishaw, Scotland, United Kingdom

Fred Greissing wrote:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6428713609_da052006d8_b.jpg
Ektar Fuji GX680 backstage crew snapshot

Hadn't seen that one before Fred, very nice. smile

Jun 16 12 01:35 am Link

Photographer

ArtisticGlamour

Posts: 3846

Phoenix, Arizona, US

If I remember correctly, Hasselblad 500c, Kodak "safety" slide film, scanned on the Epson 2400.
https://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g461/TyPortfolio/slide3b.jpg

Jun 16 12 07:23 am Link

Photographer

AgX

Posts: 2851

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Fred Greissing wrote:
I like film, Polaroid and even direct to paper / paper negative 8x10.


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6428713609_da052006d8_b.jpg
Ektar Fuji GX680 backstage crew snapshot

I know it's a modeling site and all, but those all those beautiful people are obscuring my view of the car, Fred. smile

Jun 16 12 10:45 am Link

Photographer

AgX

Posts: 2851

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Bronica ETRSi, 150/3.5 PE, Kodak TMY2, Rodinal 1:100 semi-stand:

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/110721/15/4e28aac0c65c2.jpg

Jun 16 12 10:51 am Link

Photographer

Seismic Images

Posts: 525

Morisset, New South Wales, Australia

Yashica 635 TLR with Ilford Delta 400

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3479/3796907814_b3b22f70d7_b.jpg

Jun 16 12 04:05 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

Keepin' 'er goin'. A couple from Glacier National Park earlier this month. Delta 100 processed in XTOL 1+1, Bronica GS-1 6x7cm.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7870047706_62d01e4ca2_c.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8434/7870048970_726f59a7db_c.jpg

And my last purchase of Efke film since Fotokemika is shutting down. sad

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7846200580_0b2277d77c_z.jpg

Aug 29 12 02:56 pm Link

Photographer

robb albrecht

Posts: 498

Baywood-Los Osos, California, US

A couple from my new Mamiya RZ67 Pro II both on TriX400

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7851062216_b6929f1800.jpg
Tidelands by robb albrecht, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7851060860_6c7b5a3d7f.jpg
Moorings by robb albrecht, on Flickr

Long live film!!!

Aug 29 12 03:02 pm Link

Photographer

Giacomo Cirrincioni

Posts: 22232

Stamford, Connecticut, US

Provia 100F
4x5
Processed with Tetenal 4 Bath chemistry in a Jobo processor (thank you Robert Helm)

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/120824/21/50384dc261d70.jpg

Aug 29 12 03:20 pm Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Tony-S wrote:
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7870047706_62d01e4ca2_c.jpg

Jealous smile

Do you remember the exposure settings was on this image?

100 iso, I would be guessing 4 to 8 seconds, based on a high aperture to keep the details?

Aug 29 12 03:43 pm Link

Photographer

M Pandolfo Photography

Posts: 12117

Tampa, Florida, US

Tony-S wrote:
No chance my 5Dii could capture this much dynamic range in a single shot. So, post your best film shots and be sure to include film and camera info. This was with a Bronica GS-1 and Kodak Ektar 100.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/7175351209_094be32c90_b.jpg
Snake River Overlook, Grand Teton National Park

Sorry, not buying it for a second. This was made to look like film...and poorly at that.

Aug 29 12 03:49 pm Link

Photographer

FullMetalPhotographer

Posts: 2797

Fresno, California, US

I shot and processed a lot of film over the years.


https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6313343695_652eb2d9e3.jpg
bakerbeach by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4054/5147635607_ba5740ce18.jpg
Cash by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2064/2282784127_3dd1733f2a.jpg
rock012 by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2486/3748951688_5f18ccd7a8.jpg
JillClean by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2610/3748163949_39917bc730.jpg
glam2_127 by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3216/2592535259_6e8df2cb4f.jpg
crash by FullMetalPhotographer, on Flickr

Aug 29 12 04:00 pm Link

Photographer

GER Photography

Posts: 8463

Imperial, California, US

Anyone try 70mm movie film in a 4x5? Talk about bulk purchase!!:-))

Aug 29 12 04:02 pm Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Michael Pandolfo wrote:

Sorry, not buying it for a second. This was made to look like film...and poorly at that.

Wth?

Aug 29 12 04:06 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

Michael Pandolfo wrote:
Sorry, not buying it for a second. This was made to look like film...and poorly at that.

What makes you say that?

Aug 29 12 06:05 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

PhillipM wrote:
Do you remember the exposure settings was on this image?

100 iso, I would be guessing 4 to 8 seconds, based on a high aperture to keep the details?

16" at f/22.

Aug 29 12 06:06 pm Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Tony-S wrote:

16" at f/22.

So this was at 16 seconds?  If so, did you have to deal with that reciprocity failure in development?

Aug 29 12 06:14 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

I had to check my iPhone Pocket Light Meter app. It gave me an exposure of 4" at f/25 (red box in photo) and I had a yellow filter (Cokin #Z004) on the camera, so that brought it to 8" at f/25 (one stop increase). I gave it 1.3 more stop for reciprocity (just guesstimated since I didn't have the data sheet handy). I developed it in XTOL 1+1 for 11 min (30" longer than the MDC entry) at 68F because it wasn't really low on contrast but it was in the shade (taken about 7:11 pm).

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7891242960_20d486dee5_z.jpg

Aug 29 12 06:53 pm Link

Photographer

Keith92883

Posts: 137

Corona, California, US

Good job Tony-S and Kaouthia shutting down the disbelievers.

Aug 29 12 07:11 pm Link

Photographer

Done and Gone

Posts: 7650

Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Kodachrome 64 - Nikon F with Vivitar Series 1 70-210 3.5.

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/110122/00/4d3a8ff34de65.jpg

T-Max P3200 - Nikon F with Vivitar Series 1 70-210 3.5.

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/101215/00/4d0877c5a4623.jpg

Agfacolor 100 - Mamiya RB67 with adapted Goerz Dogmar 6 1/2" lens.

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/110302/18/4d6f042ae5d75.jpg

Aug 30 12 12:14 am Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Thanks Tony.  All I've done to date is a red filter with my 4x5, and that's only been 2 or 3 pieces. 

Does the yellow act "similar" to the red, or is it a completely different look?  AND, why did you use a yellow filter more importantly.

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An RB67 shot.  This was shot with Portra the best I can remember, and converted to b/w via LR3 before I discovered shooting b/w film.

https://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman6.jpg
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https://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman7.jpg

Aug 30 12 04:50 am Link

Photographer

Tom Linkens

Posts: 6450

Lititz, Pennsylvania, US

Film favorites you say?

Yashica 124.

Kodak Tmax400:

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/120806/10/501fff1be06e2_m.jpg

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/110904/09/4e63a485e7381_m.jpg

Ilford 400:

18+

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/29303009

Kodak Colorprint film:

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/110822/06/4e525ceb5dc03_m.jpg

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/101211/08/4d03a060076c7_m.jpg

Aug 30 12 05:00 am Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

Just scanned this today.
4x5 Graphic View / Arista 100

https://www.keepsakephotography.us/4x5/Brooke4x5.jpg

Aug 30 12 09:20 am Link

Photographer

Aspo Photography

Posts: 17

Moreno Valley, California, US

Wow! All these shots are great.

Aug 30 12 01:16 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

PhillipM wrote:
Thanks Tony.  All I've done to date is a red filter with my 4x5, and that's only been 2 or 3 pieces. 

Does the yellow act "similar" to the red, or is it a completely different look?  AND, why did you use a yellow filter more importantly.

Yellow is a little different. For most B&W films it doesn't darken the sky as much as red. But in this instance I wanted to lighten up the green-yellow lichen on the rocks (see the color image from Pocket Light Meter) to produce a more stark difference between those rocks and the lichen-free rocks, and to blacken the not-so-moving water (which has an amazing blue color to it).

Aug 30 12 01:24 pm Link

Photographer

Colored Photos

Posts: 192

Los Angeles, California, US

all my work is shot on 35mm film usually 200 or 400 speed either kodak, or generic. . on a canon slr.

Aug 30 12 01:35 pm Link

Photographer

Jhono Bashian

Posts: 2464

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Hasselblad w/ Ziess 250mm shot 120 Tri-X 400 w/blue filter process HC110 -1:64 @ 11 minutes @ 68º

https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/111109/09/4ebab9536df5d_m.jpg

Aug 30 12 01:35 pm Link

Photographer

Garfield Hall1

Posts: 1

New York, New York, US

Kaouthia wrote:
One from Tuesday; a day spent wandering around Manchester with a few models and a couple of other photographers.  My first time working with male models.

Nikon N90s, Nikon 50mm f/1.8D, Ilford FP4+ - developed in Ilford Ilfotec LC-29, 1:29 for 9 mins @ 20C.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166012_427001974006910_766290337_n.jpg

Aug 30 12 01:42 pm Link

Photographer

Giacomo Cirrincioni

Posts: 22232

Stamford, Connecticut, US

Tony-S wrote:

Yellow is a little different. For most B&W films it doesn't darken the sky as much as red. But in this instance I wanted to lighten up the green-yellow lichen on the rocks (see the color image from Pocket Light Meter) to produce a more stark difference between those rocks and the lichen-free rocks, and to blacken the not-so-moving water (which has an amazing blue color to it).

I'm not a nature guy, but I bet that made a fabulous print!

Aug 30 12 02:22 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Nikon F3 Hp / Portra 400:
https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ship-masts.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sailors-on-mast.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Seamen.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sk8.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:26 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Pentax 67 / Fuji across ISO 100

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Margin-to-Infinite.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Raindrops-on-leaves.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lonesome-tree.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:29 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Bronica ETR-Si / Fuji across 100

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Wiclow-Scenery.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ballet-Dancer-16x20.jpg

+18 - http://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-conten … img802.jpg

+18 - http://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-conten … img822.jpg






Bronica ETR-Si / Portra 160

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img774.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img997.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:34 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Pentax 67 / Fuji across 100

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img317.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:36 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Nikon F3 HP / Ilford HP5 (ISO 400)

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img140b.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img924.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img627.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img019.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img042.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:42 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Bronica ETR-Si / Ilford Delta 3200

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img369.jpg

https://www.marciofaustino.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img370.jpg

Aug 30 12 02:46 pm Link

Photographer

AgX

Posts: 2851

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

New Brooke Lynne 18+
Bronica ETRSi, 150/3.5 PE, Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec 1+31

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/29521740

Aug 30 12 02:48 pm Link

Retoucher

Jostein Roalkvam

Posts: 282

Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Love film, and doing everything myself, feels rather good!

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7897169510_8833dd939f_c.jpg
Speed Graphic 4x5 | T-Max 400 | Paterson Aculux 3
First time in studio with the speed! Just a couple of days ago. Hopefully the girlfriend won't kill me for showing you this! smile

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5436604264_3252b253d0_b.jpg
Mamiya RZ67 ProII | Tri-X 400 | Paterson Aculux 3

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/4961262299_4c63b5bf33_b.jpg
Leica M6 | T-Max 100 @ 200 | T-Max RS

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6355293385_ea15ee5eb9_b.jpg
Bronica SQ-A | T-Max 400 | T-Max RS

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7589895720_c0806ec92f_c.jpg
Speed Graphic 4x5 | T-Max 400 | Ilford something dev.

Aug 30 12 05:13 pm Link

Photographer

Tony-S

Posts: 1460

Fort Collins, Colorado, US

Great San Dunes National Park, just before sunset on 4x5 Fujichrome Provia 100F.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7713303718_a889518ab8_c.jpg

Mormon row, Grand Teton National Park, early morning on 35mm Kodak Ektar 100 in the Bronica GS-1 6x7cm.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7175403361_bcc8425da6_c.jpg

Sep 02 12 08:34 am Link