I'd have this for an album cover! very ambient. Amazing!Hurb wrote:new approach to contrast..as in none!
these are both pinholes with 1 minute long exposures. Well done for keeping still emma!
Love experimenting with pinhole photography at the moment.
shortscale photography thread.
Moderated By: mods
Really really not! I think you have to be fairly methodical (at least I am) but the actual process is easy. The only belly ache is getting the film on the spool in complete darkness. I dont have a dark room or changing bag so I have to lock myself in the understairs cuboard if it is at night I just turn off all the lights and pull the curtains. If I do it during the day I have to duck tape myself in there haha. getting the film on the spool is tricky. really tricky with 120 film(although I now mangage to load two taped together rolls of 120 film together and get on the same spool in the dark by feel! go me!!!) 35mm is easy. but again takes practice. once you have managed that. the actuall developing/using chemicals is easy.DanHeron wrote:Hurb, is developing your own film hard? I'm thinking of giving it a go, I reckon it would make me take more photos on film.
There are some great vids on youtube and online guides. I can point you to the good ones if you like.
Plus you will need http://www.digitaltruth.com/ for your developing times.
I bought a tank and kit on ebay and all the chemicals too to get me started.
any help with it I would be happy to help you as I find it a real joy.
Sounds good. I'm gonna buy this kit: http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/introd ... 1128-p.asp
Comes with the the developing tank and reel (35mm only i think, but thats ok for me), chemicals and 3 rolls of bw film. Most of the kits I have seen give you all the bits but don't include the actual chemicals.
Do you scan in your negatives yourself?
Comes with the the developing tank and reel (35mm only i think, but thats ok for me), chemicals and 3 rolls of bw film. Most of the kits I have seen give you all the bits but don't include the actual chemicals.
Do you scan in your negatives yourself?
Yeah I do, I have borrowed my inlaws old epson scanner. scanning is the most tedious bit but mostley because my laptop can't handle it.DanHeron wrote:Sounds good. I'm gonna buy this kit: http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/introd ... 1128-p.asp
Comes with the the developing tank and reel (35mm only i think, but thats ok for me), chemicals and 3 rolls of bw film. Most of the kits I have seen give you all the bits but don't include the actual chemicals.
Do you scan in your negatives yourself?
That kit looks like a great start I have the same stop and fixer. I mixed 500mls worth and keep the mixed stuff in old wine bottles havent needed to mix any new stop. but am on to my second mix of fixer.
You will need at least 3 measuring jugs for your chemicals(keep everything seprate as in only use stop jug for stop) I also use a 4th jug to get my water temp right before mixing my developer. and a timer!
Also some bulldog clips for hanging you negs up to dry (shower is a good place for less dust) at leats two. one at the top to hang and one weighted for the bottom.
A lot of online guides will tell you to open your 35mm canister with a bottle opener. A mate told me a better way. where the film leader comes out, you can pull it apart with your fingers. makes things easier and one less thing to remember to bring with you into the dark.
Bought the developing kit though it says stock is low... never know what that means. Could take ages to arrive.
Have you used that Yashica Electro I saw on your flickr at all? I've been looking at them a lot recently, just lost a bid on one on eBay - went for £49 with original case/box/manual. The f1.7 lens is supposed to be really nice. There are still quite a few on eBay, and a lot that are buy now at reasonable prices - but they're from Pakistan. Never bought stuff from abroad over eBay.. hmm.
I really like the black models:


Have you used that Yashica Electro I saw on your flickr at all? I've been looking at them a lot recently, just lost a bid on one on eBay - went for £49 with original case/box/manual. The f1.7 lens is supposed to be really nice. There are still quite a few on eBay, and a lot that are buy now at reasonable prices - but they're from Pakistan. Never bought stuff from abroad over eBay.. hmm.
I really like the black models:


They are very nice actually, if a little bulky (compared to the 35rc) the layout and apature priorty make sense. they are quite heavy too. shutter is near silent. the lens is reportley very good although the shots I got were just ok but I was stealth street shooting not focusing exactly and steady handed. They also suffer from somthing called pad of death http://www.yashica-guy.com/document/repair.html#nine they say that all electro 35's will suffer from this at one point so beware.DanHeron wrote:Bought the developing kit though it says stock is low... never know what that means. Could take ages to arrive.
Have you used that Yashica Electro I saw on your flickr at all? I've been looking at them a lot recently, just lost a bid on one on eBay - went for £49 with original case/box/manual. The f1.7 lens is supposed to be really nice. There are still quite a few on eBay, and a lot that are buy now at reasonable prices - but they're from Pakistan. Never bought stuff from abroad over eBay.. hmm.
I really like the black models:
By and large I think they are really nice but for me I will be using the olympus 35rc most as it is smaller and I can use it manually and without batterys where as the yashica needs a battery(unless you want to be stuck with 1/500th shutter speed all the time)
I do have the add on wide angle and tele lens kit but have never used it.
here are some pics




My developing kit came!

Hopefully gonna take a test roll tomorrow and give it a go. Need to find bottles to keep the mixed chemicals in though...
The instructions it comes with seem pretty good and are written for these specific set of chemicals, so the timings should be fine.
Do you measure temperature at all?

Hopefully gonna take a test roll tomorrow and give it a go. Need to find bottles to keep the mixed chemicals in though...
The instructions it comes with seem pretty good and are written for these specific set of chemicals, so the timings should be fine.
Do you measure temperature at all?
exciting!DanHeron wrote:My developing kit came!
Hopefully gonna take a test roll tomorrow and give it a go. Need to find bottles to keep the mixed chemicals in though...
The instructions it comes with seem pretty good and are written for these specific set of chemicals, so the timings should be fine.
Do you measure temperature at all?
Yeah I keep everything at 20`c throughout apart from the final wash as it comes out the tap and I don't have a mixer to regulate the temp. I just use wine bottles for mixed chemicals. Can't wait to see the results

did you get a yashica?
Nah, didn't get the Yashica. Gonna leave it for a bit.
Still have that Olympus OM2n getting a service.. that is taking ages! Need to give the shop a ring actually, its been almost 2 months now I think. Once that is back I'm gonna give that a run before looking at anything new. The yashica is on my list though.. but I've also looked at the Canon canonet QL17 GIII which looks nice:

Similar to the 35RC, fully mechanical (or auto) compact rangefinder. Faster 1.7 lens though. They're a bit pricier than the 35rc as well, seem to be very popular. The 'QL' stands for quick load. It has a cool/useful film loading system where you just put the film in, pull the reel across and under a flap on the right, then close the back. It automatically winds it onto the 2nd spool on the right. Apparently it works perfectly, surprising no other cameras have it. My 35RC can be a nightmare to load sometimes, never catches on the 2nd spool.
Still have that Olympus OM2n getting a service.. that is taking ages! Need to give the shop a ring actually, its been almost 2 months now I think. Once that is back I'm gonna give that a run before looking at anything new. The yashica is on my list though.. but I've also looked at the Canon canonet QL17 GIII which looks nice:

Similar to the 35RC, fully mechanical (or auto) compact rangefinder. Faster 1.7 lens though. They're a bit pricier than the 35rc as well, seem to be very popular. The 'QL' stands for quick load. It has a cool/useful film loading system where you just put the film in, pull the reel across and under a flap on the right, then close the back. It automatically winds it onto the 2nd spool on the right. Apparently it works perfectly, surprising no other cameras have it. My 35RC can be a nightmare to load sometimes, never catches on the 2nd spool.

DSC03926 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
I drew this in the trem cavity.

DSC03610 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Developing my first test roll today!
Just been round the garden taking some pretty boring photos. If it all goes wrong at least I wont have wasted any good snaps. I was using an Olympus OM1 slr. Fully manual, metering with my eyes - could be a bad idea. I tried out this huge 70-200mm zoom lens I was given on birds in the trees which was pretty fun, although I was using it handheld and it has no image stabilization so it might be really blurry/shaky.
I sacrificed an un-used roll of colour film to practice getting it on the reel and in the developing tank. First with my eyes closed lol then in a dark space. I've just loaded my actual film onto the reel and it went pretty smoothly. One teeny problem is that after a couple of minutes, and my eyes adjusting to the darkness, I did notice a slither of light around the door. I hope it wont effect the film... I couldn't see anything else in the room. Just this tiny tiny bit of light. There's no windows, door was closed. The room itself was in the cellar with no lights on and the cellar door closed lol. Pretty dark. Should be ok.
Just mixed my developer chemical. Waiting for it to cool down now so I can develop the film. Nervous/exciting haha.
We'll see what happens soon....
Just been round the garden taking some pretty boring photos. If it all goes wrong at least I wont have wasted any good snaps. I was using an Olympus OM1 slr. Fully manual, metering with my eyes - could be a bad idea. I tried out this huge 70-200mm zoom lens I was given on birds in the trees which was pretty fun, although I was using it handheld and it has no image stabilization so it might be really blurry/shaky.
I sacrificed an un-used roll of colour film to practice getting it on the reel and in the developing tank. First with my eyes closed lol then in a dark space. I've just loaded my actual film onto the reel and it went pretty smoothly. One teeny problem is that after a couple of minutes, and my eyes adjusting to the darkness, I did notice a slither of light around the door. I hope it wont effect the film... I couldn't see anything else in the room. Just this tiny tiny bit of light. There's no windows, door was closed. The room itself was in the cellar with no lights on and the cellar door closed lol. Pretty dark. Should be ok.
Just mixed my developer chemical. Waiting for it to cool down now so I can develop the film. Nervous/exciting haha.
We'll see what happens soon....
what I do is wet my fingers then starting at the top clasp the film in my fingers and run the water off by running down the film. other than that leave it alone. not sure if you were joking about the towel(but presume so haha) after a few ours check the very bottom by touching it to see if it is wet/sticky.
exciting
exciting
