shortscale photography thread.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:16 am

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And lets get the ball rolling on the next round of the photography challenge eh?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:45 am

Got back my first roll of film. Some shots worked, most didn't. Turns out the crazy sun out here has no respect for any Sunny 16 Rule. The sun is really bright here, mind, stuff looks kind of glowy in real life. It's cool.

Most shots are overexposed.

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UlricvonCatalyst · Post by **UlricvonCatalyst** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:58 am

Hurb's beautiful Jaguar pic put me in mind of what, to me, is the best free image-editing programme I've come across - Photoscape.

I've been using it for quite a while in preference to Photoshop, mainly for eBay pics. The filters are great for eye-catching Gallery pics.

Sepia brings a touch of class to a not-that-desirable-really guitar:

The fake tilt-shift is a great fave:

The 'bloom' filter brightens and softens beautifully:

'Film effects' laid on with a trowel and combined with hi-contrast, bloom, etc. works a treat:

And the 'Vintage photos' filters are ideal for well-worn vintage or fucked-up project guitars:

Obviously there's a lot of piling on multiple effects there - almost as much fun as lining up a bunch of stomp-boxes.

If you're on the lookout for some editing software, Photoscape is an absolute cinch to use, really well-thought-out and a great time-saver. Even (or maybe that should be especially) if you use Photoshop or whatever already, it's worth grabbing for free and dabbling with.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:41 pm

Hurb, those photos are gorgeous. I think I read on flickr in your tags you are using ISO400 film? I would be curious to see some at ISO100 or something, see how much sharpness and detail you can get out of a medium format camera like that. Although you can't beat a good grainy image.

I'm really considering buying a medium format camera, now I can develop the film myself. Does the bronica focus like a hasselblad? ie you look down from above into the focusing screen? I've always wanted to try a camera that does that.

I like those Paul. Unless they are hugely over/under exposed you could always tweak the over-exposed ones a bit in photoshop to rescue them. But for a first roll and manually exposed the exposures aren't half bad.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:51 pm

DanHeron wrote:Hurb, those photos are gorgeous. I think I read on flickr in your tags you are using ISO400 film? I would be curious to see some at ISO100 or something, see how much sharpness and detail you can get out of a medium format camera like that. Although you can't beat a good grainy image.

I'm really considering buying a medium format camera, now I can develop the film myself. Does the bronica focus like a hasselblad? ie you look down from above into the focusing screen? I've always wanted to try a camera that does that.

I like those Paul. Unless they are hugely over/under exposed you could always tweak the over-exposed ones a bit in photoshop to rescue them. But for a first roll and manually exposed the exposures aren't half bad.

The film I am using is notoriously grainy even for 400iso plus it is well out of date. Yeah I hope to get some more film after my birthday (birthday money at 29 haha) I have some Kodak portra 160iso that I will put through this which should be lovely. I also shot at 2.8 so the depth of field is fairly none existent(which is a look I love!) but I wanna test the lens around f8 to see how sharp it can really get.

The bronica does normally come with the hasselblad type focus screen. however mine came with the add on prism so it shoots like a normal slr. I took the prism off on the self picture so I could focus up without having it to my eye(failed).
You should defo try a medium format camera they are really fun to take pictures with. I really like tlr's the focusing screen is bonkers to get used to as it is all back to front.

I agree with Dan Paul those are fab I particularly enjoy the ones with the pretty lady in them.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:53 pm

UlricvonCatalyst wrote:Hurb's beautiful Jaguar pic put me in mind of what, to me, is the best free image-editing programme I've come across - Photoscape.

I've been using it for quite a while in preference to Photoshop, mainly for eBay pics. The filters are great for eye-catching Gallery pics.

Obviously there's a lot of piling on multiple effects there - almost as much fun as lining up a bunch of stomp-boxes.

If you're on the lookout for some editing software, Photoscape is an absolute cinch to use, really well-thought-out and a great time-saver. Even (or maybe that should be especially) if you use Photoshop or whatever already, it's worth grabbing for free and dabbling with.

I just got lightroom 4 and I have gimp but will check it out.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:53 am

EDIT: Nevermind, Safari was playing silly buggers with me and not displaying one of the photos I'd posted, so I reposted it only to have it appear up there above.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:15 am

BacchusPaul wrote:Forgot to post this one the other day. The only one that came out close to properly exposed:

Seen that one before? very good though. like the angle.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:06 pm

Is this the same as yours Hurb?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bronica-ETRS- ... 2297wt_956

Thinking about buying it. Looks like a good starting point for medium format.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:24 pm

DanHeron wrote:Is this the same as yours Hurb?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bronica-ETRS- ... 2297wt_956

Thinking about buying it. Looks like a good starting point for medium format.

It is the etrs the model before mine(etrs-i) as far as I can tell they are very much the same apart mine has a mirror lock up. I also thought mine had the double exposure feature and the etrs did not. But in that picture it appears to have it(little leaver above the winder)

Both the etrs ant etrs-i can use the same backs and lenses.

I'm sure you already know but there is no metering on the bronica unless you add a prism view finder. So you will need a light meter or be really good at the sunny 16 rule.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:40 pm

cool cool. Didn't know about the prism thing, but I assumed it was all manual anyway. I might download one of those lightmeter apps for my phone but dunno how reliable they are...
I wonder if you can use a digital camera to meter a scene? Set the ISO to the same as your film and then see what the digital exposure settings are. I wonder if you can cross over settings like that.. i presume so.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:56 pm

DanHeron wrote:cool cool. Didn't know about the prism thing, but I assumed it was all manual anyway. I might download one of those lightmeter apps for my phone but dunno how reliable they are...
I wonder if you can use a digital camera to meter a scene? Set the ISO to the same as your film and then see what the digital exposure settings are. I wonder if you can cross over settings like that.. i presume so.

The iphone light meter app is supposed to be very good. I don't have such technical doo dads though.

Yes you can use your digital camera to meter a scene I have done that in the past for pinhole stuff, check what the exposure I get at f16 then do some calculations to step it up to f256 or whatever my pinhole is.

I say go for it...but whatever you do don't look at all the extras and lenses you can get for the bronica....as there is tons!(And I want them all

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DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:16 pm

Looked on the app store for lightmeter apps. There are quite a few but I got one that is free and has some good comments. Seems pretty good and the readings match up with what I'm getting from my Olympus SLRs so it should work fine. It's quite nice to use actually because you tap on different areas of the screen (a live feed from the camera) and it instantly meters for that area. A kind of spot metering system rather than an overall metering of the scene. So you could meter for a shadowed area or something... useful.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:25 pm

DanHeron wrote:Looked on the app store for lightmeter apps. There are quite a few but I got one that is free and has some good comments. Seems pretty good and the readings match up with what I'm getting from my Olympus SLRs so it should work fine. It's quite nice to use actually because you tap on different areas of the screen (a live feed from the camera) and it instantly meters for that area. A kind of spot metering system rather than an overall metering of the scene. So you could meter for a shadowed area or something... useful.

Ah thats a right good idea! dammit not having an iphone.

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:00 pm

Bought some Kodak Portra 160 after reading about how nice it is.

Well it may be expensive but yeah it is lush

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:00 pm

Great quality. Love the last one, perfect exposure and focus. Is this with the Bronica?

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:08 pm

Yashica mat 124g

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:48 pm

Hurb wrote:More

And lets get the ball rolling on the next round of the photography challenge eh?

Hurb, what all did you do to this photo?

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:07 pm

taylornutt wrote:
Hurb wrote:More

And lets get the ball rolling on the next round of the photography challenge eh?
Hurb, what all did you do to this photo?

I'm not sure what you mean? It's a scanned negative. I scan with a old epson scanner. the scanner has a auto levels I use that and adjusted the highlights etc a teeny bit. I didn't bother to crop it so you are seeing the edge of the negative.
It then goes into lightroom and some dust gets removed and I made it a little more contrasty. I just looked at the original and there isn't a great deal of difference from what came out of the scanner.

Oh I also sharpened it a little as the scanner makes everything a little blurred.

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:14 pm

The image straight from the scanner

vs edited