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PorkyMcCaw
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| | | Re: 35mm Film Suggestions? < Reply # 2 on 3/6/2014 6:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | It all depends on your budget and your own style really. If you're tight on cash I recommend shooting any true 35mm film (like Tri-x, Tmax, etc.), buying a developing tank and reel, and start developing at home with caffenol (a mixture of washing soda, instant coffee, and vitamin C). Just a simple Google search can get you started on materials and development for using the caffenol process. As for color films, ektar is a nice start. You get good exposure latitude with any color negative film. If you want the best colors possible, try shooting a slide film like fujichrome velvia 50. Slide film does cost quite a bit to get developed though. If you have the cash, just try to shoot as many different films as you can afford until you can settle into a few that you really enjoy. I do recommend you send away for your film development as you can get sketchy results with your local drugstore (and they usually don't do slides). It does get a little frustrating sometimes with shooting film because you have to pay for your mistakes, but it's really worth it. Best of luck on your experience with film!
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| NotQuiteHuman
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| | | Re: 35mm Film Suggestions? < Reply # 4 on 3/6/2014 7:54 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Thanks, for the info! This is really helpful, keep it coming. I've heard a lot about velvia 50. I'll probably give that a shot next. Posted by collectivesoul Provia 400x if you can get your hands on it (recently discontinued). The reciprocity failure is very low making it especially suited to long exposures. It scans well, too. For black and white, anything goes. For nighttime cityscapes I've had good results with Delta 400, Acros 100, and Delta 3200. Just out of curiosity, was you dad's FM modified in any way for Antarctica? I've heard stories of mountain climbers having the lubricants in their cameras removed to prevent them from freezing up.
| Thanks! I think I need to look more into reciprocity failure. I don't think the FM was modded, but now I'm kind of curious. My dad mostly worked around palmer station and did day and weekend hiking trips occasionally out to glaciers, penguin colonies and such. Not much hardcore mountain climbing. I have over 5000 slides shot on kodachrome in my basement I working on digitizing. It's a long process, but a lot of them are way too spectacular to keep in a box.
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