madNbad wrote:
Found out it wasn't the developer giving me trouble, it was my errors with NLP. I did the update from my original version of Lightroom Classic and had to update some import settings. While scanning som images for import, I changed the border buffer settings to zero and I also cropped out everything outside of the negative, just as you would do for color.
These are negatives that took quite a bit of manipulation the first time they were converted. These were straight NLP conversions with no other changes.
A sample from my cr@p camera challenge - entire roll of HP5 shot at 1/125 and F11 in an M-A with the BS 28 2.8
Dud samples (Riley it's my fault not yours!):
Ok samples:
Noice samples:
Out of 36 exposures :
- two were completely blank - understandable as I shot them indoors in the evening with no strong or direct light. And to be fair to cr@p cameras they usually have built in flashes so would have done better. I was too lazy to pull one out..
- three were mediocre
- six were ok.
- twenty five were good.
And therein ends my challenge, now I have to think of another way to not be productive.
Last one for today. Adjusted the scanning height to minimize the borders. This one has had the brightness damped down a bit.
Retina 1a, Tri-X @ ISO 200, Adox XT-3 1:1
Desmolicious wrote:
Looks like a really pretty neighbourhood.
We're fifteen minutes from downtown Portland.
Nice work with the cr@p camera challenge. The Harmon is scheduled to arrive on Thursday so I'll probably do my hipster camera tester impression and head downtown for a couple of rolls. I had a flat cap once but left in a restaurant in Venice (Italy, not the beach)
madNbad wrote:
We're fifteen minutes from downtown Portland.
Nice work with the cr@p camera challenge. The Harmon is scheduled to arrive on Thursday so I'll probably to my hipster camera tester impression and head downtown for a couple of rolls. I had a flat cap once but left in a restaurant in Venice (Italy, not the beach)
I actually saw that Ilford Cr@p camera at my local today. It looked surprisingly nice - at least from behind the counter. Much nicer than the Retos, the Kodak stuff etc. Shoulda bought one at $17... actually no - I have the Reto and the Kodak. Not sure if my Agat 18K qualifies as it actually has a lot of functionality.
Desmolicious wrote:
From my cr@p camera challenge, where the idea is to shoot your camera as if it was a disposable so fixed aperture, fixed shutter speed no matter the conditions, using iso 400 film.
_jim_ wrote:
But tell me more about the Brightin Star. It’s cute! And these images look very nice.
It is teeeny tiny, has wicked field curvature, made from a hunk of brass so feels very nice, thick black paint, way too much text/numbers on it, very smooth and accurate focus, fiddly aperture ring as it is so small, used the lens hood and filters from the Pentax Auto 110 (!), very sharp and a blast to use. Also actually cheap.
Some more pics - posted before - using my MP with it, ProImage 100 and/or Supra 100 @ 50
