Here's a few from my Yashica-Mat with Portra 400 in Ocean City, New Jersey a few weeks back. This was one of the first times I gave film a real try and I think I'm hooked. I really want a Mamiya 7II now, but may settle for a Fuji GA645 as a carry-everywhere MF camera until I can afford one.
Zaitz wrote:
On another note, anyone seen marks like this on a negative? I don't usually handle my negatives there and it has only shown up on Arista and in that same spot on all negatives. Never seen this on my HP5 negatives.
A guy on largeformat forums says they had problems with a defect before but Freestyle emailed me yesterday saying they didn't. Usually it stays in the corner like that but some specks are more towards the middle on other negatives.
Are they all from the same film holder? Could be something that's stuck on the inside and interfering with light transmission?
corposant wrote:
Are they all from the same film holder? Could be something that's stuck on the inside and interfering with light transmission?
No, all different holders. I don't usually have problems with black spots on negatives. All of my dust/debris issues have come post exposure during developing/scanning and show up as white. So I am not sure what this could be. On several negatives the specks spread out towards the middle too. If it were my fingers I am not sure how there would be specks strung out by themselves towards the middle. Whatever, cheap film for snapshots. It is grainier than HP5 anyway so I'd never use it for anything but handheld work. Though, their 100 is so cheap I might consider it if its quality was higher. Would take some tests. I hate tests.
Mike Yamin wrote:
Here's a few from my Yashica-Mat with Portra 400 in Ocean City, New Jersey a few weeks back. This was one of the first times I gave film a real try and I think I'm hooked. I really want a Mamiya 7II now, but may settle for a Fuji GA645 as a carry-everywhere MF camera until I can afford one.
Zaitz wrote:
No, all different holders. I don't usually have problems with black spots on negatives. All of my dust/debris issues have come post exposure during developing/scanning and show up as white. So I am not sure what this could be. On several negatives the specks spread out towards the middle too. If it were my fingers I am not sure how there would be specks strung out by themselves towards the middle. Whatever, cheap film for snapshots. It is grainier than HP5 anyway so I'd never use it for anything but handheld work. Though, their 100 is so cheap I might consider it if its quality was higher. Would take some tests. I hate tests....Show more →
Zaitz, I had something similar happen with a few rolls of Kodak HIE. Black spots distributed all over the negatives. I had sent the film to a lab I hadn't used before rather than developing them at home. I asked the lab to explain the issue and they said it was a defect with the film, but I know the film had been stored in the fridge and was never x-rayed etc. Also, other rolls from the same batch had no spots when I later developed them myself. I asked a specialist lab that I had used before and they said they had seen something similar with films processed using film developer in powder form. I use a liquid developer rather than powder and have never had the issue again. That was pretty much the only explanation I could get for it, but there will certainly be people on the forum with a lot more knowledge than me who can comment. I lost 4 rolls from a trip that I'll never get to repeat so it was an expensive lesson.
I just built a speed aero combo. It is challenging to use, even though I am used to largeformat, rangefinders, and the like. I spent most of a day calibrating the rangefinder, and it is accurate down to 4ft now. I compromised on accuracy at infinty though, I have to stop down to f/4 or smaller to get infinity in focus where the rangefinder says it is. But between 4ft and 40ft+, it's dead-on, wide-open. But, even so, it is still a bitch to shoot at 2.5 and get sharp results. It is an unweildy combo to shoot handheld, probably the most un-ergonomic rig I have in that regard. The weight balance and grip are not great. I was thinking a linhof grip with shutter release built in might help, possibly. I am looking forward to getting better with it. While not cheap anymore, one of these could probably be built on a $500-600 budget, I'd think.
Mike Yamin wrote:
Here's a few from my Yashica-Mat with Portra 400 in Ocean City, New Jersey a few weeks back. This was one of the first times I gave film a real try and I think I'm hooked. I really want a Mamiya 7II now, but may settle for a Fuji GA645 as a carry-everywhere MF camera until I can afford one.
Wow, thanks guys!! I sent my film off to Richard Photo Lab to be processed and scanned with their Noritsu. Even though I doubt it, if I can get some good results with my Canon 8800f and maybe a betterscanning.com film holder, I'll start doing the scans myself.
Zaitz wrote:
If you ever wanted to find out if it's up your alley you could look for a beat up old Speed Graphic for about $100 and get a 180mm Zeiss Tessar or the like for $50-75 and try that out. All you'd need is a cheap film holder or two, some Arista 4x5 film, and a cable release. But I understand it's not for most people.
yeah, that was pretty much my plan – get and fix up an old speed graphic and use it with a cheap lens for a bit while i keep an eye out for a deal on an aero ektar.
Ed Sawyer wrote:
I just built a speed aero combo. It is challenging to use, even though I am used to largeformat, rangefinders, and the like. I spent most of a day calibrating the rangefinder, and it is accurate down to 4ft now. I compromised on accuracy at infinty though, I have to stop down to f/4 or smaller to get infinity in focus where the rangefinder says it is. But between 4ft and 40ft+, it's dead-on, wide-open. But, even so, it is still a bitch to shoot at 2.5 and get sharp results. It is an unweildy combo to shoot handheld, probably the most un-ergonomic rig I have in that regard. The weight balance and grip are not great. I was thinking a linhof grip with shutter release built in might help, possibly. I am looking forward to getting better with it. While not cheap anymore, one of these could probably be built on a $500-600 budget, I'd think.
Jud73 wrote:
Zaitz, I had something similar happen with a few rolls of Kodak HIE. Black spots distributed all over the negatives. I had sent the film to a lab I hadn't used before rather than developing them at home. I asked the lab to explain the issue and they said it was a defect with the film, but I know the film had been stored in the fridge and was never x-rayed etc. Also, other rolls from the same batch had no spots when I later developed them myself. I asked a specialist lab that I had used before and they said they had seen something similar with films processed using film developer in powder form. I use a liquid developer rather than powder and have never had the issue again. That was pretty much the only explanation I could get for it, but there will certainly be people on the forum with a lot more knowledge than me who can comment. I lost 4 rolls from a trip that I'll never get to repeat so it was an expensive lesson....Show more →
I wish that were it! I do use Rodinal in liquid form though. Bummer about the lost film, that would be quite maddening if that happened to me on one of my road trips. Also, excellent IR photos. I have yet to try my Efke IR film and that makes me want to get and and use it. I've got some good oak trees in mind.
Zaitz wrote:
No, all different holders. I don't usually have problems with black spots on negatives. All of my dust/debris issues have come post exposure during developing/scanning and show up as white. So I am not sure what this could be. On several negatives the specks spread out towards the middle too. If it were my fingers I am not sure how there would be specks strung out by themselves towards the middle. Whatever, cheap film for snapshots. It is grainier than HP5 anyway so I'd never use it for anything but handheld work. Though, their 100 is so cheap I might consider it if its quality was higher. Would take some tests. I hate tests....Show more →
Interesting... same lens? The fact that the spots tend to move around a bit may have a correlation to whatever aperture you use?
At any rate... welcome newcomers to the thread!
ken.vs.ryu wrote:
order your efke or adox now - production has stopped.
Zaitz wrote:
I wish that were it! I do use Rodinal in liquid form though. Bummer about the lost film, that would be quite maddening if that happened to me on one of my road trips. Also, excellent IR photos. I have yet to try my Efke IR film and that makes me want to get and and use it. I've got some good oak trees in mind.
Ah, ok, well good luck with solving it...it is a strange one. Thanks for the feedback on the photos. I stockpiled HIE before Kodak stopped making it and am very slowly working my way through what I've got left in my freezer. I'll miss it when it's all used up. Great film. The Efke IR820 is great too but VERY slow. Cheers.
But I understand it's not for most people.
