Recently spent some time on the coast and took the opportunity to start playing around with long exposures, in low light and also using ND filters. Used the Reciprocity android app for calculating exposures and it did a great job. Most of these are 1-2 minutes, but they go up to 20.
Cheers,
Heron
shot with Fujifilm GSW690II
lab developed
DSLR scanned, converted with Negative Lab Pro
I dug out my Canon 7 (film version) and attached the 35mm f2 LTM on it, loaded with Ektar 100. Film scanned with Canoscan FS-4000 (SCSI) and post-processed in Adobe CC.
Bought an Olympus Pen F, can't wait to have it in hand. In the meant time, rescanned almost the opposite end of the spectrum: Fuji GW690II. Going to use it for a shoot this weekend, it's been a while. Need to work on my DSLR scanning for medium format, try to make it less frustrating.
How are you scanning your 120...flatbed or dedicated MF film scanner? I have the V850 and the "Betterscans" anti-Newton ring setup, but I just got another fixture from England to hold the film (35mm &120) and copy with my 5Dsr. I haven't tried it yet, but it does look workable.
Nice work with the Fuji; I still use that version and the GWS-II 6x9 (65mm) also...much fun!
Currently, I'm using a macro lens, lightbox, and random stuff to act as flags to keep stray light from entering. It's doable but not great. I have a film holder also, but it doesn't really do that great a job keeping the film flat. And the setup is just fidgety, I don't want to put too much money into it though if I think I'm going to get a scanner.
I bought a Plustek for 35mm. It's really slow compared to SLR but does have the benefit of being a little less fussy.
beardedspoooon wrote:
Have to laugh, my friend seems to have mastered reticulating black and white film unintentionally.
What lens/aperture setting if you remember? It has just the right amount of DOF on the face with great back ground separation.
I'm not into the only one eye in focus..
Desmolicious wrote:
What lens/aperture setting if you remember? It has just the right amount of DOF on the face with great back ground separation.
I'm not into the only one eye in focus..
This was with the 80-200 (not familiar with the different versions off the top of my head, one of the early ones though), at 2.8, but not zoomed out all the way to 200. Can't remember and haven't tried messing with getting the F6 setup to record EXIF.
edit: I guess it's the latest version. Not push pull zoom. This one, I just bought the cheapest one in good condition I could find without doing a lot of research: photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/afd802028n.jpg
Thanks to you . Killing me with these pictures. I know it's the brain behind the camera and not the camera itself, but I think the way it forces you to see the world is a definite push to see the world a little differently. Looking forward to it.
beardedspoooon wrote:
Thanks to you . Killing me with these pictures. I know it's the brain behind the camera and not the camera itself, but I think the way it forces you to see the world is a definite push to see the world a little differently. Looking forward to it.
Yeah it's crazy fun. It makes you look at every scene as a dyptych (at least it does for me) and so you get to explore subject matter in the way you wouldn't shooting normally.
Going to use it for a shoot this weekend, it's been a while. Need to work on my DSLR scanning for medium format, try to make it less frustrating.
