Yep, if it's Portra 160 (the new one?) then you should be fine. It will look great at 160, but like I said, if you want a bit of a buffer, 125 or 100 will be good as well.
Heinz, I actually like the "grain" on that shot. Gritty and nice.
Phil, Tim's advice is spot on. Make sure the cap is off Probably best to cock the shutter one or two extra frames to ensure that the film is spooled correctly. Look at the rewind spool and make sure it moves when you cock. Works every time. It may take a few rolls to get the hang of it. When you finish the roll, try to rewind in one smooth complete and non stop motion till the end, don;t stop halfway.
Color negatives or B&W film have so much latitude that I won't worry about nailing exposure too much, but its better to overexpose rather than underexpose. Overexposure 1/3 to 1 stop on color negatives gives you the kind of slightly washed out look but with beautiful skin tones/ color that lots of wedding photographers are doing right now. Plus, don't leave home without a few ND filters (1/1000s's the limit) and a few spare batteries. The M6 TTL drains batteries like there's no tomorrow. Else, bring along a handheld meter just in case. Have fun!
rsolti13 wrote:
Joe - I didn't notice until you pointed it out about the moire. Anybody, what is the best way to remove? I use LR3 and have CS5...though don't use it much. Any easy way to remove with that software? I don't want to buy/use anything else
Apparently C1 is good at removing moire. But you have to buy it and it's yet another RAW processor...
Here's my quick & dirty in LR:
Select an adjustment brush and zero all settings except saturation. Set it to -100.
Brush over the offending area.
While it's still active, click on the color box (below sharpness slider) and move the eyedropper around over the colors and watch the colors change in the area you just brushed over. Stop when you find a decent match. You might have to paint in areas where there isn't moire present to get a more uniform overall appearance.
This is my solution within LR. It's possible to get a better fix in Photoshop, but so far I've found it's usually good enough in LR. It won't entirely eliminate the luminosity differences in the moire, but by eliminating the color differences, it will become much less noticeable for the average viewer. Also note that this works best on an area of generally uniform color, such as the blue shirt in Joe's image.
Joe - that's definitely moire and would have appeared without the filter.
Thanks Joe - that would be nice. If there's an NFL season this year and I have a game in Foxboro, we should try to meet up. Otherwise, I'm not sure when I'll be in Boston next.
I should get off my butt and add these little nuggets of info to my website/blog and maybe generate some affiliate sales...
BTW, very nice B&Ws from NYC. They have a very pleasing contrast range with a nice rounded, slightly lush feel to them. Not sure if that makes sense.
Ryan, another nice set.
Kyle: Just saw your other thread about what film to take on your upcoming trip. Since you're shooting film and if f/4.5 is fast enough for you, I'd suggest trying the ZM21 f/4.5. I tested it on the M9 and it vignettes terribly, however, it looks great on film and it's about as sharp as it'll get wide open (does improve slightly stopped down about a stop). It's a really nice, very small lens, with less distortion than the f/2.8 version. The only thing I didn't like about it was when wearing gloves it was too easy to accidentally change the aperture while turning the focusing ring. But I doubt you'll be wearing gloves in Turkey.
Ryan, I like the photo with the 2 bicycles a lot
Luka, sorry to hear about your problems with the film rolls. Doesn't happen with sd-cards now does it The dramatic sky photo with the 28 cron is great
Joe, great set from Times square.
Ron, great set from the waterfront. The second and third are my favourites.
Malkovic, the second one of the bridges is really nice
First, thanks for all the comments, suggestions and advice regarding the M6. I have now shot a couple of more rolls without incident. I'll be sending in a bunch of rolls tomorrow for development.
Second, great shots Ron, Gregory and Joakim
As I've been playing around with film I have not been using my M9 for a couple of days but here are a couple of shots from a few days ago:
Heinz, I actually like the "grain" on that shot. Gritty and nice.
Phil, Tim's advice is spot on. Make sure the cap is off Probably best to cock the shutter one or two extra frames to ensure that the film is spooled correctly. Look at the rewind spool and make sure it moves when you cock. Works every time. It may take a few rolls to get the hang of it. When you finish the roll, try to rewind in one smooth complete and non stop motion till the end, don;t stop halfway.
Color negatives or B&W film have so much latitude that I won't worry about nailing exposure too much, but its better to overexpose rather than underexpose. Overexposure 1/3 to 1 stop on color negatives gives you the kind of slightly washed out look but with beautiful skin tones/ color that lots of wedding photographers are doing right now. Plus, don't leave home without a few ND filters (1/1000s's the limit) and a few spare batteries. The M6 TTL drains batteries like there's no tomorrow. Else, bring along a handheld meter just in case. Have fun! ...Show more →
Gregory - very interesting people! I agree with Carsten, the second last image, the silhouette, is very striking with the glint of light in his eye. These remind me that I still haven't posted much from Carnival in Munich back in March...
joakim - very fun images! Sometimes I like to go where all the tourists are and photograph them photographing each other, etc. At least surrounded by so many camera wielding people, I feel less self conscious with my camera.
Luka - beautiful images! I'm partial to 1, 3 and 4. Really rich blues and greens in #3! Wow.
Charles - very nice as well. I really like #2.
Kyle, I'm sure it will work well for you. Have a great trip!
Wrapping up the waterfront:
All with the ZM50P. I'm undecided which of the last two I like better...
Probably best to cock the shutter one or two extra frames to ensure that the film is spooled correctly. Look at the rewind spool and make sure it moves when you cock. Works every time. It may take a few rolls to get the hang of it. When you finish the roll, try to rewind in one smooth complete and non stop motion till the end, don;t stop halfway. 
The dramatic sky photo with the 28 cron is great
