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Does anyone here still shoot film?

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steezemeister
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if so, any good shots to share?

what camera do you use, what do you like about film, etc
Aug 24 2010 8:18PM
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Ftacnik
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I've been wanting to get into some film stuff lately so I'm thinking about buying a Canon AE-1 Program with the stock 50mm f/1.8 from a guy on craigslist for $50. Would this be a good film camera to start with? I've read some reviews and it looks pretty good to me. I'm suppose to meet with the guy later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Nov 23 2010 7:54PM
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michelle
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Buy it
Nov 23 2010 8:15PM
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Ftacnik
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Thanks! +K

I'll post some shots from my first roll of film here. I'm so excited.
Nov 23 2010 8:22PM
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Twinjibber77
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Nov 23 2010 8:41PM
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iamacyborg
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Thanks. I'm pretty happy with it actually. It seems to be doing the rounds on Tumblr without any input from me. Trying to track it's progress and getting pissed off with the lack of tracking tools.

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Nov 24 2010 12:58PM
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deleted2
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sorry for this bump, but i just recently got into Film, becuase i was at goodwill, and i saw a canon eos 2000 with a canon 75-300 and a canon 28-80 with two 2x tele extenders so i picked that bitch up, for 50, and its fully working and everything, but im yet to develop my first roll, but i was shooting with ektar 100, and i was just wondering if this was a fairly good film? and what some good films are? along with where can i find some used old eos mount lenses, i looked at the camera store by me(dodd Camera) and they had no eos mounts...
Nov 27 2010 11:45PM
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deleted2
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i meant that, no used old eos mounts*
Nov 28 2010 12:45AM
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iamacyborg
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Ektar is a very, very good film if you want good colour and smooth, smooth film.

It's very unforgiving in terms of exposure though, so maybe not the best for a beginner.
Nov 28 2010 4:25PM
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steezemeister
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craigslist is always a good bet, just make sure you test out the lenses/visually inspect them before you buy
Nov 30 2010 4:37PM
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snorlax-one
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Shoot on Minolta x-700 with 35mm color film.
Nov 30 2010 4:57PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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^If I can't use slide film, I like to use ektar.
Nov 30 2010 7:47PM
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iamacyborg
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I've heard it's about as forgiving as slide...

Got 3 rolls of Ektar, and 2 rolls of Fuji Pro 400H coming hopefully within the next couple days. I'll have to add it to my collection in the fridge...

Dec 1 2010 9:55AM
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DrZoidberg
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I've only shot a few rolls of ektar, it's definitely comparable to slide in terms of latitude.  Still a nice film under the right light.
Dec 1 2010 11:06AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Yeah I don't think ektar is as forgiving as other print films in terms of exposure latitude. But the colors and grain are great. Especially for scanning. I've yet to have any real darkroom prints made from it.
Dec 1 2010 11:21AM
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iamacyborg
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Yeah, I saw a scan of some Ektar done at around 4600 DPI, you can't see the grain at that size, which is pretty awesome if you like ultra smooth shots.

Hopefully I get mine soon, I'll try overexposing it by half a stop or so to get some extra saturation out of it.

Dec 1 2010 11:57AM
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SeanTom
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Bumping with stuff i picked up last week.
Dec 5 2010 7:15PM
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jillytea
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yaaa i gotta shoot film for my photo class, i think it's cool. i love the looks of it. it's just digital is much easier most of the time obviously.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicafromeast/5228455423/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicafromeast/5228455079/
those are my favs besides a tree one which i haven't scanned yet.
tell me what you think!

Dec 6 2010 11:05AM
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jillytea
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these are so good! i love them
Dec 6 2010 11:06AM
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ap-huhn
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i developed my first roll of b/w film yesterday. ilford fp4 which expired in 1989.
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more on my flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonscholz/
Dec 7 2010 12:27PM
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TWoods
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One I shot a while ago and only just recently scanned
Jan 7 2011 8:54PM
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basedjase
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Such a sweet shot.
Jan 7 2011 9:16PM
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TWoods
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I need to scan the rest of them in that I shot that day, I'll post the good ones up when I do.
Jan 7 2011 9:18PM
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SeanTom
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thank you for bumping this thread with such a fine image.
Jan 8 2011 1:07AM
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DrZoidberg
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Was that with a polarizer and red filter or something? The sky is straight black. Pretty gnarly contrast with the mountain though.
Jan 9 2011 10:01AM
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Octopus
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I started shooting film on a Leica M6 not too long ago.
Now I'm gonna start developing my own negatives too!
Shooting film, for me, has something that digital does'nt. It's kinda hard to explain.
Jan 9 2011 11:00AM
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SkiThe603
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I use a GL2 with tape
Jan 9 2011 12:12PM
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Ben.
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Anyone know where i could get a cheap pentax k-mount body? ME super or the like? Cuz i have a bunch of PK lenses ive been using on my digi camera, but i wanna start shooting some film again.
Jan 9 2011 12:43PM
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clandemush
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I used to shoot film all the time until I went broke and had to resort to selling my camera.. Now I don't shoot at all and I really wish I still did.. Even still have a darkroom in my attic
Jan 9 2011 12:43PM
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MANDER
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I think I am going to pick up an AE-1 on craigslist to play around with when I don't have my 7d out.
Jan 9 2011 2:05PM
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DrZoidberg
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Keh.com? Not sure how much they go for on ebay, but usually the prices are decent on there, they're legit although if you're in canada or somewhere shipping might get you. Their bgn condition stuff is usually very nice too.

Maybe these are what you're looking for?

Link if clicky fails http://www.keh.com/Camera/format-35mm/system-Pentax-Manual-Focus/category-Camera-Bodies?s=1&bcode=PK&ccode=2&cc=79326&r=WG&f
Jan 9 2011 5:24PM
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LBJJ
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Finalllly got some shots from the Rolli Developed heres a couple, didnt get too many scans and havent shot with it much, this is only the second roll ive shot.


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Jan 10 2011 7:04PM
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SeanTom
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no workie =(
Jan 10 2011 7:11PM
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LBJJ
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dang... ill fix em in just a second
Jan 10 2011 7:22PM
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LBJJ
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Jan 10 2011 7:25PM
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Octopus
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Just developed a roll of Tri-x in D76.

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Feb 3 2011 11:05PM
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Raz.
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I'm in my schools photo room literally everysingle lunch haha.
Feb 3 2011 11:34PM
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iamacyborg
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Some recent shots from an exhibition I went to last weekend. Fuji 400H and Superia 1600.

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Feb 8 2011 10:32AM
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snorlax-one
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Feb 8 2011 4:15PM
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steezemeister
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I really like this shot, Tri-X is such sweet film, beautiful grain
Mar 7 2011 3:18PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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i have 36 kodak 64t slides sitting in my drawer, the 12 e100vs in my bronica, and the ektar in my 1N that when finished, will not be able to be sanned cause i'm at school.
Mar 7 2011 3:42PM
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michelle
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A few from my color final

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Mar 7 2011 3:51PM
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.jr
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take your film blinders off.
Mar 8 2011 1:31PM
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michelle
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what?
Mar 8 2011 2:04PM
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Sklar
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inb4 shitstorm fight
Mar 8 2011 2:11PM
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.jr
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+k
Mar 8 2011 2:27PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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he means the boarders.
Mar 8 2011 3:31PM
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Raz.
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YES. i just nade it into AP photo next year, and skipping photo 2 and 3. It's all black and white film, and 6-9 projects a week and takes two periods. legit mode.
Mar 8 2011 6:47PM
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Ben.
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borders.


and no he doesnt, he means people think photos are better than they are because they are film and not digi. which is crap because michelles shots are awesome.
Mar 8 2011 7:49PM
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Aenigma
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I wouldn't say any photo is better because of the camera it was shot on, but each definitely has its strengths. Even after using a Mamiya DM22, my Toyo 45 GII is still my favorite camera. Digital has a long way to go before it can do the things film does, but at the same time there are a number of things film will never be able to do as well as digital.

And those photos are great!
Mar 8 2011 8:00PM
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yourthemannowdog
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I use infared film a lot, just experimental fine art type of stuff
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Mar 8 2011 8:10PM
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