#BelieveInFilm
A blog post about my motion picture film photography experiments, mistakes and fun: with some sample photos of 250D.
Next blog post will be about how I finally learned to do this properly, some tips and tricks.
https://micro.popagandhi.com/2023/06/10/motion-picture-film.html
Lunch time.
(Nikon F3HP, Fuji Superia 400, self-dev in Cinestill C41 kit, scanned on Plustek 8200i)
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The old buildings of lower Pac Heights.
(Nikonos IV, Kentmere 400, self-dev in Microphen 1:1 and scanned on Plustek 8200i)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Kentmere #Kentmere400 #Microphen #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoAnalog #Nikonos #NikonosIV
Frozen frames from a trip a dozen years ago. Everything has changed a lot since then. Part 6.
Film: unknown C-41, camera: old soviet rangefinder from 50's.
#photo #photography #photoart #color #filmsnotdead #filmphotography #believeinfilm #summerinthecity #35mm #ontheroad
Out By The Outhouse
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/out-by-the-outhouse-justin-farrimond.html
Out by the outhouse, down by the shed, that's where she'll meet me, that's what she said.
#PhotoOfTheDay #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #35mm #IShootFilm
Revisiting an older* roll.
Photos made on April 9, 2020 using a Pentax SP1000 with an SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 on Ilford HP5+.
* Relative to my going back to film's warm embrace or something. Not in any objective sense.
![Modern style apartment building at the end of a curved road. A small cluster of red brick lowrise apartments neighbours. An articulated city bus passes light standards with vertical flags that say "centre-ville" [downtown] line either side of the road.](https://assets.toot.cafe/cache/media_attachments/files/110/520/548/902/192/207/small/8f9cf4e4feb13e85.jpeg)
#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Buying a new camera at the local photo shop. Sanford, NC (1983)
Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor f/2.8, Ilford XP1
The abandoned cortijo in the olive groves.
Hopefully, this will be restored. Some work was carried out a few years ago, but unfortunately, no further work has been carried out recently.
Camera: Mamiya 645 1000S
Film: Rollei RPX 100
Developer: Spur Acurol-N 1+70 - 12 minutes
Agitation: First 30 seconds continuously, then 1 inversion every minute
Digiti
#photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #spain
Between the Flags
Sydney
FP4 plus
Super Ikonta
I had my Super Ikonta with me as well as my Shitty Camera Challenge camera.
Well-appreciated Columbines.
Photo made on May 27, 2023 using a Nikon F80 with a Nikkor AF 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 D on ORWO NC400.
Today's a day for my last roll of Acros I.
No real reason, but I've been making sure to use the fridge film before I start removing rolls from the freezer.
Have you ever seen the fork in the lake? Probably not, unless you have been to Vevey in Switzerland. It's called La Fourchette de l'Alimentarium (The Fork) in front of The Food Museum.
#Photograph taken with Mamiya C3 on ORWO NP 22 120 film.
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#FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #Photography
The abandoned cortijo in the olive groves.
I have watched this abandoned cortijo for over five years. It has been made secure, and some of the outbuildings have been demolished. It looks like it may be restored one day...
Camera: Mamiya 645 1000S
Film: Rollei RPX 100
Developer: Spur Acurol-N 1+70 - 12 minutes
Digitised: Nikon Z6 and Capture One softwa
#photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #spain
Hey #believeinfilm friends,
Have you tried pushing your #Portra800 +1 or +2 stops?
Jason of grainydays had recently dropped a video where he tried doing that and didn't like his results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2iR7Yp2OPg
But I think that if you scan your negatives using the methods I use, you can get really good colours. The film may still eat your shadows, but the results will look accurate and the grain isn't really all that bad.
Some samples and how I did it here: https://www.analog.cafe/microblog/xlvp
A selection of colour Polaroids from the last few years. These are of the Polaroid Colour 600 Film variety. Still life around home. #polaroid #photography #filmphotography #stilllife #analog #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead
The Sea
Catlabs 320 film
Blackbird Fly camera
SF residential neighborhood view.
(Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Kodak Vision 3 250D, ECN-2 self dev and scan)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #FilmPhotography #Photography #Leica #LeicaM3 #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoAnalog #KodakVision3 #KodakVision3250D #MotionPictureFilm #50mmsummilux
"Something wrong? Call Anh Phoong! 866-GOT-PAIN."
I love Anh Phoong's billboards mostly because GOT PAIN hits me so viscerally, like the Singlish that I know and love, but 8000 miles away from home. I GOT PAIN I AM PAINING. CALL ANH PHOONG.
(Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Kodak Vision 3 250D, ECN-2 self-dev and scan)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #KodakVision3 #250D #KodakVision3250D #Leica #LeicaM3 #50mmsummilux #SanFrancisco #Tenderlion #FilmPhotography #Photography
Frozen frames from a trip a dozen years ago. Everything has changed a lot since then. Part 5.
Film: unknown C-41, camera: old soviet rangefinder from 50's.
#photo #photography #photoart #color #filmsnotdead #filmphotography #believeinfilm #summerinthecity #35mm #ontheroad
Just finished rolling my roll of Kodak Vision 3 250D. I got a 100ft roll of Kodak 5222 black and white film, and 50 ft of Ektachrome slide film. To help reduce decision fatigue, I also have two bulk rollers so I always have one black and white and one color going on at any time.
I’ve got a guy who buys 400 ft rolls and then he respools them into 50 or 100 for me. I’m interested in the cost savings of bulk rolling but not in inventory management of huge amounts of fresh film.
The New Yorker: What Vivian Maier Saw in Color:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-vivian-maier-saw-in-color
#streetphotography #photography #fotografie #foto #art #photo #believeinfilm
Another #focoslide photo, this time for something closer to its intended use: #macro/close up work.
The 90mm Elmar is one of the cheapest lenses available in #LTM, but the resolving power of this lightweight piece of glass is shocking.
(#Leica Ic, 90mm Elmar, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal)
The abandoned cortijo in the olive groves.
Camera: Mamiya 645 1000S
Film: Rollei RPX 100
Developer: Spur Acurol-N 1+70 - 12 minutes
Agitation: First 30 seconds continuously, then 1 inversion every minute
Digitised: Nikon Z6 and Capture One software
I have watched this abandoned cortijo for over five years. It has been made secure and some of the outbu
#photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #spain
The old front door.
Camera: Mamiya 645 1000S
Film: Ilford HP5 400 exposed at 200 IS0
Developer: Spur Acurol-N 1+50 20C 12mins
Agitation: Agitate first 30 sec then one inversion every minute
Digitised: Nikon Z6 and Capture One software.
GPS location: http://www.google.com/maps/place/37.590369,-4.086270
#photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #spain
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Nikon SP (1981).
IMO the best 35mm camera ever made.
I am working through a box of negs from 1981-82 ...
![Nikon SP (1981) [picture of a camera in a mirror]](https://media.mastodon.cloud/cache/media_attachments/files/110/511/749/709/168/304/small/2aa503bc6dfe64ab.jpeg)
Our wildflower bloom was quite late due to the California flooding and is still in progress. Seen here, a California poppy on the lower half of the property. Shot on FujiFilm FP-100c expired 2018. Schneider-Kreuznach 210mm @ f/5.6, 1/400, slight front tilt. #BelieveInFilm
Hey #believeinfilm friends,
I've just added support for up to 1500 characters of text on https://analog.cafe/microblog + image uploads.
It's no Mastodon, but it's all about film. Built from scratch for the analogue homies.
I will be using that space to share short article sketches and ideas as I try new film, cameras, and photography techniques. Please feel free to join me there anytime. :ablobblewobble:
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨
@pixelfed now has an edit button and *it works*
#BelieveInFilm photographrends get in! it's cozy, there are no ads, aspect ratios are sacred and respected, and the iOS beta is here to test https://testflight.apple.com/join/5HpHJD5l
Waiting
Catlabs 320 film
Blackbird Fly camera
I've got half a roll left in my Canon T90. I need to finish that off tomorrow and get ready to ship my Canon FD collection to Steve at Camera Clinic in Mandan, North Dakota.
I'm still looking for suggestions as to who can service:
- Olympus Pen F half frame 35mm
- Yashica-A TLR
- Yashica-Mat LM TLR
- Hasselblad 500c
The Hasselblad is in good working condition but I hope to keep it that way for several more decades. I'm sure eventually we'll need professional help.
The Boarding Ramps
Catlabs 320 film
Blackbird Fly camera
I’ve wanted to get into #LargeFormat photography for a long time. The blocker is cost. I can get a camera for less than $400 USD but with all the extras we’re talking close to a grand. I don’t have a darkroom, & despite being a photographer for 50+ years, never learned to do my own developing. I mean, does it even make sense to add to the cost by having to take my negs to someone else?
And yet…
(Someone needs to tie me to the mast -- probably the spouse).
The old aquarium not far from the ferry pier
Catlabs 320 film
Blackbird Fly camera
Some colour multiple exposure images from London I made on the walk from the office to the train station.
LomoApparat
Kodak Portra 160
Hey #believeinfilm friends,
This is a point-and-shoot review I'm particularly excited about. Mostly due to how pretty this camera looks in pictures and because it completes the series of my higher-tier Konica Big Mini reviews on the blog:
Konica Big Mini F: https://www.analog.cafe/r/konica-big-mini-f-camera-review-ieqi
This is one of the best cameras in this price range when it comes to what I think are important things: autofocus speed, viewfinder, and lens quality.
Let me know what you think!
#photography #filmphotography
Wok Shop Cafe along Van Ness is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the city.
(Nikonos IV, Kentmere 400, self dev in Microphen 1:1)
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One of the smallest bars in San Francisco, and definitely the only one with a bath tub that stores drinks.
(Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, Kentmere 400, self dev in Microphen 1:1)
#SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoAnalog #BlackandWhite #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Photography
Yesterday evening, I developed two rolls of KosmoFoto Agent Shadow, 400ASA film, 17:30 min in Rodinal 1+50, minus some time for 22°C. Perfectly uneventful, both rolls turned out just fine.
The only problem was, I discovered it now while scanning the film, is... those weren't two rolls of the same film, the other was AgfaPhoto APX 400! 😬
Despite that the development times aren't the same, both rolls ended up equally well developed! 🥳
#believeInFilm #filmPhotography #filmDevelopment #Rodinal
#authenticity #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm
A thought experiment.
A forensic photographer attached to a big-city police department is about to enter the image of a crime scene into evidence. Assume that he is honest and that the evidence has been in the continuous custody of honest and competent members of his department.
Two scenarios:
1/4
My photography portfolio has been updated for now
Getting ready to shoot some really slow (ISO 8) Ortho film. Need to come up with some good subjects/locations.
#Photography #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite
It's here!
I'm very pleased to present my first ever solo online exhibition!
View 'Deconstructed' - a new collection of Polaroid emulsion lifts - at https://www.galleryafem.com
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The gallery will be taking orders for prints throughout June, to be printed and despatched (from Sweden) in early July.
I also have the originals available to buy direct from me, DM or email mail@moragperkinsphoto.com if you're interested!
#Art #Photography #Polaroid #BelieveInFilm #EmulsionLift #FediGiftShop
We kicked off the Shitty Camera Challenge with a trip to Manly. Beaches on one side, the harbour on the other.
Catlabs 320
Blackbird Fly camera
San Francisco. Canon AE-1, FD f/1.4 50mm, Kodak Portra 400. #photography #believeinfilm
#fensterfreitag
#windowfriday
Oh, hi, #FensterFriday
Four Instax from a special place, taken with the MiNT TL-70.
Digital contact sheet
We scan at dawn!
Catlabs 320 + Blackbird Fly toy camera
You go girl.
Minolta XE-7, Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 Macro, Kodak Tri-X 400.