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Dear Aussie Goons, Here is some math. Buy film. (postage is to Sydney, 2000 because that's where I get stuff delivered. Your mileage may slightly vary)  Film Prices - Oct 2013 by alexbeare, on Flickr Why does Adorama charge almost double to ship 400H instead of Portra? I don't know. Once again, Portra's latitude defies explanation via conventional physics  I'm going to update it with dev kits tomorrow when I get stuck in the second half of a boring lecture. Also, Freestyle has a sale on Arista at the moment - it's only 7% off, but still. http://www.freestylephoto.biz/category/2-Film/Black-and-White-Film?mfg%5B%5D=211&attr%5B%5D=1-1 *edit* Paul MaudDib posted:Y'all should do group buys together. Just saying. There's a bunch of Aussie goons, go in on a hundred rolls or a couple bulk rolls of film. Probably not wrong - doing some dodgy math, shipping 20 pro packs (boxed) via TNT works out to ~USD47 ($0.47/roll), or 100 pro packs gets it down to like 26c per roll. BrosephofArimathea fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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Y'all should do group buys together. Just saying. There's a bunch of Aussie goons, go in on a hundred rolls or a couple bulk rolls of film. I (or someone else) could serve as a forwarding station from the US if you want. One medium Priority box can hold a lot of rolls of film, especially out of the packaging. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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Nov 5, 2013 04:27
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Paul MaudDib posted:I (or someone else) could serve as a forwarding station from the US if you want. One medium Priority box can hold a lot of rolls of film, especially out of the packaging. I'd be willing to ship via USPS Priority for folks.
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Nov 5, 2013 05:39
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I'm in Aus, and willing to contribute to a bulk film order.
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Nov 5, 2013 06:06
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I'd be in for a big Rollei C41 kit and some Portra 400 in 120.
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Nov 5, 2013 10:47
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shoot me a pm to line up a bulk order
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i've been shooting with a mamiya 7 recently. it's a really lovely machine. i still think my ideal camera would be a gw690 with a meter in it, but it's really nice still.  Reeds, Massachusetts by JaundiceDave, on Flickr
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 Got my sinar  . just waiting on a lens board (which is taking way too long) . Gonna need a much better tripod head too, this pistol grip one is useless under weight. I am frothing at the loins with excitement to use this thing
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VelociBacon posted:The only really interesting camera is the one on the far left. As far as I can tell it's a 1905 Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. "Korona Petit" with the "Korona Junior Shutter", made with mahogany and upholstered with 'seal grain cowhide'. I can't quite make out which lens is on it - maybe someone in here will know. The nameplate is missing from the camera unfortunately. Looks like a Rapid Rectilinear lens to me. The type and manufacturer are probably engraved around the barrel of the front element, typical for lenses of that age.
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^I think you're right, and yes the manufacturer is definitely engraved on the top. So I had my father measure the rectangular piece that swings out and secures the film, apparantly it measures to 4.5"x7". Is this a good way of trying to figure out what film size fits? What would be a better way to measure this? Or where should we be measuring? E: woops, syntax VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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Genderfluid posted:i've been shooting with a mamiya 7 recently. it's a really lovely machine. i still think my ideal camera would be a gw690 with a meter in it, but it's really nice still. This is frickin' beautiful. May I contact you around Christmas time for a print, or something? If you do that sort of thing.
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scotty posted:This is frickin' beautiful. May I contact you around Christmas time for a print, or something? If you do that sort of thing. Yea, absolutely. It would have to be earlier than Christmas, since I'm going abroad in mid December and won't be able to print well for several months at least after that. pm me if you want to talk more
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Genderfluid posted:i've been shooting with a mamiya 7 recently. it's a really lovely machine. i still think my ideal camera would be a gw690 with a meter in it, but it's really nice still. Not "in it" but "on it", could always grab one of those hotshoe mount Voigtlander meters.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:Not "in it" but "on it", could always grab one of those hotshoe mount Voigtlander meters. I've been using one on my GW690II as well as my 35RC and it rules. The 35RC's meter works just fine but it's a bit of a juggle having to step down the aperture ring to automatic mode to meter.
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So, it looks like I'm gonna be looking at a "Graflex Crown Graphic" this weekend. I've never really handled a LF camera before. What should I be looking at specifically so I will be able to tell if it is a worthwhile buy?
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Casu Marzu posted:So, it looks like I'm gonna be looking at a "Graflex Crown Graphic" this weekend. I've never really handled a LF camera before. What should I be looking at specifically so I will be able to tell if it is a worthwhile buy? Check the shutter speeds, see if it has the Kalart RF (can be recalibrated to other lenses through a fairly tedious process) or one of other ones, which take hard-to-find cams. Apparently Lens and Repro (the only place I knew of that sold them) has closed in the last year or two, so IDK if or where you can get them now. Their site says they merged with Calumet, so maybe you can get 'em there. The bellows on those things are rubber and usually hold up pretty well, but might as well check.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:Not "in it" but "on it", could always grab one of those hotshoe mount Voigtlander meters. how have i never seen this before... holy poo poo
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Sludge Tank posted:I'm in Aus, and willing to contribute to a bulk film order. Count me in. Gotta get some stocks of 120 up!
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Genderfluid posted:how have i never seen this before... holy poo poo My only problem is that they seem to cost as much as a GW690.
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Spedman posted:My only problem is that they seem to cost as much as a GW690. I kind of lucked out and got mine for $70. I don't think they're super popular, so if someone puts one up on ebay without a reserve you can probably get it pretty cheap and without much of a bidding war.
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Nov 7, 2013 23:38
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I use a great little handheld averaging meter, it even comes with a built in lens. It's called an Olympus XA, you can pick one up for around $50.
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The little Sekonic L-208 that I have does come with a hotshoe clip, and to be honest wouldn't look too goofy on top of a GW690, but a black one of those voigtlander meters would be pretty nice.
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Spedman posted:The little Sekonic L-208 that I have does come with a hotshoe clip, and to be honest wouldn't look too goofy on top of a GW690, but a black one of those voigtlander meters would be pretty nice. I can vouch for those Voigtländer meters, I bought one from a Dorkroom Goon here, and it works great on most cameras. It's a bit clunky on my Minolta Autocord and doesn't even mount to my Rolleiflex, but other than that (e.g. on my GW690 or other meterless rangefinders) it's great. I've also washed it once in my laundry without any ill effects. If there's anything speaking against it, it's its size. It's easy to misplace, drop or lose, or wash in your laundry for that matter. It also is sometimes a bit indecisive with it's readings meaning you'll have to fiddle with the dials a little until it settles down. Also if the scene has complex lighting like spots of shadows and highlights it may not always be clear where it gets it's readings from. In those cases point it at your hand (if you're a pasty white goon) for a good-enough incident meter.
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My first roll of B&W just finished developing and is hanging up to dry. All seems to have worked perfectly, can't wait until they are dry and I can do some ghetto scans. The whole process was fun, I enjoy the hands-on feel of it.
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Front rise is by far my most often-used movement on 4x5. East Burnside by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr
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Well I did some quick and dirty scans. On the plus side the camera seems to work perfectly. On the negative most of the shots were pretty soft. It's probably a combination of me needing to learn how to focus this camera wide open and then using my tablet as a backlight for scanning then having to crop down to 20% of the frame because I don't have a decent macro lens  That and I just fired off the whole roll in the middle of the day to make sure everything was working. Selfie ETRS BW by simon deadman photo, on Flickr Obligatory first-shot of the roll selfie  Rangefinders by simon deadman photo, on Flickr  The Director by simon deadman photo, on Flickr A very patient test subject  Pedro by simon deadman photo, on Flickr  Chillaxing by simon deadman photo, on Flickr
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deaders posted:using my tablet as a backlight for scanning Careful with that. Unless you put an inch or so between the tablet screen and negative you can easily get the pixel matrix from the screen showing up in the pictures.
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Yep that's exactly what happened... won't be doing it that way again.
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Ughg I'm a dumbass, I started shooting tests with my Bronica. Myself and my friend got really confused about four shots in when I set the shutter to 4 seconds and there was only a short click. The battery was dead 
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nielsm posted:Careful with that. Unless you put an inch or so between the tablet screen and negative you can easily get the pixel matrix from the screen showing up in the pictures. How about throwing a sheet of tissue paper or kleenex over the screen to diffuse it?
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Paul MaudDib posted:How about throwing a sheet of tissue paper or kleenex over the screen to diffuse it? Then you get that texture on your pictures instead! There's only two things I know give even backlight diffusion for negative scanning: A uniform/textureless plastic diffuser, or any other diffuser and sufficiently distance between negative and diffuser so DoF blurs away any texture.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:
Awesome, now go run and shove it in the freezer!
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So I made a shonky scanner out of a cardboard box with some holes cut in it, put a sheet of baking paper over the back to diffuse the light and used a flash from behind. The photos now look way sharper, this would actually be a really good way to scan negatives with more solid construction and a better macro lens. Pedro Lounge Rescanned by simon deadman photo, on Flickr  The Director Rescanned by simon deadman photo, on Flickr  Rangefinders by simon deadman photo, on Flickr Even though f2.8 is as wide as this lens goes, when focusing up close the area that is actually in focus is super narrow. I focused on the Ricoh logo and thought that the Canon logo was pretty much on the same plane, guess not.
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I finally got my MOD54 about six weeks after ordering and it doesn't have the dummy sheets with it. Are these meant to come as standard and are they important? It'd be nice to have them but I'm pretty sick of dealing with the lovely customer service from this third party supplier.
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big scary monsters posted:I finally got my MOD54 about six weeks after ordering and it doesn't have the dummy sheets with it. Are these meant to come as standard and are they important? It'd be nice to have them but I'm pretty sick of dealing with the lovely customer service from this third party supplier. Mine didn't come with any dummy sheets. I just sacrificed a sheet of real film to practice with.
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big scary monsters posted:I finally got my MOD54 about six weeks after ordering and it doesn't have the dummy sheets with it. Are these meant to come as standard and are they important? It'd be nice to have them but I'm pretty sick of dealing with the lovely customer service from this third party supplier. I didn't get dummy sheets either and I ordered directly from MOD. I'd recommend sacrificing 3 sheets so you can get the hang of loading all 3 slots on a side without having the sheets touching each other. MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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That loving tree. 65mm on 4x5 is pretty wide. That F**king Tree by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr Some of the people lined up to take a picture of that loving tree.  That F**king Tree by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr
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MrBlandAverage posted:That loving tree. 65mm on 4x5 is pretty wide. This is nice, how much movement can you get with a 65mm lens? On the topic of the Mod54 reel... I've found that if I do actual inversions it's likely a sheet pops out of it's little section, so I just use the twirly stick thing that came with the Paterson tank. Am I being to vigorous with my agitation or am I supposed to be using the spinner with it?
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MrBlandAverage posted:that loving tree. that's a lovely loving tree.
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