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PacificRimJob
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Might as well be time to have a dedicated thread on this. Call it a consolidation if you will (or at least another thread to chat about our artz)

Ask film related questions... Post film related discussion topics... Get stoked on real photography with real cameras with real reels of real film...
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Laurent.
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TijmenDalAlso: Laurens (and others), I've been selected to be a trainee at Foam (Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam), which is fucking rad. Especially because there were almost 250 applicants.


Congrats! I've been there a few times a couple of years ago. Complex building.
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Blake.P
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TWoodsWe should do this as an NS thing. Let's start a thread, pick a start date, and do it. It will be awesome. Come up with rules - like everyone involved post 5 best shots at end of each month, nothing is posted in the thread besides photos and discussion of those photos.


i could be down. lets start it on january 1 so it is a complete calendar year (easier to remember starts then and monthly posts come at the start of the month)
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PacificRimJob
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zbphotoMy friend traded in his Pentax k1000 with some lenses + like $100 for a Yashica T4 at this camera shop. Well two days later it broke so they gave him that Canon p&shit as a 'replacement'; I chuckled.


Ouch... Yeah, I'm not even going to put film through this thing because the AF is slow as frozen shit, and I have better options.. It was 99 cents, I figured it would just be kinda cool for the collection or to give to a friend one day.
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Bloc_chain
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TWoodsWe should do this as an NS thing. Let's start a thread, pick a start date, and do it. It will be awesome. Come up with rules - like everyone involved post 5 best shots at end of each month, nothing is posted in the thread besides photos and discussion of those photos.


lets all pitch into the thomas needs a 21lux fund before hand mmk?
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SIMPLE.
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T-LanDistrictWow! I am really jealous that you can mount your other lenses to that 35mm, that's sick. Do you think that would be possible with my Vivitar V3800N if I got an Adapter?????


Probs brah, just look it up on the internet
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PeteMahn
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Thinking about buying a Canon Eos-1vhs 35mm to replace my vivitar 35mm and also I can use my lenses I have for my DSLR on it. It Seems really good but want to here from you guys. Heres one on EBay for only $360 plus $50 shipping and your looking around $410.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-1V-HS-with-PB-E2-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-EXC-From-Japan-398-/251601691573?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item3a94a123b5
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plorr
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TijmenDalWho's in?
/QUOTE]

I'm so down.

Especially since I just ordered the 75mm 3.5 for my Mamiya 6 along with 5 boxes of Tri-X.
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zahava
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TijmenDalWho's in?


I could do it for my purely personal work, I only own one lens for my Leica which is basically only loaded with Tri-x (in XTOL) anyways, sometimes Ektar if I feel adventurous. Although, I'm kind of 'obligated' to shoot other formats for school, and I have some projects already planned for this winter that will be done on medium format with Tri-x and Portra.
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i finally got around to developing some arista 400 pushed to 800. D-76 with ilfostop and kodak fixer. there were a few i was pumped on, but for the most part i think next time i push from 400 to 800 i'll underexpose everything by a stop or so because everything seemed too light. maybe i overdeveloped? I went 20% over the recommended for tri-x 400. thoughts?







all of these were brought down a stop at least in lightroom.
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SIMPLE.
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TWoodsWe should do this as an NS thing. Let's start a thread, pick a start date, and do it. It will be awesome. Come up with rules - like everyone involved post 5 best shots at end of each month, nothing is posted in the thread besides photos and discussion of those photos.


so fucking d
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TWoods
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I'll start the conversation thread.
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TijmenDal
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omnidataCongrats! I've been there a few times a couple of years ago. Complex building.


You're not a regular anymore? I'm surprised. I figured you'd go at least a couple times a year.
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TijmenDal
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T-LanDistrictThinking about buying a Canon Eos-1vhs 35mm to replace my vivitar 35mm and also I can use my lenses I have for my DSLR on it. It Seems really good but want to here from you guys. Heres one on EBay for only $360 plus $50 shipping and your looking around $410.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-1V-HS-with-PB-E2-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-EXC-From-Japan-398-/251601691573?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item3a94a123b5


Just get a Eos-3. That'll be more than good enough. Personally I would never get a Canon EF film camera because they feel like shit compared to any 60-70's camera.
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Laurent.
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TijmenDalYou're not a regular anymore? I'm surprised. I figured you'd go at least a couple times a year.


It's one of those I'll go sometime next week, and then next week: maybe next week,....etc..
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PeteMahn
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TijmenDalJust get a Eos-3. That'll be more than good enough. Personally I would never get a Canon EF film camera because they feel like shit compared to any 60-70's camera.



As far as Feel like shit i don't know what you mean. And I really don't care about the nostalgic feel at all. Im looing for qulaity here.
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Bloc_chain
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Then buy a Leica, all film cameras suck and all ef lenses suck so there is no point in using it.
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Bloc_chain
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BaltoThen buy a Leica, all film cameras suck and all ef lenses suck so there is no point in using it.


All EF* film cameras suck
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PacificRimJob
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T-LanDistrictAs far as Feel like shit i don't know what you mean. And I really don't care about the nostalgic feel at all. Im looing for qulaity here.


Ignore all that, and Definitely go for the EOS-3 if you want to shoot your EF glass on film. It's a pretty solid camera, and has the same Autofocus as the Eos 1v, and early 1D's - only it has the awesome EYE CONTROL feature, which apparently recognizes where the iris in your eye is looking, and autofocuses on that spot. It's not perfect, obviously, but it's a pretty cool system.

If I were to still be shooting Canon glass, I'd totally get an Eos-3. Fuckin cool camera. there's nothing the Eos 1 can do that the Eos-3 can't - and I'm pretty sure the Eos 1 requires some special battery, too.
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PacificRimJob
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BaltoYou know, you could go out and shoot the camera you have and spend money on film instead of buying more shitty cameras at a thrift store like a stereotypical film hipster


You know, you can stop acting like a stereotypical pretentious film hipster and just worry about your own shit. Go shoot photos yourself or wank off to your cameras rather than acting like an uppity prick to people in here.
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Laurent.
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DingoSeanYou know, you can stop acting like a stereotypical pretentious film hipster and just worry about your own shit. Go shoot photos yourself or wank off to your cameras rather than acting like an uppity prick to people in here.


Hell, he has a point.

I have fucking boxes of Minolta's, never use them, mostly give them to friends who want to try film.

p.s., Sean, do you want a Minolta?
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PacificRimJob
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omnidataHell, he has a point.

I have fucking boxes of Minolta's, never use them, mostly give them to friends who want to try film.

p.s., Sean, do you want a Minolta?


Chances are pretty good I'm not going to use either of these cameras. It's mostly collecting for fun, for resale, or for, as you said, giving away (which is probably what I'll do with the canon point/shoot)

Sure. Send me a Minolta. Better yet, send everyone a Minolta.
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Laurent.
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DingoSeanSure. Send me a Minolta. Better yet, send everyone a Minolta.


Or everyone could send Minolta's to Balto.
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PacificRimJob
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omnidataOr everyone could send Minolta's to Balto.


He'd just start making a pile in the back and bonfire sacrifice them for Oskar Barnack - oh god of 35mm.
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Laurent.
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DingoSeanHe'd just start making a pile in the back and bonfire sacrifice them for Oskar Barnack - oh god of 35mm.


Then we send Zenit's made from indestructible Soviet depleted Uranium.
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PacificRimJob
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omnidataThen we send Zenit's made from indestructible Soviet depleted Uranium.


I'd be afraid that the Uranium in them wasn't fully depleted. Never trust the Soviets and radioactive materials...
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Sklar
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FIGHT
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lIllI
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DingoSeanYou know, you can stop acting like a stereotypical pretentious film hipster and just worry about your own shit. Go shoot photos yourself or wank off to your cameras rather than acting like an uppity prick to people in here.


Shit talk is healthy as long as it's true. Go cry about it on tumblr.
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SIMPLE.
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omnidataOr everyone could send Minolta's to Balto.


I'm d for a minolta
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.Rybak.
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lIllIShit talk is healthy as long as it's true. Go cry about it on tumblr.


My dad can beat up your dad!
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Blake.P
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omnidatap.s., Sean, do you want a Minolta?


Can I? I'll be in Copenhagen all fall and plan to make a trip to Amsterdam at some point
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SIMPLE.
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Some of the photos off my first roll of 35mm
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.Rybak.
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SIMPLE.
Some of the photos off my first roll of 35mm


Did the first one scan weird?
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zahava
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.Rybak.Did the first one scan weird?


I think he's scanning his 4x6 index prints… (don't do that)
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SIMPLE.
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zbphotoI think he's scanning his 4x6 index prints… (don't do that)


To be honest, just took a RAW photo of my 4 * 6 Prints
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PacificRimJob
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lIllIShit talk is healthy as long as it's true. Go cry about it on tumblr.


It's true that I shouldn't collect 'shitty' cameras from thrift stores?



Tight...
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lIllI
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DingoSeanIt's true that I shouldn't collect 'shitty' cameras from thrift stores?



Tight...


No, it's true that collecting novelty cameras has zero effect on the merit of your work. Collecting anything as a hobby seems like an entirely worthless exercise.

Photography has the most obnoxiously materialistic culture which devolves most attempts at discussion into a misguided consumption circle jerk. God forbid somebody acknowledges that none of that shit actually matters...
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lIllI
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Not that I am the arbitor of how anyone spends their time and disposable income (that's your right, after all).

But if you're going to go down Consumption Avenue, don't parade your your materialism as some sort of righteous artistic endeavor in order to justify it to others. Let's call a cat a cat here, people - cut the shit.

It's not the act I object to, it's the insincerity.
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PacificRimJob
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lIllINo, it's true that collecting novelty cameras has zero effect on the merit of your work. Collecting anything as a hobby seems like an entirely worthless exercise.

Photography has the most obnoxiously materialistic culture which devolves most attempts at discussion into a misguided consumption circle jerk. God forbid somebody acknowledges that none of that shit actually matters...


...and since when was the merit of my work ever brought into question with my collecting of cameras? Shit, it's not like I'm the only one who's even posted thriftshop finds anyway.

I agree that sometimes photography morphs more into the "my camera has more megapixels than your camera" and the "wow what lense did you use for that pic bro" comments etc etc, and of course to the more esteemed photography enthusiast this can be seen as kinda low-brow if you will... but the fact of the matter is, most of us go through the tech-fap phase of photography. I definitely have as I'm sure you'd be so kind to point out otherwise. Most guys on here have. Hell, you might have as well at one point.

End of the day: It's exciting to be excited about new toys. Get over it.
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TijmenDal
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T-LanDistrictAs far as Feel like shit i don't know what you mean. And I really don't care about the nostalgic feel at all. Im looing for qulaity here.


I get that you're looking for quality in a camera, but seeing how it doesn't matter if you put your roll of film in a shitty body or a great body, I wouldn't be too worried about that.
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lIllI
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DingoSeanIt's exciting to be excited about new toys. Get over it.


Nice circular logic. So profound.

You're the one who was getting butthurt because somebody didn't validate your stamp collecting. The burden is on you to "get over it."
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PacificRimJob
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lIllINice circular logic. So profound.

You're the one who was getting butthurt because somebody didn't validate your stamp collecting. The burden is on you to "get over it."


I don't care about validation. The part of photography that I DESPISE is when people act like pretentious pricks about something - like what we've seen here.



...anyways enough of this. Can we seriously stop this bullshit and get back to film photography? Thanks.
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Laurent.
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This thread needs a happy world holding hands picture.



2014, stop the bullying.
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lIllI
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DingoSeanstop this bullshit and get back to film photography? Thanks.


That's all we ask of you. thx
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Bloc_chain
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omnidataThis thread needs a happy world holding hands picture.



2014, stop the bullying.


2014 year of hatred and dispare



(slipknot came to mind)

Sean don't get so butt hurt about getting called out for something on the internet, just go roll around in your piles of 70's-90's plastic and forget about the world and it's cruel nature
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lIllI
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Baltopiles of 70's-90's plastic


Just for that, I'm buying an F100...or an XA. Not sure which yet. As of right now my only camera is that sexy Lumix point and shoot.
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PacificRimJob
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lIllIJust for that, I'm buying an F100...or an XA. Not sure which yet. As of right now my only camera is that sexy Lumix point and shoot.


Need a camera? I got a few options for you. (remember, I collect to also resell)
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lIllI
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DingoSeanNeed a camera? I got a few options for you. (remember, I collect to also resell)


thanks but no thanks. I'm officially on video/photo hiatus to focus on music for the next few years. Since my new phone is a piece of shit Android, I must rely on my trusty Lumix ZS8 to get the job done:

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Laurent.
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lIllIJust for that, I'm buying an F100...or an XA. Not sure which yet. As of right now my only camera is that sexy Lumix point and shoot.


Minolta?
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PacificRimJob
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it's 1 camera, 1 FILM, 1 lens... not 1 sensor.. ;)
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lIllI
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Film has zero megapixsels => inferior
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