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Pretty cool stuff. First and third pics look like it shows a light leak in the lower left corner. Probably an easy fix with some felt tape, if so.

That reminds me that my AE-1P has a light leak. At least for the first few frames on the last roll it did. I still need to finish the Velvia roll I have in there. I think it’s actually expired now.

overnight trip in NYC, in/around Times Square

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On 6/11/2019 at 8:27 AM, stc said:

My dad gave me his old camera that he hadn't used since the early 80's. There was still a roll of film in the camera so I finished out the roll. Got some pretty wild colors. 7cb40034582ce477617a45b87f95cbf8.jpgc0d2a3baf40f20546daa95b266fc9f70.jpgdf9c2e13ba192d138d154a0d89ed0d90.jpg

Those are very cool. When I started to develop film recently my sister gave me 3 rolls of film that she had sitting around, didn’t know where they from but she assumed they were shots she took of her dog a few years ago

The B&w was from easily 35 years ago. There was a picture of me hanging from a set of monkey bars and a candid portrait of my dad in his youth.  We didn’t take many pics when I was a kid so it was very cool to have those. 

I had high hope for the two rolls of color film but they didn’t come out worth a damn. Only a few images could you make out anything and it looked like perhaps old vacation photos. 

Wish I had more of those of those old rolls to develop. 

Sarah Jessica Parker at the Extraco Events Center in Waco today.

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Trying to find that sweet spot indoors without a strobe or a nice fixed aperture lens isn't easy. I did get to talk to a photographer at the show yesterday and he invited me back next weekend to use one of his nicer 70-200 lenses so I might go try that out. I can't see spending the money for one but who knows?

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The lens hood that I have for my 18-55mm is a bit loose as far as fit goes, is this common and what's the fix? Seems like it might just slip around and fall off if I wasn't paying attention.

Shooting indoors, no flash, 1/250, f6.3 at 300mm with the kit lens. Not sure what the ISO was, I'd have to check but it was up there.

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I shot a buttload of pictures today, some good, most bad. THIS one though was just a freak accident. The lady that was there doing it professionally had a rig with 4 1,600 watt strobes that were set up in the 4 upper corners of the coliseum and they'd fire when she hit the shutter button on her camera. Well, best I can figure is I snapped this pic at the exact same time that her strobes flashed. This is just cropped out of the much larger image but it came our really crazy, almost like it was made with video lighting or is a screen grab from a movie. The RAW file is all blown out so I turned the exposure down a stop or two to get this.

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This was the full image after I had cut the exposure.

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Brief trip to Puerto Rico. Took some film

Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

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Nikon FM3a, Fuji Acros 100

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Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

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Nikon FM3a, Fuji Acros 100

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Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

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Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

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First two photographs look like La Perla barrio in Old San Juan.

I lived within the walls of El Morro fortress grounds from 1950-1954 when it was known as Fort Brooke - headquarters of the Caribbean Antilles Command.

2 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Awesome. How do you fly with film? Just tell TSA and have them manually inspect?

thank you.

I used to use a Domke film bag which has a lead lining, but predictably that got flagged and I'd have to open the bag anyways and explain what was inside.

so I've taken to just putting the film in a ziploc bag and asking for a manual inspection. so far, they've obliged. one thing I saw mentioned elsewhere is put in at least one roll of film above ISO 800, that when if you get an agent that says the scanner is safe for film below IS0 400-800, you can truthfully say you have film above that ISO in the bag.

gets more tricky internationally. Heathrow supposedly puts everything through a scan, no if or buts about it.

The Bahamas, being more tourist friendly, manually inspected

4 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

First two photographs look like La Perla barrio in Old San Juan.

I lived within the walls of El Morro fortress grounds from 1950-1954 when it was known as Fort Brooke - headquarters of the Caribbean Antilles Command.

Good eye. the first 3 are indeed of La Perla. The pics I have of El Morro are digital and haven't gotten to them yet

Nikon FM3a, Fuji Acros 100

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Fuji GF670, Portra 160

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Looks like they are getting compressed by this site, so if you right click and open in a new tab/window it will show the photo correctly.

 

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How/where do people get prints made from digital image files that don't look like they came off a dot matrix printer? I tried CVS online service which I think was thru Kodak and it looks like shit.

How/where do people get prints made from digital image files that don't look like they came off a dot matrix printer? I tried CVS online service which I think was thru Kodak and it looks like shit.


Well, you gotta use the correct DPI and I wouldn’t ever use CVS/Walgreens. How big are the prints?

I’ve printed up to 24x36 which is under the ideal native DPI for the megapixels I have (about 30), but they still looked mostly okay. I use Nations Photo Lab.
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How/where do people get prints made from digital image files that don't look like they came off a dot matrix printer? I tried CVS online service which I think was thru Kodak and it looks like shit.

Yeah, make sure you are printing the right resolution. I use Mpix.com for almost all my printing. About to get three metal prints of The Narrows done by them in fact.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out the next time I want to print something. I had no idea of what to expect with the CVS service and I don't think I've had photos printed since my days with film. $2 lesson learned, lol. 

Is there a standard DPI or is it more dependent on the size of the print as to what is best?

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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out the next time I want to print something. I had no idea of what to expect with the CVS service and I don't think I've had photos printed since my days with film. $2 lesson learned, lol. 
Is there a standard DPI or is it more dependent on the size of the print as to what is best?

You can find charts online that correlates dói to print size. However, Mpix’s site is good about letting the you know the maximum print size for the file you uploaded.

Grazi. Seems like when I used CVS I did select "best quality" or something like that but still it  looks like ass. Also it was a glossy finish which did not help. Co-worker showed me a picture they had made and it was better, matte finish, but still had a somewhat pixelated look to it. Not bad but not great either. I don't recall what service she was using but it was, I'm pretty sure, a basic bulk consumer type deal. Plus it was them with Reid Ryan at a Roundrock Express game and fuck that shit. :) 

I rarely print photos, but I've had some large prints done at the local Wal Mart's the look excellent. You just gotta make sure you have enough resolution for your chosen print size.

I've been using Shutterfly for the past few years and have been more than happy with them.  It usually takes a week or so to get them, but the quality is much better that the photo kiosks at box stores.

The good thing about trying a cheapass kiosk photo joint these days is that you got nothin' to lose. They can't scratch up your negatives like they did in the olden days.

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You got solid focus and sharpness there. What was it, about f/8? Tip: most lenses are sharpest around 2-3 stops down from their widest aperture, which will typically be f/5.6-11.
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You got solid focus and sharpness there. What was it, about f/8? Tip: most lenses are sharpest around 2-3 stops down from their widest aperture, which will typically be f/5.6-11.

 

That was wide open, f4.5 at 70mm, 1/800, ISO 450. My metering was all jacked up, I'd been also shooting fish in the aquarium room at the zoo and had forgotten I had it on spot metering. It was fairly  bright out but heavy overcast and much of what I shot turned out blown out. 

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Hopefully I will get some good shots down on the coast this week.  Here are a few from last week.  I can't decide whether I like the color or B&W tank photo more.

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FWIW,  I like the color pic of the tanks better and I normally prefer the B&W photos.  That photo was really opportune too with the train in the background.  The B&W shows the train better though.  I like both of them.

 

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Hiked a new trail today and the iphone captured some beautiful pellucid water

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A pretty solid long holiday weekend.  I will try to keep this reasonable, but I like a lot of the shots I got.

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Some great birds there that I don't have anywhere near my life list.

I hate to see that nice stained glass go to waste.

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