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Katastrofo
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 Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: first try with Fuji X-tra 800 |
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Katastrofo wrote:
I've seen this film offered at Wallies in 4-packs (24exp) and decided to
try it. These shots are using the Nikon F4s and Sigma Mini-Wide:
In the last shot the guy lunged at me and I had to focus very fast, exposure settings were off. lol
here's a BW conversion using the Andy plugin in Bibble:
Grainier results than Portra 800, for sure. |
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Excalibur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
***Grainier results than Portra 800, for sure.***
Picked up some Fuji press 800asa off ebay cheap, quite good for dull conditions:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/chakrata/Photo30_30.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/chakrata/Photo06_6.jpg
Straight from a supermarket CD they did the dev as well, and not touched by me.
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fish4570
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
not bad. i like the fuji 400 very much, from wal-mart, of course.
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fish4570
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
nice, excalibur ...
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
The bench shot looks sharp and not unpleasant grain, but the guy shot seems to have some grain going on. Maybe the background colours set it of.
P.S Why is he lunging at you? 
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Excalibur and Fish4570, thanks for stopping by. Excalibur, very nice shots
indeed, thanks for beautifying my thread.  It looks like you had a
little more light to play with than I did. Will see what the other rolls will
bring.
Fish4570, I've had pretty good luck with Fuji 400, too, excellent (and
cheap) film. |
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
| martinsmith99 wrote: |
The bench shot looks sharp and not unpleasant grain, but the guy shot seems to have some grain going on. Maybe the background colours set it of.
P.S Why is he lunging at you? |
Martin, I've shot this guy before, he's quite a character. He thought to
startle me as I was aiming at something to the far right. When he
lunged, I swung around focused and shot. The Mini-Wide focuses to
something between 4-5 inches, not bad performance in a wide.
The shot is underexposed, I was shooting manual settings at something
much brighter, at 1/250sec, and didn't have time to change settings. |
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Excalibur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
| Katastrofo wrote: |
It looks like you had a
little more light to play with than I did. Will see what the other rolls will
bring. |
Well I have limited experience using fast colour neg film but my impression so far is:- fast colour neg film is a bit of a rip off, sure you can get an image full of grain at the speed on the box, but if you reduce the speed by one or two stops, or use a flash gun or shoot in sun light...... the grain reduces amazingly.
This is Fuji 1600 with plenty of light (flash):-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/chakrata/Photo02_36.jpg
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Attila
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
| Excalibur wrote: |
| Katastrofo wrote: |
It looks like you had a
little more light to play with than I did. Will see what the other rolls will
bring. |
Well I have limited experience using fast colour neg film but my impression so far is:- fast colour neg film is a bit of a rip off, sure you can get an image full of grain at the speed on the box, but if you reduce the speed by one or two stops, or use a flash gun or shoot in sun light...... the grain reduces amazingly. |
Couldn't agree more.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Another nice shot, Excalibur, although if using flash indoors I'd go with a
slower film as 1600 is overkill. I bought the 800 ostensibly to use with
my Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim for cloudy overcast days. Maybe that will
be a better fit for this film. EDIT: pics removed to save space.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Like taken by a Nokia phone ... crappy Bill, sorry.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Yeah, agree, crappy. I took them down, but your comment fits some if
not all the above. |
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Excalibur
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
| Katastrofo wrote: |
I bought the 800 ostensibly to use with
my Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim for cloudy overcast days. Maybe that will
be a better fit for this film. |
Well congrats on your enthusiasm esp for pushing b/w film, but if my hobby was taking non static shots in very low light I would get a DSLR with IS.
For me I don't normally go over 400asa film and am mainly a fair weather shooter.
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fish4570
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
i shoot 400 asa only, simply because i teethed on tri-x, and despite advancing years, i can still guesstimate exposure pretty well. no room for a darkroom in my little cabin, and fine motor skills are shot anyway. a negative scanner is in my future. for now, walgreens gets my processing business ... 
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Excalibur, thanks, I'll keep working at it.
Fish4570, I'm thinking CVS will get my color 35mm biz, I still have to
scan BW negs at home, both 35mm and 120. |
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fish4570
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
i plan to obtain a neg scanner.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
| fish4570 wrote: |
| i plan to obtain a neg scanner. |
Epson online has the V500 (refurbed) for $134.10. Think it comes with
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