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Postby Topcat » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:34 pm

Looking at that, I must dust off my OM1n! :)

Cracking picture. Do you develop the film yourself?

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Postby Gromit » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:40 pm

Do it, TC - such a wonderful little camera should live & breathe. :)

Developing? Done at Boots in Lincoln this morning on the 1hr service - was just in rather a hurry to make sure the OM2 was working properly as I've got 14 day money-back warranty on it. Seems to be operating fine.

In future I'll send film off to somewhere like The Darkroom who charge about 4 quid per film to process negs. I may, just may have a go at doing B&W myself. Not bothered about prints as I'll just scan the negs anyway.

One thing I have noticed, the VFR's red is an absolute swine to get right on a digital camera (this was with both Canon & Fuji sensors). It's so intense in bright light that it comes out pink, especially in the highlights - takes a lot of messing around in LR to get it back on-track. The film just takes it in its stride.

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Postby Topcat » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:55 pm

Thanks Richard, I think I will be giving that a try soon.

The Olympus OM's where always my favourite camera and I stuck with the brand in the digital age, due to the size as much as anything.

Black and white film processing is a doddle if I remember correctly. Used to do it at college many moons ago.

I’m sure you know but you only need a bag to keep the light out, film spool and container for pouring the chemicals into.

Of course, in those days, all the film, chemicals etc were free so cost not a problem. Chap who ran the class always said to use a drop of washing up liquid in the final rinse to stop the water drying on the film, seemed to work!

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Postby f90x » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:21 pm

Gromit wrote:Was going to put this in the '35mm scans' thread in photo corner but it's a bike therefore it's here. This is one of the first off the roll with my new (to me) Olympus OM-2n and a scan of the negative. Tiny bit of tweaking in LR5 but otherwise minimal b*ggering about with. I'm fairly pleased with the result:

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Kodak Ektar 100
Scanned on Plustek 8100


Lovely. Just look at that film! I shoot Ektar at 1/2 to 1 stop overexposed Richard as it likes a bit of light and one can adjust it in photoshop. It's quite easy to under expose with Ektar and that 'can't' be adjusted in PS. It doesn't have the latitude that Portra has but it 'pings' a bit more than Portra. You probably know this already.
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Postby Gromit » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:33 pm

Spooky, Steve - I had the OM2 set to 1/2 stop over-exposed, not because I know anything about Ektar (I don't it's my first time with it) but as you say it's a lot easier to bring stuff down than lift it up. I'll definitely bear it in mind for the future re Ektar so thanks for the tip. :)

I'm really pleased with the camera - it's not in its first flush of youth (it's probably 30+ yes old) but it works well and...oh that shutter sound. OM's are legendary for it, and this one doesn't disappoint.

Oh...picked up a very tidy 75-150 Zuiko zoom from LCE in Lincoln today for 15 quid. Even if it's not that brilliant it would've been daft not to.

One more for now...

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Postby dave the german » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:12 am

Topcat wrote:Thanks Richard, I think I will be giving that a try soon.

The Olympus OM's where always my favourite camera and I stuck with the brand in the digital age, due to the size as much as anything.

Black and white film processing is a doddle if I remember correctly. Used to do it at college many moons ago.

I’m sure you know but you only need a bag to keep the light out, film spool and container for pouring the chemicals into.

Of course, in those days, all the film, chemicals etc were free so cost not a problem. Chap who ran the class always said to use a drop of washing up liquid in the final rinse to stop the water drying on the film, seemed to work!

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Postby Blackal » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:35 am

dave the german wrote:
I used to load film under the duvet - always worked for me.


At least - that's what you told your mum you were doing ........... :?

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Postby dave the german » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:09 pm

Blackal wrote:
dave the german wrote:
I used to load film under the duvet - always worked for me.


At least - that's what you told your mum you were doing ........... :?

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she believed me :wink:
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Postby Gromit » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:07 pm

Another scan off my OM2:

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Postby nab 301 » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:03 pm

Interesting colour comparison between film and digital.
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Postby Gromit » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:16 pm

nab 301 wrote:Interesting colour comparison between film and digital.


It certainly has been. I've always found that with digital, vivid reds (especially in bright sunlight) wreak havoc and it's extremely difficult to rein them in, even in Lightroom. Where the VFR's red comes in with strong magenta in digital (this is with Canon DSLR sensors and in the Fujis) with film it's more forgiving, plus highlights are less prone to clipping. Of course film doesn't seem to have quite the same resolution as good digital - the latter has more punch, and a lot less noise/grain - but in some ways it's just nicer to look at.

The big test will be to do some A4 prints off the film scans.

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Postby Gromit » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:00 pm

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Postby Gromit » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:35 am

Playing around with scanner settings - this one's at 7200 dpi (as high as the scanner will go).

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Taken on Nikon FE/Kodak Ektar 100

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Postby Gromit » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:38 pm

All nice & clean, new chain and sprockets, ready for the trip to Flash...

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The rear tyre should just about make the round trip. :)

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Postby Boxermed69 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:31 pm

Looking good Richard :D

Just a tad jealous now. Wish I was joining y'all at Chez Flash.

Ask Tony to tell you what happened to the VFR in our group a couple of years ago :shock:

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