Posts Tagged ‘Film’

How I wish I had the patience and skills to make something like this. Talk about ingenuity.

The Battlefield Pinhole Camera | DIYPhotography.net.

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Lexi, originally uploaded by norbography.

Whilst the 5D is away getting fixed, I am running some film through a few different cameras. This shot of Lexi was taken with a film SLR, the Canon EOS 1000F on Ilford Delta 100 Pro film.

I am thinking of having a go at developing with coffee or some other slightly out there developing chemicals.

Whilst not exactly a photography based link, this one does have a tenuous link, that being it is all about film. Have a gander at some of the films of Alfred Hitchcock and how they have been compressed to 1000 frames. Very clever.

1000 Frames of Hitchcock – Alfred Hitchcock Wiki.

red bench., originally uploaded by narrowfilm.

I love park benches. I love shallow depth of field. I love medium format cameras, especially Yashicas, and this is such a good shot out of a Yashica D, so it gets todays Pic of the day.

It is about 2:30am. I have watched an Aussie win a F1 Grand Prix for the 1st time since Fred Flinstone drove a Ferrari around Fuji. The Tour de France riders have finished their pedal over the Pyrenées and are having a rest tonight. I am now watching the Australian cricket captain throw away a potential test match win. Oh, and I have just scanned in some 120 film out of the Yashica 635. Looking at it in Photoshop, I am wondering if I should clone out some of the imperfections. Well, should I?

Click on that photo to see it at a higher resolution, which will give you an idea just how rough the scan came out.

So, after looking at that, do you think I should have spent the time ironing (cloning) out all the little and big imperfections? I actually like it looking rough and ready like that, makes it feel more real to me. But I am interested to hear what others think.

After 74 years of production, Kodak are stopping their production of Kodachrome film. I think I still have a few rolls in the fridge at home. Might be worth hanging on to.

Kodak: A Thousand Words – A Tribute to KODACHROME: A Photography Icon.

From the link above.

They say all good things in life come to an end. Today we announced that Kodak will retire KODACHROME Film, concluding its 74-year run.

It was a difficult decision, given its rich history. At the end of the day, photographers have told us and showed us they’ve moved on to newer other Kodak films and/or digital. KODACHROME Film currently represents a fraction of one percent of our film sales. We at Kodak want to celebrate with you the rich history of this storied film. Feel free to share with us your fondest memories of Kodachrome.

© Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, at Nasir Bagh refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984.

Do you have any old cameras lying around the house? You might be able to get some money for them. At the moment, I am on the look out for an Olympus Pen or an Olympus Pen F, a working Polaroid SX-70 and a Pentax 67. If you have any of these and you no longer want them, let me know.

I also have a few old film cameras that I no longer want. I will post a list later in the week, with some photos.

Look at that photo. Do you see anything that makes it more interesting than just a photo of a lost shoe?