Analog!

[ktmbiker58]

I have been taking photos (note I didn't say photographer!) for as long as I have been cycling which is most of my 67 years, I spent my working life in electronics so I like to throw off the modern digital life from time to time and shoot old fashioned film, here are some snaps from some rides over the last couple of months, the great thing about film is it is delayed gratification in the extreme, by the time I have shot a roll I've forgotton what I took photos of

Shot using a Pentax Auto 110 camera - the worlds smallest SLR - on Lomography 400asa colour film. Negatives scanned then minor adjustments and resizing in CaptureOne.

Enjoy some delightfull fuzziness - no it's not your eyes!

 

[tyred]

I must admit I love film photography but no longer have access to a darkroom and processing is pricey, so have just got out of the habit.

I keep threatening to dust off my quirky Zenits to see if I can still use them properly!

I have one of those 110 SLRs somewhere. The last time I tried and tracked down some film on eBay, nobody would develop it for me.

 

[ktmbiker58]

I must admit I love film photography but no longer have access to a darkroom and processing is pricey, so have just got out of the habit.

I keep threatening to dust off my quirky Zenits to see if I can still use them properly!

I have one of those 110 SLRs somewhere. The last time I tried and tracked down some film on eBay, nobody would develop it for me.

I know what you mean, I still develop the odd roll of 35mm HP5 but it is a faff.

The Zenits were great cameras with excellent lenses, I think I still have an E in the attic.

The only thing to watch for with the Pentax 110 is batteries leaking but the battery box is removable for cleaning, the film speed switch is part of the battery box and gets affected by corrosion, fortunately it gets stuck in the low speed (100asa) setting so you can use several Lomography films without problems - theres a 100asa B&W and a 200asa Colour film that is happy overexposed by 1 stop. My shots were taken on 400asa film overexposed 2 stops, I have since repaired the speed switch so the next 400asa film should be correctly exposed provided I remember to cut the speed tab on the film cassette as all the films are supplied in low speed cases.

I use Analog Wonderland for film supplies, processing and scanning. I then use CaptureOne to tweak the scans if necessary before resizing them back to 800 X 600 pixels which seems about right.

It is expensive but that just makes you think more about composition and lighting before shooting.

 

[ktmbiker58]

If anyone is wondering the verse on the headstone is:

Twas as she tript from cask to cask
In at a bung hole quickly fell
Suffocation was her task
She had no time to say farewell

She was the Inn keepers daughter who died in a cask.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's interesting that you can easily tell from the colouration that these are film images . It's easy even if you have poor colour vision (which I do) and even if you don't know anything about the subject (which I don't) and have never given the matter much thought (which I haven't). You can just tell from the general look.

The monochrome one, not so much.

 

[presta]

It's interesting that you can easily tell from the colouration that these are film images . It's easy even if you have poor colour vision (which I do) and even if you don't know anything about the subject (which I don't) and have never given the matter much thought (which I haven't). You can just tell from the general look.

The monochrome one, not so much.

I think much of it is because the film has been pulled two stops.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I think much of it is because the film has been pulled two stops.

Whoosh! Over my head! I did say I don't have any knowledge of the subject.

 

[presta]

Whoosh! Over my head! I did say I don't have any knowledge of the subject.

He's exposed a 400 asa film with the camera set to 100 asa, so it's overexposed because the camera thinks the film's slower than it really is. Pulling is over exposing a film and then compensating by under developing. (Pushing: underexpose & overdevelop.)