Re: Advice solicitation for analog shooting

[Walter Gilbert]

 Thanks for the exposure and print tips, Collin.  I'll archive this 
email for future reference, too.

I've got an ideal place to set up a dark room out in my shop if I ever 
get that seriously involved in film photography.  It'll take some minor 
construction to keep light out control the temperature, but not a big 
project at all.  Maybe by this fall I'll be ready to tackle it.

-- Walt

On 2/9/2011 4:49 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Good methods for dealing with roll film.

Plus-X was my favorite Kodak film.
But it should be shot at iso 80 or 100
and developed to spec.  This will give
it a little more punch.  The tonality
can otherwise be a bit boring.

If you are printing yourself, print grade 3.
That will add the contrast you need
if you prefer to use a normal exposure.

Sincerely,

Collin Brendemuehl
http://kerygmainstitute.org

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"
-- Jim Elliott




-----Original Message-----
From: David J Brooks [mailto:pentko...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 05:46 PM
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Subject: Re: Advice solicitation for analog shooting

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>  wrote:
, and nearly wasting a roll of
Kodak Plus-X 125 by not properly affixing it to the advance mechanism
(didn't securely set the notches onto the teeth), I think it's time I ask
for a little guidance before I proceed any further.
Walt. One trick i used in making sure the film had been grabbed by the
teeth was to watch the the rewind knob. If it turned will i advanced
the film lever, all was well.
The other thing i did was after the film was loaded and i advance to
the "0" mark, was to do a short rewind to pick up any slack in the
film. Just needed to bring it back ever so lightly though.


I have three different types of film and thought I'd ask the experienced
film shooters if there's anything I can do to get better images out of them
-- any quirks or characteristics I should be mindful of, or specific uses or
conditions any of them particularly excel at.  I have the following:

2 rolls Plus-X 125
Never used it.

3 rolls BW400CN
Used it some what. The local lab would process it and print out my 4x6
proofs on colour paper. Got some funky images that way.

4 rolls UltraMax 400
Again, never used it.

Dave
What do I need to know from here?

Thanks!

Walt

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