Nightski Got a Film Camera! (Page 3): Slide film is positive film. Sheet film is for large format.

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Nightski wrote:

Very interesting and informative. Can I put slide ... (show quote)

Slide film is positive film. Sheet film is for large format.

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Nightski wrote:

Very interesting and informative. Can I put slide ... (show quote)

Slide film is positive film. Sheet film is for large format.

blackest Loc: Ireland

Peterff wrote:

Any 35mm film type, B&W, color negative, color slide, infrared....

http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Fujichrome-Provia-Color-Exposures/dp/B00005YV57/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438636497&sr=8-1&keywords=35mm+slide+film

http://www.amazon.com/Ilford-Infrared-135-36-36-exp-ISO-200/dp/B00005YWB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438636622&sr=8-1&keywords=35mm+infrared+film

New film, new sensor type.....

infared that might be fun do you need a filter on the lens for infrared film?

pete-m Loc: Casper, WY

Wow! Going from digital to film. Actually going backwards.

For exposure:
Proper exposure is proper exposure is proper exposure regardless if you are using digital or film. Like DSLRs, when shooting in auto mode, a fairly modern SLR will set the exposure for you but that information is never contained on the film. You simply have to remember or just write it down.

Nightski

Peterff wrote:

Any 35mm film type, B&W, color negative, color slide, infrared....

http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Fujichrome-Provia-Color-Exposures/dp/B00005YV57/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438636497&sr=8-1&keywords=35mm+slide+film

http://www.amazon.com/Ilford-Infrared-135-36-36-exp-ISO-200/dp/B00005YWB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438636622&sr=8-1&keywords=35mm+infrared+film

New film, new sensor type.....

Thank you for the links, Peter ... and it's at my favorite place to shop!

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

BH is a good place to buy film. They are cheaper and offer free shipping on certain size orders and products.

Freestlye Photographic is a fantastic source for film. Their selection is a bit more expansive then BH

For odder films. Film Photography Project has a great webstore.

For the best forum on film photography. Go to APUG.org

Nightski

pete-m wrote:

Wow! Going from digital to film. Actually going backwards.

For exposure:
Proper exposure is proper exposure is proper exposure regardless if you are using digital or film. Like DSLRs, when shooting in auto mode, a fairly modern SLR will set the exposure for you but that information is never contained on the film. You simply have to remember or just write it down.

I shot this film in manual like I do everything. I don't think of it as going backwards at all. To me, film is harder. You have to wait to see your pictures, so you really want to think before you snap. To me, it makes more sense to practice on a digital camera and then move to film. Maybe that is just my wacky way of thinking. :-)

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Rongnongno wrote:

What is the point of having a film camera if you digitize the pictures?

*puzzled*

Comparing the print to the digital image and realizing how much more satisfying the print is......

Enormously more satisfying if it's a B&W you shot, developed and printed yourself.

blackest Loc: Ireland

Mogul wrote:

Comparing the print to the digital image and realizing how much more satisfying the print is......

Enormously more satisfying if it's a B&W you shot, developed and printed yourself.

Yes but thats not necessarily from film, its pretty satisfying making the print making the matt framing it and putting it on the wall. Having it finished is very satisfying.

Michael Hartley Loc: Deer Capital of Georgia

Don't know if it was mentioned in here, go to thedarkroom.com, to process the film, you can order the optional 'SuperScan', of the images. They are scanned at a higher resolution, than what comes standard on the disc.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

blackest wrote:

infared that might be fun do you need a filter on the lens for infrared film?

That's a good topic to Google. I think the answer is it depends upon what you are trying to achieve, but for true infrared effects the answer would be yes, something like a Hoya R72. Exposure could be interesting to evaluate....

rebride

Mogul wrote:

Comparing the print to the digital image and realizing how much more satisfying the print is......

Enormously more satisfying if it's a B&W you shot, developed and printed yourself.

Two excellent points.
If you are going to shoot film also get silver halide prints made from the negatives. Can be done with the digital files, too, for comparison.
It would be great experience if you could spend a day in a darkroom with someone. Do some developing of B&W negatives yourself to really immerse yourself in old world ways.
When shooting negative film expose for the shadows (develop for highlights/midtones). For positives/slides, much like digital, expose for the highlights.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Nightski wrote:

I decided if I'm going to hang out on a forum that... (show quote)

BTW, just to really throw a wrench into the works, film is digital, digital is analog.
--Bob

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Rongnongno wrote:

What is the point of having a film camera if you digitize the pictures?

*puzzled*

To post online for discussion purposes,
to post to your online portfolio,
to share with your Aunt Mabel and Uncle Beauregard who live in Whynot, Mississippi,
to compare DSLR images with SLR images on screen,
to personally post process your own images with your preferred software,
and many many other logical relevant reasons that I have missed.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Darkroom317 wrote:

Walgreens will not return negatives. I develop my color film myself as well as b&w. But I only print b&w in my darkroom. If I wanted true color prints I would use a good lab that still does RA4 printing. Most labs that print RA4 use a lightjet system which projects a digital image on the paper though.

Not entirely true about Walgreens. Some locations which process on-site will return negatives if requested by the customer on the drop-off form. All other branches send the film to the nearest branch that does process, but negatives will not be sent back to the customer. If you ask the clerk in charge, he/she will can inform you if they process on-site, or if not, to which branch they send the film for processing. With luck, the branch that processes is not too far.