Nostalgia (Page 2): I wish I could understand you. Don't you have 100, 200 and 400 ISO settings in your camera? Now, if you feel like shooting at ISO 800, 1600 and 3200 you also have...

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I wish I could understand you. Don't you have 100, 200 and 400 ISO settings in your camera? Now, if you feel like shooting at ISO 800, 1600 and 3200 you also have those choices.
So, what is the problem?

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

If I remember correctly - that's a mighty big if sometimes - the Velvet 50 produced the most gorgeous skin tones.

dreamon

I had the same problem for a long time, until I got a camera that "remembered" the previous roll's shot count. I could pull out a roll, shoot another roll, and then put the previously partially shot roll back in. It would automatically set up for the next shot.

I don't know for sure but I think that there was only one camera that did this...

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

charlienow wrote:

Remember the days when typically you had asa/iso of 100, 200 and 400. I know there were slower and faster film speeds but these were the typical and most popular film choices.

And you had to burn the whole roll of film before replacing with a different speed roll.

Now what do we have. My camera goes from like 100 to 26000 iso or so.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ....

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

dreamon wrote:

I had the same problem for a long time, until I got a camera that "remembered" the previous roll's shot count. I could pull out a roll, shoot another roll, and then put the previously partially shot roll back in. It would automatically set up for the next shot.

I don't know for sure but I think that there was only one camera that did this...

In 120 format, it was nearly impossible. But in 35mm it's easy to do on virtually any model. Keep a stock of very small gummy labels in your bag. Look at the last shot you've taken, add 2 (for a safety factor), and then rewind until you just hear the film come off the takeup spool. Remove the film, attach the label, and put it back in your bag. If you go too far and "lose" the leader, you can use a special "leader retrieval tool" that may well still be available and costs less than five bucks.

When you want to go back to the partially used roll, look at the label, load the camera normally, and click off that number of shots with the lens cap on.

Easy peasy, and a necessity for shooters on a budget who couldn't afford to have multiple bodies running simultaneously with different emulsions.

Andy

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

charlienow wrote:

Remember the days when typically you had asa/iso of 100, 200 and 400. I know there were slower and faster film speeds but these were the typical and most popular film choices.

And you had to burn the whole roll of film before replacing with a different speed roll.

Now what do we have. My camera goes from like 100 to 26000 iso or so.

Chadlienow, Shooting slide film in the early 1950s was a real challenge. I'm enjoying the freedom digital gives me and the ability to review IQ and exposure instantly. Don't miss the days of getting back a box of 36 improperly exposed slides.

Geegee Loc: Peterborough, Ont.

You young bucks don't know what nostalgia is. When I first got into photography Kodachrome was ASA 10 and the fastest film was Tri X which you could push another stop when developing. After my first two cameras I bought a Leica M3 in 1956. I still have it, and three lenses. The camera and the 50MM f/2 Summicron cost me a month's salary. However, I only look back now with nostalgia. I am better off now!

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

Yes those days every shot was a calculation. Foresee the event to load the film, trigger conservative, frugal ... and remember the mistakes.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I shot a lot of Fuji Velvia 50 slides, back in the day. Never cared for Velvia 100.... Preferred Ektachrome 100VS. The fastest slide film I used was Ektachrome 200. If I needed fast than that, I switched to color neg film... ASA 400 max.

My favorite B&W film was Fuji Acros (100). Though I shot a lot of Tri-X, too.

With 35mm cameras, it was a pain in the arse to switch film mid-roll... Instead I often carried 3 or 4 cameras, each loaded with different film. Usually one was loaded with B&W... the others with a couple different speeds of slide film. I used black finish cameras for slide film and chrome finish camera for B&W... that made it pretty easy to grab the right camera for a shot.

It was much easier with my medium and large format cameras. Medium format had dark slides that allowed swapping film backs whenever needed... And, of course, with large format sheet film it was just a matter of having a bunch of film holders and carefully labeling them for each type of film.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

With my digital cameras, I still use the 100-400 ISO range well over 95% of the time. I cannot even recall the last time I had the need to set the camera above 800 ISO.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

charlienow wrote:

Remember the days when typically you had asa/iso of 100, 200 and 400. I know there were slower and faster film speeds but these were the typical and most popular film choices.

And you had to burn the whole roll of film before replacing with a different speed roll.

Now what do we have. My camera goes from like 100 to 26000 iso or so.

I changed ISO in mid roll a many times back then, or set a different IS0, than the actual film, so it was not all that different to today!

safeman

"Back in the day" the gold standard was Kodachrome 25--period. Check out any old copy of National Geographic from the 50's through the 70's you will see almost every photo credit "Kodachrome by ---".
Inconvenient? You bet! Had to mail in exposed film to Kodak for processing. Ten days to two weeks turnaround time. Shooting birds, it was not unusual to shoot half a roll or more (if the subject would stay put) in the hopes of getting the one good shot. If I am a good photographer, and I'm not sure I am, it's because I grew up on Kodachrome 25.

Just to put things in perspective I started with a Brownie, graduated to an Argus C-3, to an Exkata, to a Nikon F.

rck281 Loc: Overland Park, KS

You youngsters! I did most of my shooting on Kodachrome AS A 10.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I used to buy film in 100 ft rolls and load my own cartridges. For short shoots I could make a 10 exposure canister. For more extensive stuff I could usually pack 40-45 in.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

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I wish that digital cameras used a square format sensor for the same reason. We are wasting a good part of the image coming through the lens with a 3x2 sensor.