Will do. I appreciate the helpful advice. This film was shot at box speed. I have only been shooting film for a little over a year. I thought I would try numerous types of film from different manufactures to be able to find the right kind of film I like. The camera I used, according to my notes, has had to rolls shot with it (HP5 and Portra 800). Neither one of these rolls of film showed so much grain in the image. Jim.

Thanks Paul. I may go one stop both ways and see how it looks. I was using a Nikon F3. Maybe that was my problem, should have been shooting a Canon film camera.

How Y'all. Trying to learn film photography. Saw a guy on YouTube shooting Fomapan film. His images looked pretty good, so I bought a roll of 35mm. Fomapan 100 is a black and white 100 ISO film manufactured in the Czech Republic. According to the manufacture website, the film is high resolution, wide exposure latitude and fine grain. One thing I noticed, when you shoot Fomapan in direct, hard sun light, the images become very grainy. All shot with a vintage lens. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated. Jim

A storm was coming in so the race had to be postponed. Notice the grain in the pic. Direct sun coming down on the beach.

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Waiting for the storm to pass

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Back to racing. See how grainy this pic. is with direct sun light.

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This was taken at the Biloxi Seafood festival this year. Indirect sun light seems to help the exposure of this film. Got some oysters on the grill.

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The Menu. Same festival in Biloxi.

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This was taken in overcast skies with a vintage 180mm lens.

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Very nice collection. They all look in good shape too. Jim.

How Y'all. Last St. Patrick Day, Biloxi had their annual parade. Not wanting to miss out on a good parade, I decided to take an old film camera and a roll of Kodak Portra 800 film. Here are a few of the pictures. I think the Portra 800 did a pretty good job. Shot with a Nikon F3 and a Nikon AIS 105mm f1.8 lens.

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Thanks Paul. Both my film cameras have an EC dial. I’ll keep my film at box speed and use exposure compensation. Jim.

Great work Paul and thank you for helpful advice in this section. Can you explain the effects of pushing film and how it would affect the photograph. In the last year I have bought two film cameras and some vintage lenses. Trying to learn film photography. Jim.

Take a look at northcoastphoto.com. I have used them several times and am happy with their work. Paul who runs this section had recommended them in the past. He was not wrong. Jim.

Nice action shot. Congrats to the Ragin Cajuns for their win yesterday.

You may not have caught any fish but you did catch some nice photos. Idaho is a beautiful state. I was born and raised in that state.

How Y' all. Some trees from south Mississippi except the Palm tree. A hurricane took it. Have a good Sunday. Jim

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Be safe Don and keep us up to date when you can. Hurricanes are not fun to be in. Jim.

You have represented Biloxi very well in these photographs. Have fun. Jim.

Hey Bob. I was able to download all of my AI/AI-S lenses to my D7000. Went out to downtown Ocean Springs, Ms.
took some test shots to see if it worked. Attached are a few using a 50mm AI f1.8 lens. Not a work of art but pretty sharp. Thanks again for your advice. My Nikon D7000 just acquired some vintage lenses along with my F3 film camera. Jim

Thanks Bob. I appreciate it. Will look at my camera and the advice you gave. Jim.