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Anonymous08/19/25, 05:48No.4460704/fgt/ - Film Photography Thread
Buffalo Edition
Please post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.
old thread: >>4457140
Thread Question: How important is the use of a darkroom to your film photography?
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Anon08/19/25, 17:37No.4460825
Very cool shot. Would look really awesome printed very big. You should do it.Darkroom is essential for my photography. I need it to make prints and change/load film.
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Anon08/19/25, 23:45No.4460906
I load my sheet film in my darkroom. I have never used a cuck bag. It's the primary use of it, but I also do enlargements occasionally. I'd rate it as medium-high importance
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Anon08/20/25, 20:01No.4461208
What meter should I get to strap to my Mamiya RB67? I've read mixed things about the one from TTartisan, but it looks neat.
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Anon08/20/25, 23:04No.4461250
Any tips as to how I can stop having so many blurry photos? Here's my usual gear and approach:
>Half Frame Kodak
>Usually shoot Kodak ISO 400 or Fuji 200
>Walk around the street and try to capture spur of the moment shots
Do I just have a shaky hand? I really don't want to give up the half-frame because film is so expensive and getting ~80 shots is better than 36.
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Anon08/20/25, 23:07No.4461252
Just as important as Lightroom (or photo editing software of your choice.)
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Anon08/21/25, 00:47No.4461281
devved scanned posted here [/p/thread/4456715#p4461271]
picrel wb-adjusted version of one of the shots
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Anon08/21/25, 02:15No.4461303
Thoughts on this excerpt? Is it just gay and/or retarded?>Henri Fantin-Latour also believed that his still lifes should not be a mere slavish pictorial copy of objects. There should be an element of human artifice to elevate these ordinary objects from nature to art. Fantin-Latour masterfully arranged his still lifes to play between geometric shapes and organic lines. Fantin-Latour infused his Still Life with three compositional triangles. Two of the triangles are equilateral and the third is right-angled. They add dynamic movement and prevent the composition of Still Life from falling into the stagnant inactivity of so many inferior still lifes.
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Anon08/21/25, 02:29No.4461308
repost because I forgot to mention, figured out my film holder flatness issue
guess the guy who makes these doesn't shoot a lot of 35mm, because the track was designed for the exact width of the film
the 120 holder on the other hand is about 1mm over-sized on the width
this means the little errors in 3D printing the 35 holder pinches the film and causes it to buckle
I just took an xacto chisel blade and shaved the bumps off, then finished with high-grit sandpaper, no more issues
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Anon08/21/25, 10:31No.4461357
I think I may have made the wrong choice picking a 35mm focal length.
I've shot 50mm, 45mm, and even 28mm and loved them all. So I figured 35mm must be fine right?
So I put all my money into an expensive 35mm to be my end-game lens.
Turns out I don't like the way the photos look.
I can't put my finger on it, but it just doesn't feel right.
Any tips?
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Anon08/21/25, 10:32No.4461358
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Anon08/21/25, 10:33No.4461359
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Anon08/21/25, 16:54No.4461419
Hi it's me, Jason
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Anon08/21/25, 17:01No.4461427
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Anon08/21/25, 17:10No.4461430
God damn these scans are dirty
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Anon08/21/25, 17:11No.4461431
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Anon08/21/25, 17:12No.4461432
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Anon08/21/25, 17:13No.4461433
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Anon08/21/25, 17:14No.4461436
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Anon08/21/25, 17:15No.4461438
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Anon08/21/25, 18:40No.4461461
I replaced the "pad of death" in my dad's old Yashica Electro 35 and shot a few rolls of ultramax 400 on a recent trip to the PNW. I basically shot a whole roll of just blurry shapes beforehand to make sure it works (didn't focus any of the shots as I'm retarded).I think I'm getting the hang of it and I'm starting to understand the limitations of an older film camera. First time shooting film outside of disposables and a little old point and shoot camera I had when I was a kid.
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Anon08/21/25, 18:42No.4461463
More electro stuff
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Anon08/21/25, 18:45No.4461467
Electro again
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Anon08/21/25, 18:47No.4461470
And again
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Anon08/21/25, 22:19No.4461518
bit blurry
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Anon08/22/25, 00:40No.4461545
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Anon08/22/25, 00:42No.4461547
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Anon08/22/25, 00:48No.4461549
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Anon08/22/25, 03:52No.4461594
Yep, I'm thinking it's gimmick time.
Fucked up the framing unfortunately; I think red and blue exposures should have been swapped and the green needed to be between the panels and the tree but you get the idea
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Anon08/22/25, 10:37No.4461669
Trying to get the Daido Moriyama look. I have a Canon AE1 with a 50mm lens (I know he used a 28mm mostly, I'll get one eventually). What film would get me closest to his grainy, high-contrast look?
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Anon08/22/25, 16:00No.4461750
I am somewhat new to film, and recently came into a Minolta XG-M and some Kodak Max 400 film that expired in 2006. I shot a roll of it and it came out decent (very grainy, but not destroyed), and am going to shoot the other 2 rolls I have. I read that overexposing expired film can compensate for some of its chemical deterioration.My question is if I should push the film by turning the exposure adjustment on the camera to +1 or +2, or by setting the film speed control on the camera to 200 or 100?
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Anon08/22/25, 21:15No.4461878
Guys I’m little bit worried about Kodak existence
Things doesn’t looks good
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Anon08/22/25, 23:26No.4461898
Looking for some inputJust starting out with film, pictures are looking super soft like this. Is this an issue with focusing, light metering, developing, scanning, or just to be expected with older lenses?
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Anon08/23/25, 09:21No.4462005
melbourne f1 snapshits
fuji superia 400
m6, voigtlander 35mm
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Anon08/23/25, 18:03No.4462073
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Anon08/24/25, 01:52No.4462145
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Anon08/24/25, 05:29No.4462171
Just dropped off 5 photos to the State Fair for judging and display.
I wish they had a different category for film and people who print their own photos with enlargers.
I know ill lose because of the digishit fags who edit the fuck out of their photos, but at least i know i did it the old school way.
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Anon08/24/25, 20:03No.4462330
Buy an ad
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Anon08/25/25, 03:54No.4462424
This just shipped to my house
got it for around $50
what am I in for, first time getting expired films
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Anon08/25/25, 05:07No.4462433
Anon, that is a bison.
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Anon08/25/25, 06:20No.4462447
byedad
>captcha: topkex
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Anon08/25/25, 12:27No.4462490
https://filmriss.shop/en
anyone heard or used this one? its piss cheap and i believe its some altered kodak vision
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Anon08/25/25, 17:27No.4462537
Posting some recent scans I got back from this summer. Mostly XA2 and some Bessa R2 voight 35 1.4
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Anon08/25/25, 18:25No.4462556
Joey Chestnut at the Nathans Hot Dog eating competition, walking past some adoring fans
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Anon08/26/25, 02:53No.4462656
I’m drunk please enjoy my photography from the top of the sears towerRicoh XR7
Fuji 200
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Anon08/26/25, 04:12No.4462691
What the fuck happened with this
Aristapan 100, XTol 1+2, 13:00 at 20C
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Anon08/26/25, 08:12No.4462742
I think this pic really sucks, but at least I got a test shot with the new cooke IV portrait lens. I screwed up focus, but the in focus parts are really quite sharp.
There is no glowy softness, which means you need large aperture + softness dial turned up to get soft effect. Makes sense considering that the softness comes from spherical aberration, I think. It will be very challenging to balance DoF with soft effect for still lifes.Tommorow I try again with a larger aperture, and different subject. Either way these old ass lenses are really quite impressive.
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Anon08/26/25, 20:22No.4462919
I found a bag full of about 50 rolls of film that are all probably about 15-20 years old. Is the only way to check if they've been used to develop them?t. film noob
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Anon08/26/25, 22:17No.4462951
Couple more pics with the cooke. This one is at f8 and I fucked it up. All these goats were released into the field I was working in so I was a bit rushed.Don't really know what happened with the tree on the left, but it is weirdly harsh. This would have looked a lot better if I was able to use f5.6 and there was no wind.
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Anon08/27/25, 08:09No.4463069
Small dump. Took a chance on an untested olympus XA for $50 and got lucky.
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Anon08/27/25, 09:56No.4463109
I will dump some of my photos. Fomapan 400, Zenit 12 XP + Tessar 2.8/50 Jena. Developed myself with Rodinal 1+50
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Anon08/27/25, 11:24No.4463136
Has anyone tried the new Leica stock?
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Anon08/28/25, 01:58No.4463343
Somebody shill me a TLR with a nice sharp lens but not rollei priced
I got an ikoflex and it's great to use but the lens is decentered and everything comes out blurry
I got a mamiya C but it's too big and clunky for casual use
Should I get a less jacked up ikoflex? autocord? yashica? something else?
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Anon08/28/25, 12:25No.4463410
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Anon08/28/25, 14:20No.4463425
Thinking about buying a H35N, anyone have one?Sometimes I carry a disposable at work for when I see cool shit, I guess the H35 will replace that and give me double the photos.
I know its not the best quality, I have other cameras for that.
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Anon08/28/25, 21:10No.4463538
MAN I FUCKING LOVE
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Anon08/28/25, 22:29No.4463573
>buy film camera
>buy digital camera* to take digital photos of your film photos
humiliation ritual(*a dedicated scanner is just another kind of digital camera)
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Anon08/28/25, 22:31No.4463575
Slowly setting up a home darkroom. Spent more on the cart than on the enlarger.
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Anon08/29/25, 11:21No.4463738
I just came back from my holidays in Italy with a Rollei 400s B&W roll ready to be developed. How high are the changes of me fucking up the development, given it would be my first time doing it? I don't want to lose my holiday pics, should I just send it to be developed and then practice development on another roll?
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Anon08/29/25, 11:33No.4463740
Posted more Peru photos here [/p/thread/4463698#p4463698]
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Anon08/29/25, 11:35No.4463741
And a photo of some pupper for the dog people here
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Anon08/29/25, 15:31No.4463761
I got a pentax ES with a 55mm f1.8 for almost nothing at flex market. I never tried film before. I think the camera works. How do i into film?
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Anon08/30/25, 20:32No.4464061
hp5? dont you mean a shitter kentmere?
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Anon09/01/25, 02:54No.4464448
A couple more test shots with the cooke. These were taken with sharpness setting 1.The pictorial-esque style of this shot is kinda fun, but I would have preferred it to be a bit sharper.
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Anon09/01/25, 04:47No.4464492
i love the animal photo. 鳥吉英伸
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Anon09/01/25, 04:55No.4464496
well lads, I fucked up an entire roll for the first time
was trying out p160 in 120 by taking some self portraits (no nothing of value was lost, except my time)
at some point in the roll I noticed one of my strobes was out of battery, thought it was just a few photos but turns out it was the first 3/4 of the roll
it was the main light so those photos are trash, but though I would have had some recoverable
when I opened by film storage case though the seal had come undone and the roll had partially unwound
closed it immediately but the last few shots (the only good ones) got massive light leaks across them
so 0/12 shots recoverable
woods walk roll from friday seems like it came out great though so at least there's that
thanks for reading my blog
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Anon09/01/25, 05:44No.4464510
never gonna let someone else spool my reels for me>brought a homebrewed developer to my darkroom class
>friend asked if he can use it/taught how to (its two bath dev)
>i say sure i have 3 rolls and he has 4 so we can do 2 and 2
>i hand him a steel reel and tank, asking him if he knew
>"yeah i do"
>i should've known he didnt once he was in the dark dark space for 10+ minutes
>he comes out with both of them and we develop
>have a good time teaching him how i usually develop with this "special" film
>stop, fix
>we take it out
>the film is completely stuck together, horrible green shit on there. only some are savedi spent like 3 hours at night experimenting with motion blur and random shit for once. i guess its what i get for trying to be creative.
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Anon09/01/25, 14:41No.4464569
hi /p/
haven't posted in a while
I'm busy all the time these last months and my best photos lately have been portraits, which maybe I'll post around here some other day
for now I'll post some stuff as to not accumulate them too much
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Anon09/05/25, 03:49No.4465637
new
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Anon09/24/25, 02:54No.4470174
Does anyone have any advice for semi-stand developing with caffenol? I'd be using the process to develop some Kentmere 200 and I want high contrast and something moderately sharp. My biggest fear is fog, and I can't get potassium bromide for a reasonable price locally. I've read some stuff online that suggests that iodized table salt can be used to prevent fogging, but can't find anything about it being used during semi-stand development. Anyone have experience with this?
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Anon10/13/25, 08:02No.4474451
Funny edition. I live at Buffalo Hill
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Anon10/15/25, 18:10No.4475028
fuck halation
Vision3 500T > Cinestill 800T