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Coffee house on Valentia Island…
Olympus OM2n, Neopan Acros 100. My second attempt at developing
a roll of film myself. Please excuse the quality of the scan. I’ll be investing
in a proper negative scanner at some stage…
Hi Rob,
That’s an interesting looking building you have captured there.
I wondered had the 1888 significance and might it have been
better if the whole exterior had been included.Well done with the processing and this looks pretty good.
Cheers.
John.
Thanks John…
This was mostly just an exercise to see if I could develop a roll of film,
and the picture contents don’t mean a whole lot to me. I was pleased that
it turned out to be a bit easier than I thought it would be, although I’m
not at all pleased with the results of trying to scan a negative on an
ordinary flatbed document scanner. There are all sorts of lines and marks
that definitely don’t appear on the negative. Next step of course is to find
some method of scanning the negatives that will give a truer representation
of what I actually photographed…Must say, I’m really enjoying using film instead of digital; a whole new
adventure for me…Thanks for the positive comments…
Hi Rob,
I did my own black and white developing and printing
some years back and it is very satisfying.
It wasn’t all that difficult as you have found out.This was before digital and I could photograph the lads in
the pub on Saturday afternoon and have the prints in the
pub that evening. Magic!
Happy days. :)Scanning negs seems to be an issue allright.
Have you considered having a go at printing?
Best of luck with it and I’m glad you are enjoying the experience.
Cheers.
John.
BTW I was going to ask in my first reply what it looked like in colour. :oops:
Rob wrote:
My second attempt at developing
a roll of film myselfTheres a bit smile on my face here Rob…. Well done :-)
Very good Rob, even on a dodgy scan, the Across produces good tones.
Well done on the processing, it’s always a relief to unload the reel and see pictures on the film!Some labs will scan 35mm b&w film for you, but, most will have to change settings on their scanner. Might be something to consider until you get set up yourself.
All my scans come from labs, there can be a world of difference in them, something to remember when processing them (the scans)Sinead
Well done Rob-
you should tell everyone how easy it is, and how satisfying-The neg looks great, under those lines-
it almost looks like you’ve taped it to your telly and photographed it…Photographing the neg with your digital camera is an option,
if you can do macro-
that’s how prints from slides used to be done, with an internegative-
It won’t produce as good a result as a proper scan,
but it’s surprising how good it can be, if you’re properly set up,
and can minimize stray light-jb7 wrote:
you should tell everyone how easy it is, and how satisfying-
Satisfying…
Yes, that’s the best part of all. Perhaps I should tell everyone, so, to anyone
who is reading and hasn’t yet tried it, go ahead…I have so far produced, I think, almost a couple of hundred beautiful negatives
of truly awful photographs, simply for the joy of holding that soaking wet and
well rinsed film up to the light. It’s a little piece of magic…It took me a while to pluck up the courage to try it; in spite of Martin’s excellent
tutorial and demonstration of the process, my thoughts on the matter were so
at sea they were beginning to attract barnacles. Nonetheless, I had to have a go,
and since then I’ve been photographing light switches, ashtrays, shower curtains,
string, fingernails, walls, my own foot, other people’s feet, hedges, Benson and Hedges,
tax demands, cups of tea and so on just to make sure that the first roll I developed
wasn’t actually an accident. What fun it is…Now I can’t wait to take some proper pictures, and to try developing medium format
and 5X4 sheet film tortilla style…Thanks to all for the encouragement…
Hi Rob,
That sounds like an interesting list of images. :)
Especially the tax demand.
Lots of detail no doubt. :shock:Cheers.
John.
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