Hi there. First of all, I am aware many of us do not use meters. But I want to, and can use one for other cameras as well. Any advice?

Zero 2k, Kodak Ektar 100, about 15 seconds.

Still just doing a "scan" by using my Fuji to take a snap and then flip and invert in PS, and a very small but of editing in LR.

https://preview.redd.it/ingpqe7csn3e1.jpg?width=5236&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff2069aa02d3649b0ee04d50250322014987f43a

https://preview.redd.it/vogl949dsn3e1.jpg?width=3735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1f3817d72a152272187f0499fd52b5bf154149f

Can someone point me to a good resource that explains how to use my digital camera to scan my paper negative?

Thanks

Zero 2k, Ilford Delta 100 Pro. This is from a few weeks ago. I forget the exposure details. Foggy morning. There's also a scan artifact in the lower right that fortunately isn't on the negative.

Marly Gomont

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Monceau sur Oise

Would using colored cellophane or transparencies work as a filter for a pinhole camera? Like these:

https://preview.redd.it/wbo5wjxr033e1.png?width=1488&format=png&auto=webp&s=a76d56101d31eb217f9a93373f88d91e783dc8ba

I built a pinhole camera from cardboard - inside dimensions are approximately 5X7" and about 3 1/2" deep. The pinhole diameter is 0.4mm through a piece of aluminum. The "shutter" is a magnet.

https://preview.redd.it/hokmso71iy2e1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63f93a85af50a8c9e8c267fcd41442a401402e91

I took my first exposure today on Foma Fomaspeed Variant 312 VC RC Paper. I metered at f/22 and ISO 25, and then multiplied the resultant exposure time by 100 for the calculated f-number of my camera (222). I developed using Ilford chemicals.

Results came out extremely underexposed. I just took a quick snap using my Fuji (I know that is not a real scan) and inverted and flipped it in PS/LR.

https://preview.redd.it/gw5lax1miy2e1.jpg?width=6240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b421bf62055a0ca232a283891da4e7c41164466a

Better luck next time!

Photo taken with a 3d-printed pinhole camera. The terraPin 6x6. 120 film.

Fun fact: I accidentally dropped the camera in water and the film got wet. But it gave the photo that extra something 🤓

Hey guys,

I have an idea for some shots inside the hallways of the school that I teach at but I am struggling with reciprocity.

I have a Holga 120 WPC and I am shooting Rollei Retro 400s. I've been told that this film is the same emulsion as Agfa APX 400.

My meter only goes up to F22. I metered several spots that I want to shoot at F8 and the exposure times are all about 1 second at 400 iso.

I downloaded two different exposure calculators and they are giving me dramatically different exposure times when I converted the F8 exposure to F135.

One calculator told me to expose for 4 minutes and change but the other gave me a time 10 times that.

This leaves me quite confused. The Holga 120 WPC only gets 6 shots of 6x12 so mistakes are quite costly.

Any advice for a newbie?

My first photo with my Pinsta Camera

That it's fall here the way the sage keeps blooming. First post in here and hopefully not my last. Zero Image 2k, Fuji Velvia 50, at about 20 seconds if I recall.

Never heard of this till right now. All the photos I saw where blurry amd boring. What am I missing here?

My stepdad is a big photography fan and an amateur meteorologist so I thought a beginner kit for solography would be a brilliant present. My only problem is he's getting old enough that anything I get him, I'll need to be an expert in so I can explain it a bunch to him.

So my obviously main question is, are there decent beginner kits that are good to get someone a taste for it?

What's the printing process?

Are there any other pitfalls a complete novice needs to keep in mind?

How does being Australian factor into all of this? Is it a big enough hobby that there are resources available?