I broke out a film camera this weekend

Cool. Yeah, would totally like to see them. 

Does everyone need ISO 1 and ISO 1.6 film? Maybe not.

But is it cool that people are offering it? Heck yeah. 

Here are some lab scans, i guess I put the edits in another folder on my desktop, but most of it was editing out the blue hue that came out of the scans which wasn't too hard in post. Very little grain and noise. 

Living in the PNW, I'm not sure I could even properly expose ISO 1 film. 

Might need to walk around with a meter to see what that might look like in exposure values. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

That's a camera store?  No way.  It's a cute little backyard shed in the Garden District of New Orleans.  Nice try! 

In reply to aw614 :

Those came out so good.

1988RedT2 said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

That's a camera store?  No way.  It's a cute little backyard shed in the Garden District of New Orleans.  Nice try! 

It is cute. This photo shows a little more of it. The repair part of the business is located in a house that’s up by the street. 

Also, the big building behind the shop is no more. Something is getting built in its place. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Still the least commercial-looking space ever.  It's got vegetation all around it!!

Any such store around here would be on an urban corridor or some hideous strip mall. 

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

Ivanhoe Village is hip! 

Google Street View photo: repairs in the house out front, sales in the building behind it. 

In reply to aw614 :

Love the photos as it all works so well with the age of the subject matter. 

Got my latest run of five rolls back. Roll 1 is my daughter's Ektar H35 half frame camera, shooting some 20+ year expired Portra 400 B&W. Being C41 process it appears to have not suffered much for the years. A few highlights: 

Those are all raw scans, no adjustments made. This little H35 is really such a great camera. I can't believe the quality of images a $40 plastic toy camera is producing. I read a few reviews of this that cautioned against shooting into the sun with it as the plastic lens doesn't handle flare well but I have found the opposite to be true. 

Next up are two rolls from my new Ricoh Auto Half SL. This is a half frame camera from the 60s and 70s that is spring wound for auto advance. The SL is the f1.7 lens with zone focusing, a relatively rare model. 

B&W images are 20+ year expired Tri-X 400. This film lost a lot of contrast for being so expired. 

Same camera, this time with a roll of Kodak Pro Image 100. 

The Pro Image 100 is warmer than I would have predicted. Pretty clean grain for a half-frame camera. I like it: enough grain to know it's film without being distracting. 

Here's a few shots on that same ancient Tri-X I mentioned above, this time in my Contax N1. All these toy cameras make me happy but then I see these and realize I'm not ready to get rid of anything that says Zeiss on the front: 

In reply to Mezzanine :

ProImage 100 seems quite sensitive to exposure; under-exposed and it's quite a bit more saturated, closer to Gold 200, while over-exposed it's prone to pastels and loss of contrast. I do like it, though it's not for everything.

I think it’s all about the experience and, sometimes, a little grain is okay. (I figure it worked for the Kinks so why not me?)

A friend and I are putting together our next Film Day. Soon!

In reply to 02Pilot :

Thanks for the heads up on the narrow exposure latitude. I'm eager to see the film once snail mail gets it here. The Auto Half is auto exposure, so I'm very interested to see how accurate it is. If you're right, I'd say this roll was all a little under considering the saturation. 

I was quite surprised to find it was one of the cheapest films I could get my hands on. The pro grade films from Kodak were always more expensive back when film was king...Portra is still expensive, so I really wonder why Pro Image 100 is cheap! 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I want to hear more about your film day plans. 

And after years of smartphone cameras, I am in LOVE with real film grain. I've leaned into these half frame cameras to get more grainy goodness! 

In reply to Mezzanine :

ProImage 100 began as a non-US market film; it's not really part of the Professional line. It is apparently extremely tolerant to heat and humidity, and was intended for Asian and South American markets that specialize in those conditions. It has a grain structure that's not too far from Gold 200.

Here's a couple of examples of what I'm talking about as far as exposure. Look at the saturation in the shadow areas versus those in full sun. Same roll.

In reply to Mezzanine :

Film Day (I capitalized it so it’s now official) is pretty basic: We meet and break out the film cameras. For the first one, we met at some nearby botanical gardens. It was me, my wife, my friend and a few of her friends, so maybe half a dozen total. We spent a couple of hours there. 

For the next one, we’re heading to a different park. Same basic idea: shoot some film. This time, though, we’re first going to do lunch. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I organized a few outings for folks from a great forum I used to be active on (I really should get back there, but it's tough when you haven't done much shooting) - they were always a good time. A hike or walk, some unusual cameras, and post-photos beer.

And go sign up over there. They're good people.

In reply to 02Pilot :

Thanks and will have to check it out. 

(Currently reading up on Summicron lenses.)

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Also take a look at the Canon 50/1.4 in LTM (just needs an adapter for M mount). It was known as the "Japanese Summicron" when released, and is much cheaper.

In reply to 02Pilot :

Thanks. I was looking at the Zeiss offerings, too, although if going Leica, I think I’ll go all the way.