First roll of film on a long time and i'm stoked

[Disrespective]

I got back into photography a while back with a digital SLR but fell in love with collecting cameras in general which led me to the Rangefinder as something which leaves a little magic up to the camera as much as the photographer.

So I just got a ZI and some lenses and had a blast over a recent long weekend with a single roll of film. I lost a few frames thanks to forgetting to remove the lens cap and getting 8sec exposures of black... but essentially found the experience quite envigorating.

I've truly found the passion again.

If anyone cares, the images that came out are here.

One thing i'm not sure how to do is keep track of the camera settings for each image so I can keep track of how each lens performs. I can certainly guess pretty close but am sure i'm not always perfect.

I also need to find a better shop who do negative scanning here to get some higher resolution scans which I can send away to get professionally printed.

 

[hans voralberg]

Bring a notebook and note down the settings for each frame, only write down what you changed from the previous frame to save time.

 

[thegman]

The ZI is an amazing camera, and you've got some nice shots there. Good use of the Nokton 1.1.

 

[cambolt]

Where are you located? Those scans don't actually look too bad, especially for fuji 200

 

[Disrespective]

Where are you located? Those scans don't actually look too bad, especially for fuji 200

I'm in Wellington New Zealand. The scans were done at WPS on Vivian Street.

I'm very pleased with the colour, just wish it was a slightly higher resolution for printing purposes. I've got a roll of Ilford 400 B&W in it now and will see how they scan before trying somewhere else.

 

[thegman]

You could consider getting a film scanner, some of the cheaper new ones are really not that bad. Check out the Plustek models.

 

[anerjee]

Nice pictures, I liked this one in particular.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phansen/5806701171/in/set-72157626904366484/

 

[cambolt]

For B+W negatives at a non professional level you don't need to be too fussy about scanners in my opinion. I use an Epson 3170 flatbed which scans up to about 5200dpi I think. It seems to do fine for my purposes, though some pixel peepers would probably find something to disagree about

 

[Neare]

nice shots man, welcome to the club.

 

[shadowfox]

Nice set of images and
I'm glad you found your passion again.

Welcome!

 

[EthanFrank]

Those photos are fantastic!

 

[leica M2 fan]

Very good photos all.

 

[Disrespective]

Thanks for the tips on scanners and kind words everyone. I was pleasantly surprised how the roll came out, here's hoping the rest come out similar heh.