Cameras Loaded with Film for Weekend

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Which cameras have you loaded with film in anticipation for use during this weekend? Last evening I decided to try something different this time. I loaded the following cameras with film:

Fuji GL690 (TMAX 100) .............. for low grain and 6x9 negatives.
Olympus Pen FT (TMZ 3200) ..... for high grain with half-frame images
Zeiss Contarex (Fuji NPS160) ...... for enjoying using this camera :)
Pentax ME Super (Ilford/Arista 50) ... for low grain and to test the 28mm lens.

Now I better get busy planning my day.

Raid
 

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This weekend the M3 with Summicron DR is loaded with Agfa APX 100 and I've just come back from a morning at the beach with my sons having taken a few shots with this. One of my MPs still has Delta 3200 (rated at 1600) in it, which I haven't finished yet - I keep that one for indoor shots. The other MP is empty at the moment - might end up with a colour roll or some Kodak BW400CN depending on the occasion.

Have a good weekend!

Dan
 
Cameras at the ready...

Cameras at the ready...

Leica M2 loaded with Kodak Portra VC 400 ( one of the freebies).
Nikon S2 has Kodak Tri-X 400.
Zorki 6 has Ilford Pan F 50.
The rolls are all 36 exp. so I can try out many,many combinations of lenses on
each one of these jewels.:D
 
It's just after 11AM and I've already run a roll of Fuji NPH through my Yashica Mat at a historic district here. There's half a roll of tri-x in the Spotmatic I'm using for a photo course. No film in any rangefinders so far....
 
i have my nikon fe2 with 24mm f2 lens loaded with fuji superia 400 and debating contax g1 or canonet ql gIII. ill load one of the rangefinders with fuji acros 100. im going to the chinese new year parade in wash, dc for some shots.
 
The XPAN2 still has the Adox CMS 20 in it- should get that finished today out snowshoeing, the .72 M7 has a bit of Agfa Ultra left-over from yesterday, and the .58 M7 is empty. The M6 still has some Superia 400 in it that I don't much like after all, I'm procarastinating getting some other C-41 400 films to try, and the M6 sits waiting for me. The G2 w/21 has had the same roll of Agfa Ultra 100 in it for about a month, I shoot little that wide- depends on the location, usually get a spurt of 1/2 a roll, then piddle along here and there till the next one. I'm mostly shooting color only because I have so much B&W to print from this last year- I'd usually have HP5 and FP4 in the mix.
 
It seems that we all have "good intentions" for this weekend. I will try to force myself to work with the 6x9 camera by not taking along a 35mm lens when leaving our home today. It is sunny outside, but for Florida it is cold.
 
icemendicant said:
This weekend the M3 with Summicron DR is loaded with Agfa APX 100 and I've just come back from a morning at the beach with my sons having taken a few shots with this. One of my MPs still has Delta 3200 (rated at 1600) in it, which I haven't finished yet - I keep that one for indoor shots. The other MP is empty at the moment - might end up with a colour roll or some Kodak BW400CN depending on the occasion.

Have a good weekend!

Dan
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Dan,
I will also set aside my 3200 ASA film for indoor shots. I will rate it like you at 1600. I first thought I would use it at ASA1000 but now will use 1600 as a benchmark.

Raid
 
My 124G has a fresh roll of Tri-X in it. My M6TTL has 400CN in it. I thought about loading some film into a Fuji folder. But this weekend will probably not involve film... it's an R-D1 w/ one lens kinda weekend...

j
 
well,nothing especially for this weekend...but my yashica gsn is at frame no. 20 for ages! At least 3-4 months. So i should finish it.
The problem is, winter months are so damn dark here, and i have iso 100 film in it...
 
kzim56 said:
It's just after 11AM and I've already run a roll of Fuji NPH through my Yashica Mat at a historic district here. There's half a roll of tri-x in the Spotmatic I'm using for a photo course. No film in any rangefinders so far....
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That's a winning combination. NPH in 6x6...just wonderful and fast enough for many things.
 
Agfa APX400 in the Contax II,
Ilford Delta 400 in the Zeiss Nettar

That's gonna be my kit for london tomorrow.
 
raid said:
Dan,
I will also set aside my 3200 ASA film for indoor shots. I will rate it like you at 1600. I first thought I would use it at ASA1000 but now will use 1600 as a benchmark.

Raid
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Hi Raid,

Thanks for the vote of confidence ;-) but I should clarify that I am still experimenting with the high speed films myself, so don't take my word for gospel. What I have found on some recent rolls with the Delta 3200 is that rating it at 1600 did produce noticeably finer grain and a more contrast in the shots. Indoor family scenes by available light - ie a few tungsten bulbs in most cases - can be quite low in contrast and I noticed the film struggled a little at 3200. You might find 1000 even better !

The other thing that does occur to me is that these high speed films seem to work best if given a reasonably contrasty scene to work with, so I might experiment in future with some outdoor pictures at night or with harsh lighting...

So many films, so little time... :-D

All the best,

Dan
 
Bessa R is loaded with Ilford Delta Pro 100, and I'm gonna be taking "grab shots" of my grandsons, if they'll slow down enough...I'll have to lead them, like I was skeet shooting...

Regards!
Don
 
Ive got some TMX3200 loaded in a disposable camera that I reloaded @ work... going for available light shots w/ this one (and I put some green tape over the flash to reduce its power for when I need flash)

Sylvia has some Fuji Pro 800 in it...
Will be loading my N8008 w/ some fomapan 400 for a shoot tomorrow...
FG has some Portra 800 loaded in her, hopefully I'll spend through those tomorrow too.

I think my holga's got some 200 speed polaroid film in it... dont remember, outcomes should be interesting. I think I'll go w/ some arista EDU 400 next time around.

mamiya 645 is gonna be loaded w/ some arista EDU 400 as well.
 
Loaded and ready: Nikon S2 with 50mm f1.4 and 200 Fujichrome; Nikon FM with 24 and 85 lenses and same film; Nikon 35Ti with ASA 200 Sensia. Off to San Francisco with this kit.

Hope you all have fun behind the viewfinder and in the light.
 
M3 with a roll of Kodachrome 64 with a few shots left, which I'm going to finish. Planning on shooting a roll of Velvia 100 in the Canon over the weekend, and possibly some Tri-X in the M3.

If next weekend counts, I'm buying a 90 Elmar and I'll shoot a few rolls with that.
 
Well, I've got a fresh SD card in my R-D1 and I've just loaded some HP5+ in my Canon F1 which I'm going shoot with the 100mm F2.8 - I can't not use this camera even if it isn't an RF.
 
Ah, well last weekend I had SPUR Orthopan UR (= ADOX CMS 20) (at ISO 20) in the M7 and HP5 (at 1600) in the M3.

This weekend I had Tri X (at 400) in the M3.

This weekend it's really sunny, so ISO 100 would have been just right.

Hmmm, seems I need a third body :)

colin
 
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