Your favourite photo(s) you took with a TLR

At this time of year I try and get to as many classic/vintage vehicle shows locally as I can, so just shout if you get bored of me posting pictures of cars and bikes.

These were taken last weekend at Marsworth Steam Rally and all with my MPP Microflex. The first two were Kodak Portra 160 (new style) and the third Fuji Neopan 400CN through an orange filter.

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The last one had to have a bit cropped from the top as it overlapped the preceding frame. Don't know quite what happened there as the other rolls all came out OK so it must have been a little slippage somewhere.

There are several others from the same show on my Flickr photostream.
 
These are really nice. Where did you get your Portra developed and scanned?
Pete


hefty said:
At this time of year I try and get to as many classic/vintage vehicle shows locally as I can, so just shout if you get bored of me posting pictures of cars and bikes.

These were taken last weekend at Marsworth Steam Rally and all with my MPP Microflex. The first two were Kodak Portra 160 (new style) and the third Fuji Neopan 400CN through an orange filter. Flickr photostream.
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Pete B said:
These are really nice. Where did you get your Portra developed and scanned?
Pete
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Thank you! I get my films developed by Genie Imaging (www.genieimaging.co.uk) at £1.99/roll for all C41 and E6 - 120 or 35mm. There's VAT and postage to add to that but it works out around £2.50/roll gross and the service is very quick (send on a monday and usually back 48 hours later on a wednesday). Negatives are always returned via recorded delivery and with plenty of cardboard stiffening to keep them flat in transit - really can't find anything to grumble about for the money.

I then scan them myself using an Epson V600 flatbed scanner and the bundled Epson software. It's not the best scanner in the world for 35mm film but it does a pretty good job for 120. I scan at 2400dpi which gives files of approximately 5000x5000 pixels (so 25MP or thereabouts). Above that resolution you'll start to see quality drop as the scanner has reached its limit, but I don't worry as I can't imagine I personally will ever need larger files.

Finally I do a little dust spotting and cropping (if required) in the copy of PSE that also came bundled with the Epson scanner. There's nothing exotic in my workflow and it's all very budget orientated - leaving me more money to spend on film. :)
 
The more I play with this camera the more I like it. Two more from my autocord.


My roommate's cat who kept perfectly still for this half second exposure. His eyes look a little possessed, too. Shot on Ektar.


A couple leaving the remains of the Sutro Bath Houses in San Francisco just before sunset. Definitely a place you need to visit if ever in San Francisco.

-jakub
 
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