Photograph and Camera talk
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To those shooting film (35mm), what film do you use?
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@harleydave that X100T is a really cool camera!
@dylantbmayes I use Kodak Portra 400 almost exclusively, amazing color and really shines with portraits and capturing skin tones. -
Got the Canon EOS X Mark II right when it came out with free accessories and this camera is a great step up from my 1D Mark IV. I use this camera exclusively for action photos/sport events. I have to remember that it is a full frame camera unlike the 1.3x crop ratio of the MK IV.
It is slightly faster in focus, battery is a good bit better, build quality is always top notch, starting to like the new CFast card slot…but need to buy another one or two if I ever have to write to two cards with the camera as I have tons of micro sd cards from all my other Canons. Oh and the shutter speed is amazing. It is a good bit faster than the MKIV even at just 500 shutter.
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Thanks for the film recommendations!
@Snowy, how did you go about travelling to Japan (anywhere) with film?
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Not buying film, travelling with it. You took film from Australia to Japan, yeah?
I know that you should have it in your carry-on and not check-in just wanted to know if there is anything else worth knowing.
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if possible get them hand checked and not through x-ray scanner. though the only airport that did it for me was HK.
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I have heard that! Adelaide Airport security don't come across as the most accommodating though.
Thanks @louisbosco!
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Ah it's all fine except for 1600. Modern xray machines are fine. If you've got ISO1600 or greater hand scanning's never been a problem. The 100 & 400 ISO stuff I let get xrayed on carry on and even when it's gone through 4-5x no issues. ISO1600 and above is the only time to worry about the xray for hand luggage.
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I spoke to my brother about it, he travels often for work and shoots mainly Ilford Delta 3200, and he has never had a roll go bad…
There is probably always a chance but it hasn't happened yet.
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Mrs Snowy did a control test on our last trip. She took 1 roll of 1600 through the xray scanner 5x and all other rolls were hand processed. The xray scanned photos looked horrible, you could see the xray passing over the film. It looked a bit like waves of light leaks where some bits were stronger, others weaker.
Each pass through a machine makes it worse. For 1600 and above ask for hand processing :).
Here's a qantas posting/article I found after my last trip;
http://www.qantas.com./travel/airlines/travel-security/global/enSo QF even suggested it. If you get lip, just point them to this webpage if flying w/ Qantas and it goes very smoothly.
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Brisbane International declined to hand check my film and camera… instead they ran it through the x-ray twice.
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definitely should be a rant. hahaha. dimwits!
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That's what I call service…..Thank you Niko...
Thank you for returning your D750. Following a full inspection, we have replaced the shutter unit to ensure that the
camera meets our highest quality standards. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this has caused you.
Whilst the camera was with us, as a gesture of goodwill, a Nikon engineer has carried out a free full service,
including a thorough sensor clean and we hope that you will now be able to continue enjoying your D750.
Firmware upgrade to the latest version
Clean and check Image Sensor unit.
Check, test and clean equipment
Labour Charges
SR Repair Scheme 1.00 0.00 0.00
Parts Fitted
111HY SHUTTER PLATE UNIT 1 0.00 0.00
Freight cost 0.00
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only my second ever B&W roll in 10 years. ilford hp4
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HP4 is real nice! What camera are you using, @louisbosco?
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@dylantbmayes Oh crap. It was supposed to be hp5. Yeah it's a brilliant film. Although I haven't shot much b&w, I've been reading rave reviews about them. I think I was thinking of something else when I typed hp4. This was shot using the lomo lca+. My first roll back around 2007/8 was badly underexposed. So i used the lomo as a precaution first before I try it on my canon AE 1
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Of course! HP5 400… probably where the 4 came from. Ilford Delta 3200 is another great B&W.
