I experimented with some 500T a little while ago. Being conscious of it being a tungsten film I shot it at 400 ASA, in the hope of warming it up a bit. It seemed to do the trick. I had some good results. I always take my films to Exposure Film Lab in Hereford. Matt, the owner, does a good job.
I bought quite a few rolls of this stuff, I've used a few of them, but the novelty has slightly worn off now so the rest will stay in the fridge for the time being. I'll check out the Hereford lab, it's always good to have a back up, cheers.
Hi Gary, the cine film is a really good film with plenty of exposure latitude, and as you say, it has a very vintage vibe. It's a bit of a hassle getting it developed though, so I don't think it's going to be my main colour film just yet.
Hi ohjajohh, at the moment I get whichever lab that develops the film to scan the negatives - the quality of the scans varies from lab to lab, some aren't that good and it would be better if I scanned my own. I do have a big Epson flatbed scanner for scanning negatives, but I put it away in a box a few years ago and I need to create a space where I can set it up again - it's on my "to do" list.
You could take a look at Nik and Trick or Analogue Wonderland, I've used the former and spoken to the latter. Whatever lab you use, if you want good scans (assuming you're not scanning yourself) I'd recommend the more expensive hi res TIFF scans because many of the labs do a pretty mediocre job on their medium res jpeg scans (dodgy sharpening and way too much jpeg compression), although I'm pretty picky so maybe you'd be fine having medium res jpegs from a lab. You could try a film with the cheaper medium res scans and if you didn't like them you could upgrade on the next film. I can't direct you to the main lab I use because he's a local, one man lab and doesn't do mail order.
I use ramjet remover from Nik & Trick to remove the ramjet before developing in C41 at home. I used homemade ramjet remover before and it was not 100% effective. The results are much better now. I am happy with C41. I used ECN2 before. I scan the negatives myself, the difference is not enough for me to have ECN2 and C41 chemicals at home.
Hi duratorque, that makes sense using C-41, no point having to buy and store a whole different set of chemicals if the results are ok. I really must get back to doing my own processing, I'll probably just do B&W because that's what I did years ago.
I experimented with some 500T a little while ago. Being conscious of it being a tungsten film I shot it at 400 ASA, in the hope of warming it up a bit. It seemed to do the trick. I had some good results. I always take my films to Exposure Film Lab in Hereford. Matt, the owner, does a good job.
I bought quite a few rolls of this stuff, I've used a few of them, but the novelty has slightly worn off now so the rest will stay in the fridge for the time being. I'll check out the Hereford lab, it's always good to have a back up, cheers.
The photos have a very retro look
Hi Gary, the cine film is a really good film with plenty of exposure latitude, and as you say, it has a very vintage vibe. It's a bit of a hassle getting it developed though, so I don't think it's going to be my main colour film just yet.
Well done Tim
Cheers Joseph.
Nice pictures! How do you digitize your film by the way? Do you scan it, or take a picture of the negatives?
Hi ohjajohh, at the moment I get whichever lab that develops the film to scan the negatives - the quality of the scans varies from lab to lab, some aren't that good and it would be better if I scanned my own. I do have a big Epson flatbed scanner for scanning negatives, but I put it away in a box a few years ago and I need to create a space where I can set it up again - it's on my "to do" list.
That seems to put quite a punch in the oranges.
Yeah, it definitely won't be the film for everyone, but it's a look that I quite like for now - ask me again in 10 years and I'll probably hate it.
@@GrumpyTim I tend to adapt what I do to the film and light I have. Must find a good lab for black and white as well as chrome film.
You could take a look at Nik and Trick or Analogue Wonderland, I've used the former and spoken to the latter. Whatever lab you use, if you want good scans (assuming you're not scanning yourself) I'd recommend the more expensive hi res TIFF scans because many of the labs do a pretty mediocre job on their medium res jpeg scans (dodgy sharpening and way too much jpeg compression), although I'm pretty picky so maybe you'd be fine having medium res jpegs from a lab. You could try a film with the cheaper medium res scans and if you didn't like them you could upgrade on the next film. I can't direct you to the main lab I use because he's a local, one man lab and doesn't do mail order.
I use ramjet remover from Nik & Trick to remove the ramjet before developing in C41 at home. I used homemade ramjet remover before and it was not 100% effective. The results are much better now. I am happy with C41. I used ECN2 before. I scan the negatives myself, the difference is not enough for me to have ECN2 and C41 chemicals at home.
Hi duratorque, that makes sense using C-41, no point having to buy and store a whole different set of chemicals if the results are ok. I really must get back to doing my own processing, I'll probably just do B&W because that's what I did years ago.