Film Photography

I have a few Mamiya TLR lenses. Should I store them upright vertical (lenses direction horizontal) or on their side (lenses direction vertical)? I'm thinking that if there is lubricant in the internal mechanisms, there's probably an optimal way to store them. Thanks.

São Miguel, Azores, Portugal

São Miguel, Azores, Portugal

Água de Pau, São Miguel Island, Portugal

I am getting started with film - shooting, developing, processing - so it's not perfect, yet. But I like the result.

Shooting my first roll of Delta 3200 went well. The development, however, did not. In this picture there are examples of bent film, fingerprints, film getting wet when being put onto the spiral and sticking to itself – but they end up looking quite cool in my opinion.

The picture itself is taken from the operations center in the now retired Finnish Navy minelayer Keihässalmi.

Ilford HP5+ @800 Pentax MZ-50, Pentax 50mm f/1.4

Shot at a theater performance of "recollections of a mad man"

@analog #analogphotography #filmphotography

Canon A-1 | 50mm f/1.8 | Fuji 400

I may have been a bit bold trying to jump straight in to nighttime photography on my very first roll of film but I think I was able to get away with it. This was shot at EV+1 which I think held the shutter open longer than I expected, causing some shake.

Ilford FP4+ Pentax MX, Pentax 50mm f/1.7

paralel between digital photography and using llm's

i happened to be editing scans of my last roll of film on my phone while i was taking a boring introduction into github copilot today. then a realization hit me: writing a piece of computer code or editing some text yourself vs using an llm like chatgpt is quite similar in comparison as making an analog picture vs making a digital one.

it is much easier to make a digital picture. and if millions of people make thousands upon thousands of picture with their phones each, there will surely be some great ones among them. but that won't get you around the fact that it takes patience, time, effort and sometimes expensive equipement to make a great picture on purpose.

in fact, i would argue that it is easier for an amateur photographer to make a great picture on film than using a digital camera. mostly for one simple reason: the limitations of that setup - the exact same things that make digital photography attractive - force you to slow down and think. to be creative. how is one supposed to improve when there is no effort involved and no cost associated with mistakes?

just as digital photography opened the options for many people to do something they could not efficiently do before, llm's will open doors for many people to do new things. but just as photographers didn't disappear, the experts in their respective fields will also stick around.

Photographer: @Caomh_Cynbel@lemmy.world