How many cameras do you have loaded with film right now?

[ericB&W]

Eric, good luck with that! A 500 mm lens is an absolute pig to hold still, so make sure you use a shutter speed of at least 1/500, if not 1/1000th.

In full sun, pointing to the trees sometimes shows over
1/2000 , F501 fastest shutter speed is 1/2000,
under 1/1000 i'll use a monopod , the bad thing of mirror is that has
a razor blade d.o.f. even at 10-20 meters of distance so one must be
careful with focusing .

 

[Donald Qualls]

the bad thing of mirror is that has
a razor blade d.o.f. even at 10-20 meters of distance so one must be
careful with focusing .

That isn't specific to mirror lenses, it's a consequence of 500 mm focal length with fixed f/8 aperture (can't stop down to f/22 or f/32 to get deeper DOF).

 

[ericB&W]

That isn't specific to mirror lenses, it's a consequence of 500 mm focal length with fixed f/8 aperture (can't stop down to f/22 or f/32 to get deeper DOF).

Then starts diffraction at higher f stop ,
f 11-16 would be enough .

 

[Donald Qualls]

Then starts diffraction at higher f stop ,
f 11-16 would be enough .

I see large format photographers routinely using f/32, f/45, even f/64 with 300+ mm lenses. A significant factor, obviously, is negative size; you don't enlarge an 8x10 much if at all, but the big issue is actual aperture diameter. A 500 mm set to f/32 has an effective aperture of 500/32 = ~16 mm, while a 50 mm at f/16 has ~3 mm. Diffraction is FAR less significant on the 500 mm lens than on the 50 mm. With a pinhole, the tradeoff between geometric resolution and aperture is behind all the argument about optimum hole size, but any rule about smallest aperture that's "usable" on an actual lens needs to account for focal length.

 

[ericB&W]

I see large format photographers routinely using f/32, f/45, even f/64 with 300+ mm lenses. A significant factor, obviously, is negative size; you don't enlarge an 8x10 much if at all, but the big issue is actual aperture diameter. A 500 mm set to f/32 has an effective aperture of 500/32 = ~16 mm, while a 50 mm at f/16 has ~3 mm. Diffraction is FAR less significant on the 500 mm lens than on the 50 mm. With a pinhole, the tradeoff between geometric resolution and aperture is behind all the argument about optimum hole size, but any rule about smallest aperture that's "usable" on an actual lens needs to account for focal length.

There was the Group f.64 , Ansel Adams, Edward Weston ecc.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Let’s see, I've got the Nikon N70 in the Subaru loaded with Fuji Neopan 400, the Nikon F80 in the Ram 3500 loaded with Legacy Pro 100, and a Nikon F4 loaded with ? here in the house. I really need to finish the roll in the F4. Yep, I keep a camera in each vehicle, which here in San Francisco is no big deal. If I lived in Phoenix or someplace else where it gets real hot I might have to rethink that. Oh, almost forgot, 6 sheets of FP4 loaded for the 8x10.

4 Total.

Roger

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Right now the only camera I have that has film in it is my Contax RTS III because I have a half-shot roll of color neg in it. I normally don't keep any camera loaded because I rarely can't finish a roll.

 

[George Mann]

Right now the only camera I have that has film in it is my Contax RTS III because I have a half-shot roll of color neg in it. I normally don't keep any camera loaded because I rarely can't finish a roll.

I have the opposite problem, because 36 exposures are way too much.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Let’s see, I've got the Nikon N70 in the Subaru loaded with Fuji Neopan 400, the Nikon F80 in the Ram 3500 loaded with Legacy Pro 100, and a Nikon F4 loaded with ? here in the house. I really need to finish the roll in the F4. Yep, I keep a camera in each vehicle, which here in San Francisco is no big deal. If I lived in Phoenix or someplace else where it gets real hot I might have to rethink that. Oh, almost forgot, 6 sheets of FP4 loaded for the 8x10.

4 Total.

Roger

N70, F80, F4 ... what about the F90 and F100? I demand equal time for all!

 

[Roger Thoms]

N70, F80, F4 ... what about the F90 and F100? I demand equal time for all!

I used the F100 recently, need to put a roll or two the two N90s's and let’s not for the 2 N8008s's and the 2 N80's. Then there’s the F, F2, F3 and FG. You know I was really happy with my N8008s for many years, then I inherited a F2 when a friend passed away, and that started me down this Nikon rabbit hole for which I see no escape. All I know is that if someone ever offers me a Hasselblad, I’m saying no, because I’m sure it would be the end of me.

Roger

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I have the opposite problem, because 36 exposures are way too much.

This is true- the vast majority of the film I shoot is either 120 (at most 12 exposures per roll, sometimes as few as 4 depending on the camera) or large format. Thus the oddball of the roll of 36 in the RTS III. I would have finished off the roll except that it is a roll of Ektar 100 and I was shooting at twilight. Thus I quit shooting before the end of the roll.

 

[Bronson Dugnutt]

As of today --

Ektachrome 100D in the Rollei 16
Double-X in the Mamiya 16
Adox CMS 20 II in the Olympus Pen FT
Kentmere 100 @ 200 in the Nikon FM2n
Superia 400 in the Nikon FG-20
Pan F+ in the Pentax 67

And a partridge in a pear tree.

I used the F100 recently, need to put a roll or two the two N90s's and let’s not for the 2 N8008s's and the 2 N80's. Then there’s the F, F2, F3 and FG. You know I was really happy with my N8008s for many years, then I inherited a F2 when a friend passed away, and that started me down this Nikon rabbit hole for which I see no escape.

The F-mount does have the sickest glass... anyone bequeathing an F2 must have been a true friend.

 

[Black Dog]

Fujicolour NPH 400 in my Mamiya 330 and Lomo Bablylon Kino 13 in my Voightlander CLR.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Added another to the "too many" -- my 1955 Kiev 2 arrived from Ukraine yesterday, and with shutter and RF apparently working correctly (was sold as freshly serviced), I've loaded it up with a 24 roll of XP2 Super for frame spacing test. Got high hopes...

 

[henryvk]

Currently only have my FED 5C loaded with Portra 400 and Edixa Standard has Kodak Gold 200 in it.

I'm generally trying to finish up rolls quicker and deliberate less, using less complicated cameras like the Smena I just got.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Let’s see, I've got the Nikon N70 in the Subaru loaded with Fuji Neopan 400, the Nikon F80 in the Ram 3500 loaded with Legacy Pro 100, and a Nikon F4 loaded with ? here in the house. I really need to finish the roll in the F4. Yep, I keep a camera in each vehicle, which here in San Francisco is no big deal. If I lived in Phoenix or someplace else where it gets real hot I might have to rethink that. Oh, almost forgot, 6 sheets of FP4 loaded for the 8x10.

4 Total.

Roger

Had a good day today, finished the rolls in both the F4 and the F80. Yesterday I also finished the my first roll in the F6. The 6 sheets of 8x10 FP4 is next.

Roger

 

[Steven Lee]

Zero. The second I load a roll into a camera, I usually get surrounded by beautiful models. They never leave me alone until I'm out of film. It's exhausting.

 

[negativefunk]

I need to thank you for this thread - I was about to say "zero", but went to have a look at a Zenit-E given me by my (much missed) grandfather many years ago. I never used it and never even thought of checking.
It contained an almost fully exposed kodak ultra 400 film. I don't know how old this could be, but it is likely ancient.

Now to find some place to develop it and hope for the best, I only develop BW...

 

[Donald Qualls]

Worst case, I guess you could mail it to Fotoimpex if you don't find any local labs that will return your negatives.

 

[negativefunk]

Thank you, there is one. Not keeping my hopes too high but I am hopeful there's something salvageable there

 

[Helios 1984]

- SR-T 101 w/ Pro400H
- Pen EE2 w/ TMax 100

 

[benjiboy]

Canon F1n number 1 Fuji Provia 100, Canon FIn number 2 Fuji Reala 100, Canon New F1 AE number 1 Fuji Provia 400x , Canon New F1 AE number 2 Ilford Delta 400.

P.S. I number my camera bodies at the back with Dyno Tape, so I can tell them apart at a glance, because they look so similar.

 

[JerseyDoug]

A 12-exposure bulk loaded roll of HP5 in a Leica IIIf and a 12-exposure bulk loaded roll of Foma 400 in a Nikon F6.

 

[Huss]

Yep, I keep a camera in each vehicle, which here in San Francisco is no big deal. If I lived in Phoenix or someplace else where it gets real hot I might have to rethink that.

you may want to rethink that. It was 99 in SF yesterday, and 98 today.

 

[Cholentpot]

I've lost track...