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

[pentaxuser]

Thanks Vaughn. So a form of an "ice breaker" when you meet or greet someone in a forum. I can't get an image from a Philip Marlowe film out of my head now. He is at the bar when a "blonde doll with a cleavage you could ski down" ( staying in the parlance but closer to Mike Hammer perhaps) sits on the next stool and orders a drink. He turns towards her and asks how many cameras she had loaded

OK that may be the Monty Python version of the old Philip Marlowe films

pentaxuser

 

[Vaughn]

And she'll be disapointed if you answer the question with anything less than a 5x7. But tell her you have a Big Bertha and you're in like Flynn.

 

[MattKing]

"The more I miss (focus) the meaner I get"?

 

[KenS]

Pre-Loading????
I learned (from experience) to never leave any of my film holders already 'loaded with film'... for
the next time going 'out'. Humphing a monorail and a 'bag with 'previously preloaded film holders' can lead to 'mis-tooks galore, I 'head out' with newly loaded film holders rather than finding out 'after the fact', that the 'un-noted contents' were exposed using the 'wrong' ISO...
Thus on 'returning home' any unexposed sheets go into a clearly marked 'foil envelope' with the
'type', the ISO and date are written on the outside...and I know when getting ready the NEXT time I feel quite confident that the holder in my hand does not have a sheet already 'loaded'.

Ken

 

[Vaughn]

Oh, there have been a couple errors over the last 3 decades of large format use -- certainly not enough to for me to consider doing that, Ken.

I have three 5x7 holders loaded -- ones I did not use on my last backpack trip (summer solstice) -- so they are ready to go in an instant. And no extra handling and dust to worry about. Then there are a few 11x14 holders left over from my last Zion trip (April '19), and a few 8x10s from I don't know when, but the film type is marked on the holders.

 

[Helios 1984]

Praktica L2 with expired Superia 1600
Spotmatic with Superia 400
Topcon 35-L with E.K 5302 (1972)
Olympus Pen-EE2 with Superia 400 (Used a lot today for my sister's wedding along with my non-analogue Pentax K50)

 

[Wes/HikePics]

Vivitar PN2011 with Fujicolor 200 (only 4 shots left)
Minolta Maxxum HTsi + Minolta 38-80mm with Kodak MAX 400 (expired) set for 200 ASA (Mid-roll, changing lens to Minolta 70-210 Beer Can Lite)

 

[Theo Sulphate]

No cameras loaded with film.

I can't think of anything to photograph. I think everything has been photographed.

Shame, really, I still have some recently bought cameras I've not used yet.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

4

 

[Cholentpot]

Peak of season for me

Minolta 16 II and Kiev 30 loaded with Pan F. XA2 with Arista 400 (Tri-x version) Argus C3 with a few shots left on Max 400 (expired) and Elan II with a few shots left of Kodacolor 200.

That gives me 5? Yep.

 

[Ariston]

Nikon F with UFX, Olympus Stylus with Fuji Color 200, and a sheet of HP5 in a 4x5 film holder. Probably some Instax, too.

I am going to try my best to shoot the 4x5 this weekend. The other side leaked light, so I am guessing this side will, too, and I need to mark them.

 

[wombat2go]

None.

I am putting all film cameras and lenses into storage because it is so humid here.
75% RH and going up today.
The cases and bags are going into large vacuum sealed bags and into the attic which is hottest part of house.

I tried to do this 2 weeks ago when not so humid but the bags from the local store had 80% failure rate.
I think the plastic was too thin near the double seal.
I bought some heavy duty ones online.

In each case there is a silica gel dessicant with color indicator.
these dessicants can be reclaimed in the microwave oven when they turn pink.

Left unpacked for use are two Pentax dslr bodies and 3 vintage k-mount lenses,
and the Speed Graphic with RH/8 back.

 

[George Mann]

I have a Nikkormat FT2 (50mm F2), and a Pentax Espio 120 loaded with Ektar, and a Zeiss Contaflex III (50mm) loaded with Portra 160.

 

[mshchem]

Leica M6ttl with Velvia, and a note on my nightstand to go shoot the film.

 

[Gerry M]

F1N with 12 frames of bulk FP4+, F100 with TriX and 645N with Arista 100.

 

[cjbecker]

F5, 50 1.4 afd ektachrome e100

FE, 60 2.8 afd macro e100, this is the wife's setup.

F3, 28 2.8 e series, tri-x 400

 

[hartacus]

No cameras loaded with film.

I can't think of anything to photograph. I think everything has been photographed.

Shame, really, I still have some recently bought cameras I've not used yet.

That is sad. Have you tried something like "The Photographer's Playbook" for inspiration? Flicking through it last night, I saw one that suggested take a photograph of "nothing", which is about the only thing left when "everything" has been photographed (artsy vagueness notwithstanding).

 

[patois]

6 but most of them are instant

 

[Jon Shumpert]

I currently have 2 cameras loaded with film. A Nikon F5 with Kodak Ektar 100 and my newest camera, Nikon F2 witth Harman Pan 100. I hope to go through most of both rolls tomorrow if the weather is good.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

One: my Polaroid Super Shooter with FP-100C pack film. With this camera and film I get photos far nicer than many people would believe possible - it totally surprised me a few years ago when I began using it.

 

[daleda]

2 Leica M3’s, Bessa T, Nikon F2, and a homemade pinhole camera.Tri-X, and Delta 3200,

 

[pbromaghin]

[QUOTE="Theo Sulphate, post: 2192236, member: 69596"I can't think of anything to photograph. I think everything has been photographed.
[/QUOTE]

This seems to be a common problem. It never has been for me, as I always try to think, "It's never been photographed by me." At any over-photographed spot I am always curious as to just what I can come up with compared to all the others. Since I'm such a poor amateur, it usually isn't much. But then, there are those ever-so-rare occasions when the magic happens and the damned thing just sings. Keep trying, Theo. You are too talented to allow this to happen to you.

 

[Kino]

One: my Polaroid Super Shooter with FP-100C pack film. With this camera and film I get photos far nicer than many people would believe possible - it totally surprised me a few years ago when I began using it.
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I have a very nice Polaroid 100 Land outfit with ONE final pack of FP-100C that I cannot bring myself to shoot just yet. Wish Fuji could start making it again...

 

[Theo Sulphate]

...
This seems to be a common problem. It never has been for me, as I always try to think, "It's never been photographed by me." At any over-photographed spot I am always curious as to just what I can come up with compared to all the others. Since I'm such a poor amateur, it usually isn't much. But then, there are those ever-so-rare occasions when the magic happens and the damned thing just sings. Keep trying, Theo. You are too talented to allow this to happen to you.

Thank you for the suggestions and kind words. I am getting ideas - just need to load the camera and go for a walk.

 

[LeftCoastKid]

An F6 and a Soverized F2AS/MD2, each loaded with E100G; an F2, loaded with Tri-X; and a pair of A12 backs with PanF+.