I just signed up to this site yesterday and I'm really enjoying it already. I'm a little weary of the digital content that's infiltrating the other sites, because I don't do any digital and don't intend to for the forseeable future.
I shoot mostly 35mm - autofocus Nikons (F100, F90x, F90) and manual focus Nikons, too (FEx3, FM2n, Nikkormat FT3). I find myself using the manual gear at least as much as the autofocus stuff. I also have a nice collection of Soviet-made RF cameras (Fed 2b, 3a, 3b, 5c; Zorki 4, 4K) and a Canon ML35AF point-and-shoot with a 40/1.9 lens. I also have a Minolta Autocord CdS II 6x6 TLR.
I shoot a ton of black and white and develop it all myself (favourite films: Ilford Delta 100, Pan-F Plus, FP-4 Plus, HP-5 Plus; Efke 25, 100) and have a propensity to experiment with every film I can find. I've liked just about every film I've tried; they all have a character that suits some subject or other. I find that I shoot FP-4 Plus the most. I make my own chemistry from scratch much of the time, and my favourite film developers are PMK, Rodinal and XTOL, although I don't home-brew the latter two. I use some D-76 sometimes, too, especially with films I'm experimenting with.
In colour I usually shoot E-6 and prefer Fuji Velvia 100F and Kodak Ektachrome E100VS. I do a little C-41 but not much, usually shooting Fuji Superia 100 & 200.
I'm glad to be aboard!
I shoot mostly 35mm - autofocus Nikons (F100, F90x, F90) and manual focus Nikons, too (FEx3, FM2n, Nikkormat FT3). I find myself using the manual gear at least as much as the autofocus stuff. I also have a nice collection of Soviet-made RF cameras (Fed 2b, 3a, 3b, 5c; Zorki 4, 4K) and a Canon ML35AF point-and-shoot with a 40/1.9 lens. I also have a Minolta Autocord CdS II 6x6 TLR.
I shoot a ton of black and white and develop it all myself (favourite films: Ilford Delta 100, Pan-F Plus, FP-4 Plus, HP-5 Plus; Efke 25, 100) and have a propensity to experiment with every film I can find. I've liked just about every film I've tried; they all have a character that suits some subject or other. I find that I shoot FP-4 Plus the most. I make my own chemistry from scratch much of the time, and my favourite film developers are PMK, Rodinal and XTOL, although I don't home-brew the latter two. I use some D-76 sometimes, too, especially with films I'm experimenting with.
In colour I usually shoot E-6 and prefer Fuji Velvia 100F and Kodak Ektachrome E100VS. I do a little C-41 but not much, usually shooting Fuji Superia 100 & 200.
I'm glad to be aboard!
