Tommy SwansonDec 31

check it out I bought this canon eos 700 and a 35-80mm f/4-5.6 lens for 10€

idk anything about film photography but the shutter timing and light seals seem to be okay? idk, I'll get a roll of film and take it for a test drive

would've preferred a fully manual camera but it'll do for now

Show threadTommy SwansonDec 31
this stuff expensive ah, 20€ for a roll of 36 exposures at ASA 200
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 1
alright, i just finished shooting my first roll of film. now I need to wait until the development tank and C-41 kit I ordered arrive in order to develop the roll. paid 30€ for the development tank and 39€ for the C-41 kit (makes 1 litre but apparently the fluid is reusable) (prices include shipping)
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 1

"once you develop the roll you can look at the pictures, right?"

oh you sweet summer child. no. I need to then scan the film. options range from cruddy low resolution stuff starting at ~50€ all the way up to "holy shit it costs how much"

Show threadTommy SwansonJan 1
I have a good high quality digital camera I can use for the scanning process but I'll have to DIY it with a flashlight under the film while having the camera on a tripod or something
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 3
DIYing a film scanner out of cardboard. a tripod with my camera on it is gonna be pointing directly down at the surface, and the sides are gonna be covered by cardboard. everything held together with tape. do you pick up what i'm puttin down
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 3
of course the surface isn't going to be perfectly perpendicular to the camera but I can fix the distortion in post. also need to somehow sandwich the film between something clear and flat on top of the light diffuser, maybe transparent plastic or glass
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 3
why not just have the transparent paper rest directly on the light? good question! it doesn't diffuse enough. you can clearly see that the paper is brighter in the middle than at the edges, so we need to distance the diffuser from the light source like so
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 4
listen i don't mean to suck my own dick too much but this is pretty fuckin epic
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 4
yeah the diffusion is soooo much better due to the inverse square law and the light being able to bounce around more inside the box. now I just need some glass that I can sandwich the film between to flatten it
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 6
got a paterson development tank and a beaker for measuring chemicals :) paid 28€ for these, not including shipping. just need the chemicals now and I'm ready to develop my roll
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 16
i got the chems! look! film! scans soon
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 20

finally getting around to posting these lol I scanned them the next day from this last post

only processing done to these is blurring license plates and adding watermark, otherwise they're straight out of the scanner with no filters

📷 Canon EOS 700 with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 on Kodak Gold 200

1/4

Show threadTommy SwansonJan 21

working with the film itself was fun, but the camera kind of took some enjoyment out of it. just set it to "auto" (no manual settings unless you count the "preset" settings like night, macro, portrait etc.) and fire away 🤷

📷 Canon EOS 700 with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 on Kodak Gold 200

2/4

Show threadTommy Swanson

the samyang has an EF mount but was designed for APS-C crop sensors, so for 35mm the image circle it projects is too small. I had to crop the fisheye pics quite heavily in order to not have a massive border

📷 Canon EOS 700 on Kodak Gold 200
1: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
2, 3, 4: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye

Jan 21 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadTommy SwansonJan 23

I didn't have a proper solution for hanging up the film when I developed this roll, so in pictures 2 and 4 you can see where the film touched the clothes drying rack I hung it on

📷 Canon EOS 700 on Kodak Gold 200
2: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
1, 3, 4: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye

4/4

Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 22

@swanson That's because #Samyang designed these originally for the #SamsungNX series.