Yeah, you’ll need to crop it. 11:14 would more or less be the crop ratio since its a little unique. If you have lightroom you can punch in a custom ratio in the crop tab and then move the photo to find how you like it. I’m sure there are also free sites to crop them, on your phone it’s a little tougher. You could ask walgreens to do it but thats like talking to a cardboard box. Personally i’d recommend getting a bring done at a real printing company like Whitewall or something. the quality will be better. They also normally have an online portal that will allow you to size the image if there is a specific size.
Do you have a frame that is 11x14? is that why were chasing that size?
Dear Nesticles - I’m buying myself a birthday camera - 35mm.
I have no figured out what film to start with but I think I found the camera. I have read to watch for black to creep into the viewfinder (a seal or something?)… would this be of concern to that end?
Also any film rec’s would be welcome. I like gold-ish tone, b&w, and kinda grain-y full color
The black creeping in is usually fungus and on an SLR, the brightness of the viewfinder is what makes your ability to focus. I havent done a lot of research on what you can do to mitigate, typically, avoid buying a camera with a lot of it because i think its just difficult to clean and fix.
As far as films, im partial to Ilford B&W films HP5+ specifially. But TMAX is a good film too. expired film (at a good price) is always a good way to experiment, but make sure you arent paying a premium because the seller is thinking the film stock is low. you have no idea how they stored or kept it and you dont know if its good anymore so it can be a crap shoot.
As far as color, stay away from provia if you like gold tones, i tend to find it bluer. But the Kodak color films have a golder color. ultimately, color films come out a lot more “natural” than you think they will.
If the camera is less then $200 expect to see this stuff. Most of my film SLR’s have it and I don’t mind. I reality it has no impact on the image if it’s on the body. Based on that picture I’m sure you can see use the camera fine if I had to guess.
Now fungus haze and scratches on the lens will effect the image, so pay more attention to that. If you’re buying sight unseen try and buy from a place you can return or has a warranty.
For color Kodak gold 200, porta 400 are great places to start if you like a warm tone. But honestly just shoot whatever you can get your hands on. The new Fuji 200 is Kodak color plus, and Fuji 400 is ultramax. Both are great and super cheap. Keep in mind the “color” is dependent on how it’s getting scanned. A frontier scanner will be warmer where a Noritsu might have a little more green. Home scan with a DSLR and you have more options but it’s still tricky to match what your brain thinks a film stock looks like.
For b&w hp5 pushed 2 stops is great. I adore cinestill BWXX, like Sam said Tmax is great, so is Tri-x.
If you’re new to film just try and give yourself more light then you think you need. Film is crazy forgiving when it comes to light and will punish you if you under expose. Part of why I love pushing hp5 to 1600.
Still lots to shoot I’m the night sky year round! Depending on your camera and lens and how comfy you are doing post processing shooting Orion is a lot of fun, there is a lot of nebula that is visible.
Definitely doing it during a new moon or before the moon rises is key.
The Photo pills app is a godsend and worth every penny if you really want to get into Astro or planning shoots. Star stacking programs for windows and Mac are worth it too if you get serious.
Lonely speck is one of the best YouTube channels to go on a deep dive to learn about the technical side of it.
75% of Astrophotography takes place in prep and planning. The taking the photo is 5%, and post processing and editing is the last 20%
Here you’ll see Orion’s Belt in what is visible of the night sky. This was on a very cold night in early Feb
Awesome shots! Exactly what I would love to take. I’ll check out those apps, I read about them before we tried last night.
New tripod and lens are the main needs at the moment to do it right. We found a decent spot to get the light pollution to a decent level, which at least one thing to check off the bucket list.
We are going to Tetons/Yellowstone later in the year so those would be some sick places to give it a shot.
2nd the Photo Pills app. I always found it helpful for scouting potential golden hour locations for travel. It has a feature that will give you the direction of sunrise/sunset and a time slider.
I’ve got kind of a weird idea here, but here goes: I want to get more into photography. I bought a camera, was deciding between Sony and Fuji, ended up going with the Sony a6400. It’s totally fine, I just think I’d enjoy the Fuji more.
So, if anyone has a Fuji mirrorless you’d be interested in trading or selling, I’d love to chat! My Sony has a kit lens and 55-210
