Underwater camera with Ilford XP2 B&W

 As I might have mentioned, I've finally noticed that different film stocks have different "looks" -- so I'm now declaring the type of film I'm using, as "data points" to the world... for novice photographers who want to see what different film looks like. 

This is with an inexpensive "underwater" 35mm "children's" camera -- "Sunnylife" brand.  However, I noticed that the teeth on the gear on the waterproof shell's "film advance knob" are not long enough to engage sufficiently with the teeth on the camera's film advance wheel.  This means that between each underwater shot, you have to take the camera out of the water, dry it (more or less) with a towel, open the waterproof casing, advance the film to the next exposure, and put the waterproof casing back on:  inconvenient -- but not a deal-breaker.

Also, for some reason only 12 of the 24 exposures turned out. It could be "user error" -- e.g. trying to get shots where was insufficient light -- but I didn't take sufficient notes to be able to know.  So, it's probably my fault -- but I'm providing this anyhow, as a data point.

As usual:  (1) no edits unless I declare them, and (2) you get a better sense if you enlarge the pics by clicking on them.

Various vacation shots, down at the Gold Coast.  The hotel had a pool....

Just using it as a regular "cheap plastic camera":  yep!  :)

A selfie!  The camera is in the pool; I am not.

A neighboring building, from underwater.  I think I took this one.

 

Nice texture. Also kind of a building.

A lamppost, from underwater.  One of my kids took this.

 

My feet.  Obviously not by me.  :)

TBH, I'd probably just use this as a "regular camera".  Although maybe taking photos of underwater sea life might be interesting.  But you'd have to keep coming up between shots, to advance the film.

--GG

Olympus OM-20 with XP2 black and white film

 I was showing my kids some of the shots from this roll, and my eldest son said that they were good photos.  He's not at all "artistic" -- so I was flattered that he could tell that (in his opinion) they were good.

As usual, click to enlarge (you really don't get the full effect when they're small), and -- with one exception -- this is how they came from the photo lab.

This and the "bridge" photo, further below, are my favorites from this roll.

 

This one wasn't as contrasty as I'd have liked.

 

So I increased the contrast.

My other favorite shot from this roll.

 

--GG

Color photos on expired film from Fujica 35ML

 The Fujica 35ML is an interesting camera:  you focus it by a thumbwheel on the body, rather than turning a ring on the lens.  

Thanks to Neil for the use of this camera.  

I shot a roll of expired Kodak Gold -- from memory, I would've intentionally over-exposed it by a stop or two, to compensate for the faded chemicals on the film.

Turned out pretty well.  

As usual, these are the better pics (I don't bother displaying the mediocre -- or the bad -- photos).  ;)   No messing with the colors once I receive the "neutral" scans from the lab.  Suggest clicking to get a better sense of what they look like.

 

--GG

Color pics with a Voigtlander Vitoret

Just got back my color photos taken with a Voigtlander Vitoret: I'm finding that the sharpness of the photos is due to the camera lens (and my ability to focus it), whereas the color is a function of the film I used (Kodak Ultramax 400) -- plus my ability to expose it correctly.

That said:  I think the photos have an old-timely look -- which makes sense, since I took them with a 1960s camera.

 

As usual -- no edits or adjusting the colors (they're just as they came back from the lab); and you get a better sense of them by clicking on the pics, to enlarge them. 

 

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Expired drugstore film with a Canon half-frame

 Still loving my Canon Demi half-frame camera (48 shots from a 24 exposure roll).

This one is from a roll of expired "Drugstore" film:  it was branded with the name of some drugstore that I didn't recognize.  I over-exposed by two stops (I think it was supposed to be 400 ASA, but I shot at 100? I'd have to check my notes).  It largely came out okay:  muted colors, but still "functional"... and "interesting".  :)

As usual, this is how it came back from the neutral scans from the photo lab -- no additional digital editing.

 

 

 

Given that it was basically dusk, I was pleasantly surprised that this one turned out.

As usual, you get a better sense of the photo if you click to enlarge.  :)

 

--GG

Some digital pics with an inexpensive Samsung digital camera

Some photos I took with an inexpensive Samsung digital camera:  for the "fence" photos I didn't have any film cameras with me; for the "rainbow/yard" photos, the light was too low for the film I had in the camera.

For this one, I imagined the vandal writing "PEACE NO..." -- and then getting interrupted.

I like the sentiment -- but it's uncool to paint on other people's fences (someone has since painted over the fence).

The color of the sky was indeed this color.  Funky.

 

A bit later -- as it got more towards evening -- there was a bit of a rainbow.

--GG

SLR 35mm Kentmere pan 400 - Foreshore

 I just realized that I like the crunchiness of the Kentmere pan 400.  I'm pleased that it's also among the cheaper (if not the cheapest) rolls of film available over the counter.  I'll be buying more.  ;)

As usual, you can see the photos better if you click on them. Also, no digital adjusting afterwards:  this is how they came back from the lab.  ;) 

--GG