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maru
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i just inherited one of these
and am anxious to go out and start shooting. i'm a dummy when it comes to film cameras and i have no idea what type of film would work best with this camera. i'm looking for something that would produce deep colors, high saturation, and overall just stuning looking pics. i went over to the lomography site to look for film but that confused me even more. any heads know the deal with these things? thanks for the help.
and am anxious to go out and start shooting. i'm a dummy when it comes to film cameras and i have no idea what type of film would work best with this camera. i'm looking for something that would produce deep colors, high saturation, and overall just stuning looking pics. i went over to the lomography site to look for film but that confused me even more. any heads know the deal with these things? thanks for the help.
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Killer score!! Been on the hunt for this for a bit, but never any luck on the field. I have a friend that has one and borrowed it for some shots. I got the best results using Konica VX100 film. I'd even go for the Centuria 100 too. But, that is just imo
Hope this helps homie and again, nice friggin score!
If you want a deeper tone, I'd probabaly step it up a notch and try ISO400. But, I've always had nice results with 100.
If you want really saturated images your first move should be to shoot slide film and not negatives. The traditional standard was Kodachrome 25, but it's gotten hard to find and it's a bitch to get processed. I'd recommend you try shooting a few rolls with Fuji Velvia, it's great film and gets really deep saturated colors when exposed correctly.
Yep, Velvia is cool. Also Kodak Portra VC brings you nice colour saturation while films like Kodak Elitechrome Extracolor oversaturate and kill details in the darker sections (IMO).
But if you're a beginner and have to get familiar with the cam first, I wouldn't recommend you slide film for a start because it's much less tolerant towards over- or underexposure. Also don't waste your money on expensive pro films like Velvia when you're only praticing. A cheap no name negative film from your local drug discounter will do alright for a start.
Negative means you'll get your developed film which shows a negative image of what you shot. You have to do/order prints first to see the image you intended to shoot. A slide/positive film shows the original image already on the developed film. You can see it large by utilizing a slide projector and equally order prints. If you plan to scan negatives yourself and make digital processing before doing prints it's all the same to you. Slidefilm generally convices me by more brilliant colours but I like using negative film for some purposes too.
Shooting analogue is so great, just keep on shooting even if the first results are a bit disappointing. Your efforts will be rewarded, believe me.
Negatives are the regular old film most people used before digital cameras. You have to get the film developed and then get prints made to see what your images look like.
Slide film is the opposite, it develops into a positive (ie normal color) image when the film is developed. When you get them back after processing they are usually mounted in cardboard or plastic holders and look like this:
Disco Che is correct that negative film is way more forgiving to a novice, so you might want to go that route first...