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elkarrde

@elkarrde@ohai.social

Full stack IT specialist, photographer (film & digital), 3D printing enthusiast, cat herder, petrolhead.
Based in Zagreb, Croatia.

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #microFourThirds #3DPrinting #FullStackDev #Linux

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Swede1952, to ilaughed

Good morning, friends. 🌸🌸🌸

5 February 2024

I was just thinking about learning how to drive. I learned how in cars with manual transmissions. Now days we are hard pressed to find new cars with manual transmissions. I'll bet most people born in this century don't know how to operate a manual transmission, probably most towards the end of the 20th century as well. Here's another thought, try to find a new car with windows that you crank up by hand. Hmmm ... I remember the first car that I bought where the dimmer switch was on the column instead of the floorboard, it took me a while to figure that one out.

“Cars are evolving to match the new paradigm. Soon, things like steering wheels, pedals and rear-view mirrors will seem ancient. More practically, we will all be better able to optimize our time and attention to focus on more important tasks, family, work, and self-care.” - Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #cars #flower

elkarrde,
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@smellsofbikes @Swede1952 Interesting! In my part of the world, if your driving instructor has a car with an automatic transmission, and you pass the exam on that car, you're legally forbidden to drive a manual car. With ~90% manual cars, and the majority of cars being cheaper and over 11 years old (and increasing), that's a problem - you basically can't drive anything except premium or brand-new cars.

elkarrde,
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@Swede1952 @smellsofbikes Yeah, almost everyone knows how to drive a manual car over here - if they don't, most likely is they don't know how to drive a car at all. There are driving schools with automatic cars, but exams are always done on manual cars - nobody wants to spend a few thousands of euros on a driving school and not be able to drive whatever one might want in the future.

elkarrde,
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@smellsofbikes @Swede1952 I completely understand her reasoning.
I've been driving for over 30 years (started with motorcycles), cars for the last quarter of the century, I've driven a lot of cars, but only three (3) had an automatic transmission, and one of those was in the Emirates. 😅

elkarrde,
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@vfrmedia @Swede1952 @smellsofbikes I didn't know that, thanks!

elkarrde, to random
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@jaranko Osobno, kažeš, ha!? Neću hraniti oglase tamo. 😁

elkarrde, to BelieveInFilm
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Ya know what I haven't done for quite some time? A live film-developing thread! The last time I did one was in August, and I developed 40 rolls in the meantime! 😁

So, let's start - first, let me gather all the stuff I need...

#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment #livefilmdevelopment

elkarrde,
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For reference, this was the last thread, back in August.

https://ohai.social/@elkarrde/110838953832874900

elkarrde, (edited )
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Ok, I've got the stuff almost ready. The film is already loaded - a custom short roll of AgfaPhoto APX 400. I'll be using Rodinal (yeah yeah, I know the bottle says Adonal), 1+50 dilution, at 22°C to speed up the process a bit and get more acutance.

#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment #staybrokeshootfilm

elkarrde,
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Did Adox change the formula? I remember Adonal was much darker and less pink the last time. 🤔
Yup, this is slightly more than 8 ml.
#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment #Rodinal1to50

elkarrde,
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My development dilution is at 23°C, that's a bit too much for my liking. In the fridge it went, a few minutes should be enough.
#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment

elkarrde,
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That's more like it! 22°C bang-on, nice!
#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment

elkarrde,
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Now the development. 17 minutes 11 seconds, and I'm on a short clock - agitation every 30 seconds.
#filmdevelopment #believeinfilm

elkarrde,
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Three more minutes, yay! Next: a stop bath.
#filmdevelopment #believeinfilm

elkarrde,
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Ok, now I have the film developed, the process has been stopped - Kodak Max Stop for 30 seconds did the trick, water would do the same job as well.

What's next? Fixing with Adofix. It's reasonably fresh, 5 min should be enough.
#believeinfilm #filmohotography

elkarrde,
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Adofix is more reasonable than Rodonal - agitation every minute! 😅
#filmdevelopment #believeinfilm

elkarrde,
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Fixing is done, now it's the moment of truth!
Let's open the tank and see what I did today.
#filmdevelopment #believeinfilm

elkarrde,
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Woohoo! It's done, and it looks fine! 🥳
#believeinfilm #filmdevelopment

elkarrde, (edited )
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Is a photo taken if nobody gets to see it? Photos taken on a film are cool, but I'd like to see them on my computer and I need to scan them first.
Here's my scanning rig - Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, doing its job.
#believeinfilm #FilmScanning #shootfilmstaybroke

elkarrde,
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I'm using VueScan scanning software, it's scanning the green channel (the sharpest one) to 16-bit grayscale TIFF files, at 3600 dpi. I get ~42 MB, ~5000×3400 pixels per frame - about 17 megapixels.
Colour film would be scanned at the same resolution, but full-colour data need a bit more storage - ~120 MB per frame.
#believeinfilm #FilmScanning #shootfilmstaybroke

elkarrde,
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The film is scanned and sleeved, EXIF tags are added to the files, and development data is added to my database. At this time I'd usually run through the photos and mark those I'd like to clean, edit, and upload, maybe even print. Usually, I upload a few photos to Flickr and forget about the film, and in a few months' time wonder where the rest of the photos are. 🤔
#believeinfilm #FilmScanning

elkarrde,
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@sideshow_jim I'm writing a blog post covering exactly that, how to add EXIF, but it's still in the rough stage, and for now, I have a workflow only for Windows.
I'm also deep into planning an app and a web that could solve many issues, but it takes time. :(

Here's what I use for the last 7+ years: https://sourceforge.net/projects/analogexif/

elkarrde,
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Here's a contact sheet, take a look - that's a used car fair here in Zagreb!

It's AgfaPhoto APX400, taken with aperture-priority only Pentax MV and Pentax-M 40mm F2.8 pancake lens set mostly at ƒ/6.7.
It's half of the standard 36-frame roll, I lost a few frames at the beginning, and one at the end. But I managed to finish the roll.

#filmphotography #believeinfilm #contactsheet

elkarrde,
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And finally, a photo from the roll, in its full glory.

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #blackandwhitefilm #shootfilmstaybroke

A detail of the previous film photo in full 1:1 size to show film grain and the details present - a part of a car's headlight, bonnet, grille and passenger-side rear-view mirror. Grainy black and white 400 ASA film.

ihabunek, to random
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I need a photo to use on my dors/cluc talk submission. The one I have on my profile is pushing 10 years and I risk people not recognizing me from the photo. Maybe I should just scare people off with a selfie.

elkarrde,
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@ihabunek Lookie what I just found!
It's not the best film I've ever shot and developed, but hey, it's a photo that isn't a decade old. 😅

elkarrde,
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@ihabunek On the other hand, didn't I already send you this photo? I can't remember! 😅

elkarrde,
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@ihabunek Well, then we'll need a beer.😁

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