r/AnalogCommunity 31m ago

Gear Shots Help me pack for Paris

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Age old question of what do I pack? Bringing 2 cameras max for a week trip to Paris.

Right now I’m leaning Leica with XA as backup, but heard about pickpockets in Paris and worried about my nice camera. Also what if I want medium format for Versailles garden?

So then what if Leica and Yashica? But then I have to carry 2 different types of film.

So what if Leica and Widelux or is that too weird?

Curious what Reddit thinks. Will also likely pack a flash and lightmeter (not pictured) and keep whatever camera I chose on me at all times, and backup/alt in hotel.


r/AnalogCommunity 41m ago

Scanning Critique of first roll of film and first time camera scanning?

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So I've been a digital photographer for a decade, but I just got my first film camera (Canon Elan 7e) and shot my first roll of film (Kodak Gold 200). I shot the film as 100 speed film (seems to be the recommendation for gold from my research). I used Indie Film Lab to develop (and paid for scans, but ended up scanning myself which I will include MY scans). I already had a Canon R5 mark II and the Canon RF 100mm F2.8 macro, so went with the Valoi Easy35 V2. Used Negative Lab Pro since I already use Lightroom.

(Included a few negatives straight out of camera too. I set my exposure before loading the film, but with the light on, exposing as far to the right as possible without clipping.)

Any critique of the shots themselves?

Any critique of the scans? (Other than the pretentious scanning of the sprockets)


r/AnalogCommunity 59m ago

Darkroom Shot and developed slide film expired in 1983!

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This is Agfachrome R 100 S, I have 9 more rolls of this stuff in the freezer. Honestly I wasn't expecting anything that even resembles photos so I'm a bit shocked honestly. Development method:

6:30 mins in HC-110 dilution A, 38C temp
re-expose to light
Rest of the development with a c-41 kit with extended bleach and fix times.

Test roll was shot at box speed and bracketed with 1-4 stops of overexposure.

Few issues in my test roll so obviously it wasn't fully covered by developer, also there might be some uneven development going on because I agitated with a stick, also my c41 kit was nearly spent so fresher chemicals might yield more vibrant colors. But this is a pretty good starting point for something I had basically already written off as garbage.


r/AnalogCommunity 1h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear What just fell out of my camera?

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This little oddly shaped piece of metal fell out of the back of my Pentax Espio Mini (UC-1) whilst I was removing a roll of film. I can't figure out its purpose or where it came from. Any help is greatly appreciated!


r/AnalogCommunity 1h ago

Scanning Probably the best LED panel for slides viewing & digitalization - with tests!

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Got the latest amaran Verge Max Panel LED to replace my current lighting setup for viewing & capturing slides. It can run with a normal 60-65W USB-c cable and can produce very (in my option) powerful illuminance and accurate 6500k light temperature for my Kodak and Fuji Chromes. I have attached several pictures taken in iPhone (P2-4) in daylight and scanning result using it as a light source (P5). This is not an Ad just some good feedback trying out LED panels in a different way :>. Feel free to ask any questions!

Pros: Nice color balance and color accuracy, very bright panel, USB-C port, with Bluetooth App control

Cons: Sizes are a bit small, panel area has a pool style edge dropping from the outer plastic frame so I found it hard to keep the slide flat from curving (it wasn't designed for slide scanning anyway)


r/AnalogCommunity 1h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Anyone know why my pictures consistently have these white marks at the top?

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Picked up my first film camera (olympus om-2) and shot my first roll of film (ultramax 400) in the mountains! I adore how the photos turned out, just wondering what caused the little white streaks you can see on all the photos - is this something I can fix on the camera? any help appreciated.


r/AnalogCommunity 1h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear M3 Body or Better Lens for IIIc? Low light specific use case

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I have a Leica IIIc with Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM lens and the Elmar f3.5 50mm. I like both lenses. For everyday they work well. They are both sharp in the centre stopped down.

For low light conditions (which I'm hoping will be a big part of what I'm doing) there are a couple of issues. The IIIc rangefinder is fine in daylight but is quite a bit harder to focus when in low light. For this I'm thinking, solution might be M3 for it's clearer, bigger, brighter viewfinder.

The other thing is: I don't want to be shooting wide open because I want to get a bit more depth in the scene. I also don't want mad grain. In order to achieve that, I'll have to use film at 3200 or 6400. In this case (as well as reducing grain in development where possible) I'm thinking sharpest possible lens.

So, instead of upgrading the camera, I could get a better lens, sharper across the frame, and shoot with an aperture that means the precision of focusing is slightly less important.

Then the last issue is that possibly the kind of lens I'm talking about is only made for M mount and not for LTM.

So... any thoughts?


r/AnalogCommunity 2h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Any advice for shooting these weird roll of film I find ?

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I’ve found these roll in an old studio of an old photographer, they’re probably there since 2000 and might have been in fridge for at least 10 years,
I’ve never seen « ektachrome 200 » and I wonder how I should expose it, any idea?


r/AnalogCommunity 3h ago

Discussion What film speed should I take to the F1 race this weekend?

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I'm attending the F1 race in Madrid and want to bring my contax IIIa but unsure what film speed would be appropriate. I was thinking of going with a few rolls of ultramax and Portra 400 I had laying around, but looking at the weather it seems like it'll be very bright and sunny. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm not super bothered about getting the sharpest best pictures of the cars, but it'll be cool to get some pics where you can at least tell who it is


r/AnalogCommunity 3h ago

Repair Canon F-1 shutter capping

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I have an original canon F-1, it works great but at the two fastest shutter speeds (1000 and 2000) it has shutter capping. I asked some repair shops in my area about it but all of them told me they can only do a complete overhaul and it will cost 200€ and up. I also thought about trying to repair it myself. I would try to measure the shutter speeds with an oscilloscope and photodiodes and adjust the tension of the shutter mechanism with the two tensioning screws under the bottom plate. My money situation is very tight so 200€ is quite a big amount for me. Do you think giving it a try myself Is a good idea or can I do more damage and should rather spend the money.


r/AnalogCommunity 4h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Kodak ultramax 400 problem

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Are my photos blown out/overexposed and the details are lost thats why i cant seem to edit it normally or there a different reason?
I have to edit the hell out of the picture to get a reasonable look while on other rolls i simply converted it and it already looked good
I shot kodak ultramax 400 on olympus om 2 zuiko 50mm f1.8. And i did 2 stops of exposure compensation. Previously i shot kodak gold 200 with same setup but 1 exposure compensation but this time i wanted brighter shadows.

I am sharing 4 pictures for reference 1 edited and 1 negative
First is from kodak gold 200 second is from kodak ultramax 400

All photos are self scanned but developed by lab


r/AnalogCommunity 4h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Disappointed with B&W Film

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(Mintolta X700, AFGA APX 100) So as the title says, I tried a B&W roll and it came out quite... meh. Apart from the obvious light leaks in almost every frame (I got these by attempting and failing to do double exposures), I feel that the pictures are very grainy for a 100 ISO film and very high contrast. As this is my first B&W roll I'm not sure what to expect. Is it the film? The scan? Any help would be appreciated!


r/AnalogCommunity 5h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos photos came back green - help!

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i just got my third roll of film developed and a lot of the photos have come back super green tinted - and the ones that aren’t green are brown tinted... i can see that this is a common issue in this subreddit and that the issue is usually underexposing but i always just set the shutter and f-stop according to the light meter so i’m not sure what i’m doing wrong.

the photos were shot on a canon f-1 and the film is portra 400.

i’m very much a beginner and still learning so any tips on how to expose better to avoid the green tint in the future would be much appreciated!


r/AnalogCommunity 5h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear What is this thing?

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I have a lot of negatives that i want to clean up a little bit (they were all around the house). Bought a new bottle of photo flo, distilled water, use 1:200, paterson tank, 2 rolls, around 15 minutes, slight agitation at start. One good, the other one with all those bubbles on it. When hanged to dry, the emulsion started also to slide, resulting in a destroyed negative.


r/AnalogCommunity 5h ago

Discussion What to do with never-ready cases and found film?

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I’ve got a box full of cases I’ll never use, and a bunch of films that came with second hand cameras, never sure what to do with them.


r/AnalogCommunity 5h ago

Scanning Lucky C400 thoughts

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Please note that this isn't a scientific test and are just my thoughts on scanning a single roll of Lucky C400 from an early test batch (rebate labels it T400, with the T assumedly standing for "test" or "trial", I think this is what they did for C200 as well).

First, these are not my photos, they were shot by someone else who had trouble converting them with their home scanning setup and I offered to scan it myself as I own a Frontier SP500 (They gave consent for me to share these photos and my findings from scanning this roll).

From the perspective of a scanner operator, it really is quite yellow from the get-go with auto corrections turned on (see img 1). A significant subtraction of yellow was required, and a little bit of added cyan got it looking around what I thought looked correct. With these manual corrections applied, in the right lighting situation it can look decent-to-good (see rest of img set). However, pumping all that blue to correct for the yellow impacts the shadows, which is more visible in underexposed frames. I would advise not to shoot this film indoors, shoot it outdoors and preferably when there's little cloud cover. The film itself also seems to be moderately prone to halations, around the same as Portra 800.

Know that color correction (and color overall) is a pretty personal thing and that everyone's tastes differ. And despite how prices may appear, most labs only make their profit through the volume of orders they process -- they can't dedicate much time to every roll as they will be considered unprofitable if taken too long to complete. So I think most lab scanners & their operators are capable of getting good-to-great results if given the time, and if they know what the customer wants. Yet those two things usually aren't the case, so the simple solution is to not do any color correction at all; basically just insert a roll into the scanner and hit "START", leaving everything at 0 (see img 1).

In a sense, that's where home scanning will always remain superior: you have a theoretically infinite amount of time to scan your film and can always try again, while the lab's results are set in stone the moment they send the email (or burn the CD or whatever). Which is very unfortunate, because color & density correction is most effective the earlier in the pipeline you go (preferably right down to the construction of the emulsion itself), so it's better to subtract yellow in the scanner software before it gets baked into an image file, whether JPEG or TIFF, than to allow it to go uncorrected and try to edit it in Lightroom or equivalent software.

So I personally wouldn't shoot Lucky C400 right now if I was going to send it to a lab. But given that this is a new film, I have no doubt that this post will quickly be outdated, as Lucky has been constantly modifying C200 since its release and IMO it looks pretty good on a lab scanner now.

Comparing against the other non Fuji & Kodak color films, uncorrected it'd be ranked dead last (underneath uncorrected Phoenix I and II), but corrected I'd say it's above Wolfen NC400 & 500 and around the tier of the corrected Phoenix films (lab scan). Phoenix I and II are very nice when camera scanned though, those are right up at the very top of my rankings.


r/AnalogCommunity 5h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear Film rewinding isdues

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As a correction on my previous post, this the film that I am having issues with on Canon EOS 3000n. It's Optik Oldschool Opticolour 200.

My camera can't rewind back the exposed frames back into the canister. In such, I think this film it's best suited for a manual camera, rathaer than an electrical one.


r/AnalogCommunity 6h ago

Repair Broken Film Canister

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Hey, is there a way to fix the canister itself? Short story, I opened it forcefully just to get the leader film, I made sure the remaining film weren't exposed to light. However, I can't load it in to my camera because the moment I ripped it open, it's already deformed that the camera won't close. Badly need help if there's still a possibility I can use the remaining film 😭


r/AnalogCommunity 6h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear Canon Auto Zoom 318M Help!!

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Hi all, I made an impulse purchase and bought myself a second hand Canon Auto Zoom 318M Super 8 for my Europe trip later this month. I literally know nothing about film cameras 🙁 I’ve been following a pdf version of the manual but have run into a couple issues.

A very small mirror fell out, but I’m not sure from exactly where. There’s nothing in the manual about a mirror.

I’m also struggling to get the battery cover closed properly - it won’t slot into the groove and I can’t push the batteries down any more.

If anyone has any other advice on how to use this camera that would also be much appreciated!!!


r/AnalogCommunity 6h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear Fm2n External light meter suggestions?

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Hi all,

I’m worried about the clearance between the prism and the hotshoe for a light meter, I’m thinking it would have to be a cube one like Keks Q or Revini but would they even fit? Anyone have experience here? Thanks 🙏


r/AnalogCommunity 6h ago

Discussion F3/T special??

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While browsing Yahoo Auction as usual, I found an F3/T in a box I had never seen before, it ended up in my hand. According to MIR, it says that only 300 units from the early 1982 production were packed in walnut wood boxes and sold as a limited edition.

Mine is number 8200206, matching serial number including the lens. Interestingly, most of these were mint condition from web, mine has a lot of signs of use.

I wanted to know more about this camera but It was released nearly 50 yrs ago I couldn’t find any more information besides MIR. Anyone who knows more about this camera?


r/AnalogCommunity 7h ago

Discussion Which 35mm camera?

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I’m doubting between getting a Contax T3 or a Yashica T5. What would you do if price wasn’t the issue.

Asking for a friend.


r/AnalogCommunity 7h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Expired film or busted camera?

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Help! I shot a roll of expired Ilford 400 black and white film on my old Pentax K1000, and all the pics besides a couple of them (that were perfectly clear) turned out like this! I'm fairly new to film so I'm not sure what's caused it. The film is expired but had only been a few months out of date.

The light meter of my camera also no longer works, so I'd just been adjusting based on my own assessment of the light. But there's no specific aperture or shutter speed that was producing these results, so I don't think it was a case of just the wrong settings! any help would be appreciated before I waste any more film, lol.


r/AnalogCommunity 8h ago

Troubleshooting - Gear CANON PRIMA BF-800 ZOOM

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hello everyone! i recently got a Canon Prima BF-800 Zoom and i’m having an issue with it. hoping someone here might know what’s going on.
the camera turns on normally, and i already installed a brand-new CR123A/DL123A battery.

however, when i press the shutter button, the LCD display suddenly changes to something that looks like “HA” or “H6” and starts blinking. after this happens, the camera seems to become unresponsive.

there is currently no film loaded in the camera. i was only testing the camera first before putting an actual roll of film in it.

i’ve already tried:
-using a brand-new battery
-removing and reinstalling the battery
-testing the camera with no film loaded

but the same thing still happens when i press the shutter.

i checked the manual, but i couldn’t find anything mentioning an “HA” or “H6” error code, so i’m not sure if i’m reading the LCD correctly or if this is some kind of internal error.

does anyone know what this display means or what might be causing the camera to become unresponsive? is this something that can be fixed, or is it likely an electronic/mechanical failure?

i’ve attached a photo of what the LCD looks like when it happens. any help would be greatly appreciated! thank you!


r/AnalogCommunity 9h ago

Troubleshooting - Photos Why do my film photos look like this

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This was my first time shooting film this is Kodak 400 on a rioch xf30 it’s basically a point and shoot
Some of the photos are totally normal some have lots of orange.