47 tuc/ eta carina on 35mm film

[mick pinner]

l'm going to ignore the ridicule of wanting a slide projector and persist with my 35mm film photography, l love the digital images just want to see how far l can progress with this medium. patience and kindness appreciated
200mm telephoto lens
f/5.6
fuji iso 200 slide film
just trying to see how much colour l can bring out without worring about field rotation.

[beren]

:) I admire and respect anyone who gives film astro work ago Mick , go for it and good luck

[avandonk]

They are far better than my first pics (1968)!Or come to think of it 2,3,4....

Bert

[h0ughy]

that field derotator is still available mick! nice colour though.

maybe the focus could be a bit sharper, but well done mate

[mick pinner]

thank you Dave, Sue bought me the 35mm bible Michael A. Covington's book Astrophotography for the Amateur so a lot of reading and learning.

[RB]

Do you have a field derotator Dave? If so, does it work?


I have a lot of respect for anyone who uses film for astro......

[h0ughy]

I think so, i had it tested at qld astrofest by another guy who actually had a pentax *istDS as well. he was taking astrophotos thought his scope (LX200GPS though) If you want you can give it a try? :)

[davidpretorius]

nice work Mick,

sue just gave you that book so that she gets to keep the subscription to AS&T!!!!!

[fringe_dweller]

:thumbsup: its the night sky - how can it be bad!? you could do with a slightly faster lens maybe too - it warms me old heart to see film shots on the screen. Covingtons book is an excellent starting point - even for digital, some of it anyway

[ving]

so you sat it on a tripod and just took a pic then hey? interesting....

got some good colours there :)

[mick pinner]

piggy backed on the lx 200, some of the colour l have seen on film when you get it right is fantastic the problem now is a lot of the ideal film is no longer available.

[rumples riot]

Yeah, Kodak is slowing its operations and I am not sure but i don't think you can get tech pan 2415 anymore. Film is dying a slow and natural death. Still I found this medium most rewarding. I have quite a few shots in my astro album that were taken with film. In many ways they are better than my Digital shots. Planetary aside of course!

Stick with it Mick. BTW I have a field derotator for sale also. In perfect working order.

[mick pinner]

hi Paul, good to see you're still with us, l'm going to put it on a wedge, l use a crayford focuser so the field de-rotator with focuser and camera is to much to hang of the scope.

[mick pinner]

eta carina scanned direct from slide and sharpened.

[Jonathan]

Good to see your results Mick. If your going to do more 35mm work you may want to consider importing film from the US. I do this and pay about one third to one half the price (including freight) compared to local shops and have never had any trouble.



Yes, Technical Pan has finished without Kodak providing a direct replacement- http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/p255/p255.jhtml
Fuji is also canning Velvia 50 (not for astrophotography!) at the end of the year, but at least they have released a new and equally good replacement in Velvia 100.

[mick pinner]

thank you Jonathan what would you recommend as the best slide film?

[Jonathan]

I have minimal experience taking astrophoto's. The majority of film I've been importing has been for daytime use, but on my last order I got a roll of Kodak E200 Ektachrome and Fuji Provia 400F. These are meant to be pretty good but I'm yet to use them. They are a bit more expensive being "professional films", but when you spend all that time and money on the rest of the gear it's probably worth the extra few dollars to have good film in the camera. You'll also need a lab that develops normal slide film (E-6 or CR-56 process) unless you do it yourself - they don't include processing in the price of the film! Both films can be pushed to at least 800 if you want.
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