Astrophotography with film - Page 2

TidaLpHasE · #21 09-10-2005, 06:21 PM

Great pics, just goes to show how much harder it was for you old folk

to capture images as good as these.

It would take alot more dedication with film than what it does with digital's instant view.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #22 09-10-2005, 06:27 PM

Your not wrong. Instant view speeds up the learning process 1000x. Sometimes it would be days or weeks before we knew there was anything on the film! I cheated a bit and have my own darkroom so for me most of the time it was just a matter of hours.

Age is relative. Besides I started young, hehheh.

TidaLpHasE · #23 09-10-2005, 06:34 PM

Must have had some exciting moments in the darkroom seeing images like these emerge from the paper

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #24 09-10-2005, 06:55 PM

I guess most of the excitement was when the film was removed from the developing tank. A lot of the time I couldn't get it out of the fix bath fast enough. Even though it was negative I'd always have a magnifier on hand and knew if I had the shot or not.

Ah, water, chemicals, paper, red light. Spend many an hour-days-weeks-months in the darkroom.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #25 09-10-2005, 07:04 PM

great images, kevin

Did you use to hyper film as well?and all the associated paraphernalia?

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #26 09-10-2005, 07:38 PM

No I used to buy it ready hypered, express post from NSW to me in QLD. Then had to store it in the freezer otherwise it only lasted a week.

fringe_dweller · #27 10-10-2005, 02:32 PM

Awesome Awesome Awesome!!! love the M42

- they dont make reds like that anymore

and love the HB's!!!! you guys got it a wee bit better than us down here. Thats quite a portfolio dude

well you definitely have already have half the gear - just a small step to dslr for you - go directly to digital kickass - (in monopoly board speak).
Kearn

fringe_dweller · #28 10-10-2005, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I'm of the old film school, or at least used to be before all of my film cameras developed light leaks.

Kevin, we had similiar problems with a couple of the five or more 80's models 100 dollar camera pentax 35mm camera bodies we have - it was just the felt light baffles that seal the back - they had perished from all the mean treatment we gave them (dew, freezing, age ect.) - cost like 20 bucks to get replaced - good as new!

Kearn

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #29 10-10-2005, 07:26 PM

I guess that's probably what's causing the light leaks. The felt does look perished. After all these cameras are old now. Yet another advantage of digital - no felt.

There's more to scan yet, a lot more.. when I get a round tooit. Another digital advantage. No scanning!