Go Back   IceInSpace > General Astronomy > General Chat
Register FAQ Calendar Today's Posts Search

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
  #21  
Old 09-10-2005, 06:21 PM
TidaLpHasE's Avatar
TidaLpHasE
Gone fish'n

TidaLpHasE is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 668
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.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 09-10-2005, 06:27 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
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.
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 09-10-2005, 06:34 PM
TidaLpHasE's Avatar
TidaLpHasE
Gone fish'n

TidaLpHasE is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 668
Must have had some exciting moments in the darkroom seeing images like these emerge from the paper
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 09-10-2005, 06:55 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
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.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 09-10-2005, 07:04 PM
seeker372011's Avatar
seeker372011 (Narayan)
6EQUJ5

seeker372011 is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,663
great images, kevin

Did you use to hyper film as well?and all the associated paraphernalia?
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 09-10-2005, 07:38 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
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.
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 10-10-2005, 02:32 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
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
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 10-10-2005, 03:09 PM
fringe_dweller's Avatar
fringe_dweller
on the highway to Hell

fringe_dweller is offline
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,623
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
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 10-10-2005, 07:26 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
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!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 06:52 AM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement