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Anonymous Tue 20 Jan 2026 15:13:14 No.4494610 View View Reply Original Report

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Please post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.

Also talk about darkroom practices, enlargers, photo paper, techniques like dodging/burning, tools, and equipment related to enlarging, developing, and printing.

Thread Question: Do you prefer color or black and white photography?

Previous thread: >>4489677

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 02:47:58 No.4494839 Report

Quoted By: >>4494842 >>4494843

>>4494834
I've been reading up for more than two seconds: it's 500 ISO and has good latitude as well.
What's the lowest ISO that's viable for nighttime?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:10:23 No.4494842 Report

Quoted By: >>4494854

>>4494839
500 is the original rating of the ECN2 motion picture stock that Cineshill respools, but they rate their still version with ECN backing removed (or never coated on by Kodak at this point) at 800.
Lowest ISO for night shots depends on how steady your hand is and what subjects you're photographing, but for spur of the moment snapshots it would be silly to go below 800.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:14:03 No.4494843 Report

Quoted By: >>4494854

>>4494839
Night photography really needs to be done with a tripod, which means you can (potentially) go really low in ISO (e.g. 100). Doing it handheld is hard because the shutter speeds are often so slow that you get bad blurring, even with high speed 800 ISO film (e.g. Portra 800).

An autofocus/autoexposure camera is also likely to struggle more dialing in the settings, so it's more likely that your exposures will be way off until you get a feel for the camera and how to deal with it's peculiarities.

I would personally start out with using pre-dawn light as it's vastly easier and you still get a lot of the same fun film characteristics like halation that stand out.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:20:16 No.4494844 Report

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>>4494610
I love black and white
when you remove color, you get the real picture

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:22:30 No.4494845 Report

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:23:52 No.4494846 Report

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:42:03 No.4494847 Report

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 03:59:19 No.4494848 Report

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>>4494610
I'm ramping up my efforts to actually build my darkroom. 10'x14' is how much space I've decided on.
35mm dedicated enlarger, a seperate wall mounted beseler 45vxl enlarger with color head for all other formats up to 4x5, RA4 auto print processor that does up to 11x14 prints. Building everything to accommodate up to 20x24 prints. I'm also going to install a positive pressure HEPA system to keep dust down to an absolute minimum. Silver trap, auto water temp mixer, drying racks for prints, film drying cabinet, loads of storage, etc.
Big darkroom sinks are freaking expensive btw. Much more expensive than any camera, lens, enlarger, or anything photography related I've ever purchased. SIX THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS. Seems pretty awesome to have a 9 foot sink I can keep my entire wetside in tho.

If it's a powerful enough darkroom I may be able to rent out time in it or offer printing classes. Could be cool.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 04:23:14 No.4494852 Report

Quoted By: >>4494853 >>4494856

>>4494848
What's your total bill for fitting it all out? And tell me more about silver traps pls

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 04:56:50 No.4494853 Report

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>>4494852
Not totally sure yet, maybe around 20k in total for everything. The two enlargers were around 3.5k, print processor was 3.5k, misc stuff I have is another 2k. Electrical and plumbing shouldn't be more than another 3-4k. Permitting BS is probably like 1.5k, hvac system another 2-3k, hopefully.
I only need 2 walls built into an existing building I have, so that shouldn't be too much if I can do it myself lol. Im pretty handy, so I could probably figure it out.
Not sure if I'll build my own sink or spend the 6k on the stainless steel sink.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 04:58:21 No.4494854 Report

Quoted By: >>4494915

>>4494842
>>4494843
I guess I'll just keep the flash on, then. We hang out at bars a lot, that will be the setting most of the time. I assume bar level lighting would still be too dark for handheld?
Thanks for the help anons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 05:02:00 No.4494856 Report

Quoted By: >>4494879

>>4494852
Oh yeah a silver trap is this filter or electrolytic contraption that removes the silver out of your fixer by converting it to metallic silver, and yes you do get to collect the silver that is accumulated over time.

My plan is to run the wetside drain through an air gap piped to the silver trap, small pump resevoir, then to a large holding tank outside. I'll haul the tank to a hazardous waste place when it fills up. I'm on septic so it's the easiest permit wise and most environmentally friendly way to do things.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:03:57 No.4494861 Report

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>>4494806
Thank you. I liked the experience of shooting film and I should probably try to start scanning myself. Seems fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:52:18 No.4494868 Report

Quoted By: >>4494923

>>4494667
>>4494669
>>4494670
>1st roll of film?
Those are nice, what type of camera/ film?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 11:04:16 No.4494879 Report

Quoted By: >>4494898

>>4494853
Nice, I hope I can build something like this for myself I've day, instead of endlessly dicking about in the bathroom. The only upside is that it has no windows and is past two sets of doors from the nearest one, so I just need to keep the doors closed for perfect lightproofing even in the middle of the day. If I had to seal any doors or windows on top of setting up the gear each time, I'd probably have given up.
I don't know about pricing of stuff, but 6k for a sink sounds obscene, even that size.
Are you getting the enlargers new or used?
>>4494856
Ah, so basically what I've already been doing in a jury rigged way, collecting spent fixer in gallon jugs and stuffing them with steel wool. Never occurred to me to look for an industrial solution.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 13:45:51 No.4494889 Report

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>>4494844
>>4494845
>>4494846
>>4494847
were these pushed? that's a lot of contrast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 14:35:30 No.4494892 Report

Quoted By: >>4494899

>>4494889
hp5+ shot at 400 on my minolta freedom zoom 160c, these arent even edited past the scans and some light cropping

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 16:06:11 No.4494898 Report

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>>4494879
Already have both of the enlargers. I got them used. Found the print processor for sale as NOS.
My 4x4 tent works for 8x10 prints but it's ghetto and severely cramped.

Yes except the trap removes silver from all the rinse water as well. With larger prints the amount of fixer going down the drain can add up pretty quick.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 16:21:11 No.4494899 Report

Quoted By: >>4494913 >>4494914

>>4494892
>be me who just got his first roll of HP5 and decided to shoot at 800 to start off

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 18:41:29 No.4494913 Report

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>>4494899
it's prefectly pushable and printable to 1600 when it's developed properly, and when your lightmeter is good. You can't tell shit from scans.
Still pushing in my humble opinion of a darkroom printer, is mostly retarded. It's a trend by influencers who never developed film and has no fucking idea what they're doing. Pushing is raping and compressing your tonality. Its ok when it's necessary (low and or very flat lighting) and it makes sense only with few films on the market.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 18:41:45 No.4494914 Report

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>>4494899
Why wouldn't you shoot the first roll at box speed? That's film 101

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 18:59:24 No.4494915 Report

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>>4494854
A little research says this af35ml or whatever has a max aperture of f/1.9 so you should be able to get some decent shots without a flash too

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 21:35:33 No.4494923 Report

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>>4494868
Thanks, its a Nikon F2, it was a Christmas present.

I should've said rolls of film plural. The ones of mountains and pic related are Mr negative Daylight Robbery. Most of the others are Ultramax. The one of the washing line FujiFilm 200

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 22:45:57 No.4494931 Report

Quoted By: >>4494932 >>4494942

Left was shot at 64 iso, devved for 11:30 and used the warmest color balance my lights could be set to. Right was with neutral to cold lighting, shot at 80 iso, 1230 dev time.
Same exact edit for both negatives.

I think left is definitely an improvement, subtle, but an improvement. Thoughts?

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Anonymous Thu 22 Jan 2026 23:19:25 No.4494932 Report

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>>4494931
imo left def looks better

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 02:08:53 No.4494939 Report

Quoted By: >>4494941

>tfw finally have images to post but ip range blocked from posting images

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 02:22:53 No.4494941 Report

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>>4494939
Describe each of them using the full 2000 characters.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 02:30:22 No.4494942 Report

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>>4494931
oh hi anon im the nice guy from last thread, yes the left one looks significantly better. i still think you should maybe use a red filter but also i like my "statement" pictures to have loads of punch to them lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 02:44:01 No.4494944 Report

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>>4494942
Ortho film would probably be even better than a filter.
If I edit it enough I can make it a lot punchier, but I don't really care all that much. I just kinda play it safe with a semi neutral contrast most of the time.
I did a much closer crop with some hopefully more interesting lighting using my new modular spot light modifier that I plan to develop tonight or tommorow. I'll give it a punchier edit just for you. :D

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 03:23:37 No.4494947 Report

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 04:47:59 No.4494953 Report

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this was straight scan no edits by puter

kentmere 200 in d76 stock
ilford pearl rc 5x7
liquidol
no filter

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 06:21:21 No.4494964 Report

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need to start doing fiber based paper when going into galleries idk why i havent been doing that, drymounting looks way better

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 12:24:35 No.4494987 Report

Quoted By: >>4494992 >>4494998 >>4495023

>>4494610

Hello /fgt/, new to 4chan here. I took this photo for a unit on perspective photography. I know it's not exactly groundbreaking, but I like how it incorporates graphic elements into an otherwise pictorial image.

Location: Coop's Shot Tower
Camera: Kiev-4M + Jupiter-8 lens with y1.4x filter
Film: Ilford hp5+ @EI 200
Dev: Xtol 1+1, 12 mins, 20'c

Unfortunately I didn't record shutter speed or aperture - I'm not that thorough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 14:44:22 No.4494992 Report

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>>4494987
Please post photos that aren't fucking 100 pixels wide and maybe we can comment on them.
Welcome to 4chan, faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 16:26:09 No.4494998 Report

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>>4494987
A PICTURE FOR ANTS
>>4494947
mmm blue

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 17:17:13 No.4495007 Report

Quoted By: >>4495016

fuck my life
It's a FM2 so it's worth it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 17:58:23 No.4495016 Report

Quoted By: >>4495026 >>4495052 >>4495069

>>4495007
>to disassemble the camera, you must remove a part stuck on with adhesives because god forbid we let the engineers just use screws
I hate industrial designers so much it's unreal.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 18:32:06 No.4495023 Report

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>>4494987

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 18:41:56 No.4495026 Report

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>>4495016
If the camera looks cooler with hidden screws we love that feature

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 18:49:21 No.4495028 Report

Quoted By: >>4495033 >>4495052

>>4495026
But they could just incorporate the screws into the design. Hell, use bespoke one-off seven pointed screws carefully made from folded japanese steel hardened and quenched in matcha prepared by an authentic geisha that can only be produced once a year in a festival ritual. The extra 200 yen is worth it. I am just so sick of designs where damage is inherently required for disassembly

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 19:20:26 No.4495033 Report

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>>4495028
Make your own camera with 1000 times folded tamahagane! It will be a very honorable quest.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 20:08:47 No.4495052 Report

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>>4495016
This isn't the fault of industrial designers.
>>4495028
Yes but most people consider that to be low quality because they are retarded. Maybe 15% of people actually repair their own stuff to any degree.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jan 2026 23:42:45 No.4495069 Report

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I might have actually fixed the fucker. Gave it a deep clean in lighter fluid and tore off the rest of that old fucked up foam that turns into dust and it looks like the second curtain works now
>>4495016
lol yeah fuck that, still FM2 is quite easy to disassemble

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 00:10:50 No.4495072 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 00:47:56 No.4495074 Report

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Extra crunchy edit as promised. This is uncropped and roughly 2x magnification.
Used my new modular spotlight modifier for the first time as well. Could have refined the spotlight a bit better, but whatever. Good practice balancing a fill and spot.
I think this composition is the best one so far. More direct and to the point.

>>4495072
Cute, but the blur makes it a bit uneasy feeling. Is that a lith print?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 01:47:31 No.4495076 Report

Quoted By: >>4495078 >>4495079

do photography competitions want you to develop your own black and white photos for their BnW categories? What are your experiences with developing your own film?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 02:08:32 No.4495078 Report

Quoted By: >>4495090

>>4495076
Are you talking about printing film on paper or developing? Both are straightforward and basically boil down to cleanliness, consistency, and precision.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 02:47:18 No.4495079 Report

Quoted By: >>4495090

>>4495076
the only reason why i fucked up my development is because my temperature was off, its otherwise ezpz

i dont think photography comps care how the film was developed, but its a good "i worked harder on this than you" type brag

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 05:14:24 No.4495090 Report

Quoted By: >>4495091

>>4495078
Printing film on paper isn't required for competitions that you send to digitally. But thanks.
>>4495079
Do you think you can do it in a rental? How do you get rid of chemicals?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2026 05:26:42 No.4495091 Report

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>>4495090
You could always scan your print for extra brownie points. :D
You just need a changing bag and a daylight dev tank. Developer goes down the drain if it's one shot and fixer can be reused many times. The only time you would need to rent a space or use anything larger than a changing bag is if you're doing tray development with sheet film.

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