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syntrix wrote in post #7070269
I was just going to comment on how some of the new people to photography might not understand shooting with film.

We did have light meters, analog needles in the view finders is one example

I know. These days, you can look at the LCD, decide you don't like the shot, and re-take it- bacl in the 'good ol' days', you had to know what you are doing with shutter and aperture, because if you don't, you'll end up taking a lousy shot for whatever reason, and that's it. Can't re-capture the moment.

I still find a lot of photographers don't understand the concepts of shutter speed and aperture...

perryge wrote in post #7070280
I'm probably younger than you, and I shot film for ages before going digital (full manual too - no meter, no battery, no nothing!) It's doable.

OMG I just calculated my age minus when I started

I know I don't...that's why I do stuff in HDR.

tangcla wrote in post #7070285
I know. These days, you can look at the LCD, decide you don't like the shot, and re-take it- bacl in the 'good ol' days', you had to know what you are doing with shutter and aperture, because if you don't, you'll end up taking a lousy shot for whatever reason, and that's it. Can't re-capture the moment.

I still find a lot of photographers don't understand the concepts of shutter speed and aperture...

Yeah, I know. My favorite film was ilford, I was really into the creative b+w stuff for the longest time.

I guess you don't have to understand anything with green box mode

syntrix wrote in post #7070307
Yeah, I know. My favorite film was ilford, I was really into the creative b+w stuff for the longest time.

I guess you don't have to understand anything with green box mode

Was? HP5+ is STILL my favourite BW film .

I'm curious...and maybe some of you guys that used to use specialty B&W film can answer a question...

Let's say you are in a dance club, takin' pictures, and there are black lights all around, and people have neon, or white shirts on...how does B&W do with that?

perryge wrote in post #7070280
I'm probably younger than you, and I shot film for ages before going digital (full manual too - no meter, no battery, no nothing!) It's doable.

I mean, I think I can do it now... thanks to the wonders of chimping and having a much shorter learning curve - but I don't think I'd be picking up photography if I couldn't see the results sooner, before I forget everything

inthedeck wrote in post #7070344
I'm curious...and maybe some of you guys that used to use specialty B&W film can answer a question...

Let's say you are in a dance club, takin' pictures, and there are black lights all around, and people have neon, or white shirts on...how does B&W do with that?

I have absolutely no idea - though the films should have info about what wavelengths of light they're sensitive to.

syntrix wrote in post #7070307
Yeah, I know. My favorite film was ilford, I was really into the creative b+w stuff for the longest time.

I guess you don't have to understand anything with green box mode

Fuji NPH for weddings was the BOMB. Sometimes if I wanted more saturation, I would under rate the film at iso 320.
And Yeah, You had better have a pretty darned good idea of what you were doing if you were shooting film. Re shooting the wedding was "not" an option. This goes for film, or digital.
-Bruce

Hmm...ok. I'll have to look into it.

How about the 5D...what kind of effect would that have?

I loved fuji sensia for landscapes on slides. Uber vivid and realistic colors.

Oh wait this is a 5D thread, LOL.

I do miss having two 5D's, but the 5D2 is working out great. Slow time of the year, but so far, VERY impressed.

perryge wrote in post #7070367
I have absolutely no idea - though the films should have info about what wavelengths of light they're sensitive to.

Perry, It's not about the wavelength of the light. That would be incandescent, vs neon, vs Sunlight, etc. But that's another story in itself. ISO is about the films sensitivity to the amount of light present, ie; bright vs dim.
-Bruce

inthedeck wrote in post #7070380
Hmm...ok. I'll have to look into it.

How about the 5D...what kind of effect would that have?

It'll still capture the light, from memory. When it hits the white, the purple light is 'realised'.

Dude on the far right, I think that's UV light on his T-shirt.
(It was taken with a 5D, too, so it's valid to this thread)

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syntrix wrote in post #7070393
Oh wait this is a 5D thread, LOL.

Oh YEAH, Right. How about those 5D's?
-Bruce

Ballen Photo wrote in post #7070405
Perry, It's not about the wavelength of the light. That would be incandescent, vs neon, vs Sunlight, etc. But that's another story in itself. ISO is about the films sensitivity to the amount of light present, ie; bright vs dim.
-Bruce

No wavelength does matter - you're just talking about different wavelengths within the visible spectrum. But radio waves, IR, and UV are just different wavelengths of the same photons, just like visible light is, they are just outside the visible spectrum. Isn't the reason we have infrared films because normal film isnt sensitive to those wavelengths? So since blacklights are UV lights, my point is that I don't know if normal film is sensitive to those wavelengths, although given our use of UV filters shooting film, I guess they are.