Film is an interesting thing. I think it depends on manufacturer, but some of it dries very flat, some of it curls right back up, even tries to curl with a weight at the bottom; some of it twists up into a spiral. This particular roll of Lomography Color 100 bowed a bit and curled …
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the Lomo LCA, part 3
And I found some more quirks… And some more fun surprises too!
the Lomo LC-A, part 2
As mentioned before, the LC-A is a groovy little camera, and I have no regrets in picking it up. That said, it does have some quirks interesting features.
Pro Scan vs. Home Scan
Since I recently started “scanning” my own film at home, I wondered what differences—if any—could be found between my home processing and professional scanning services I got a year or more ago from BWC. A hint is above…
Scan-O-Matic 7000 mk II
I made a few errors with the first production version (mk-1) of the scanner bed: wrinkled tape around the scanning tube caused the negative carrier to skip and occasionally hang up the scanning bed was shorter than the negative carrier the single security flap was insufficient to keep the negative carrier on the scanner bed …
One Roll, Two Years (at least)
Most of the time, I have multiple little personal projects going on, all with various levels of importance both to me and in relation to each other. I don’t find this an unusual character trait: it seems as if others operate similarly. In the sphere of Photography-related projects, I got interested in film shortly after …
Mistakes in DIY scanning (1)
When scanning film with a dslr and hand-built scanning device, exposure—as with all other photography—is very important.
