When you miscount and think you have bulk loaded one roll more than you actually have, you run into some problems. When you think, ‘ok, yes, that last roll often has a few more frames on it’ and keep winding but it doesn’t stop even at a frame count of fifty, there has to be something wrong. This just happened to me. And now I have one very very full canister with 50+ frames and one with around 30, which could have easily used another 10 more frames.
One should probably always stop when the canister is full enough. At the worst you’ll have so little film left unspooled, it doesn’t make sense for another roll. But I think that’s better than having to deal with a fat 50-frame roll, where I’m unsure, if it’ll be usable in any camera without issues or whether it’ll fit in the developing tank. I’ll probably just waste a few centimetres and trim that one down to 40+ exposures before using it.
While I’m at recommending music: Revocation is another band I’ve been listening to a lot recently. Really into their “Teratogensis” EP!
A new track from the upcoming The Raconteurs album. Digging it!
And I also bought tickets for both of us for to see them in Cologne in May. So we finally get to see Jack White live. Very much looking forward to this one, too!
To reduce my reliance on an external light meter, most times I guess and set my exposure before taking a meter reading. This makes me assess the available light first and makes think about what the exposure might be. When – or even if – I then take a meter reading, I’ll correct my aperture and shutter speed settings, if need be.
I found this to be a very effective way to get better at guessing exposure. Outdoors, I use the sunny 16 rule as my guidance, of course. For indoors, I mainly rely on experience.
There’s something very rewarding about being able to operate an all-manual film camera and produce useable images with it. You have to get the exposure right, the timing, the focus, the framing; you often need a steady hand in low light; and developing the film needs to be done correctly, too.
I do use a light meter app on my phone to help me with setting the exposure, though, but that’s about it for additional technical help. A meter simply makes me more confident in dialling in my exposure. But – to be honest – more often than not, I guess (or even know) the exposure.
And I could shoot more automatic film cameras to help me out. But I prefer those manual mechanical ones. This might be making it unnecessarily hard for myself, but that’s exactly the challenge I like so much. But just because I’m using these manual tools, doesn’t mean I’m automatically taking better pictures, of course.
And to end this not on a more modest note: once you start shooting film and use manual cameras – while at first indeed challenging – you’ll notice it’s actually not that hard. I got used to this way of shooting and now prefer it over using all sorts of automatics. It makes for a more controlled, quicker, and more enjoyable experience for me. And it’s a more calm way of shooting, without many buttons to push or looking at flashing lights or screens.
But still: it’s a nice feeling having captured an image where I was 100% responsible for all the technical settings and processes.
Hier drei Empfehlungen für schmackhaftes alkoholfreies Bier. Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Sorten sind diese eher herb und somit sehr gut zu trinken:
Jever Fun
Fiege Frei
Flensburger Frei
Prost!
When massive sites like Twitter or YouTube break basic browser functionality like the “Back”/“Forward”- and “Reload”-buttons – like is currently the case – I often wonder how and why on earth did this state make it into production.
Too tired and too late to still write something. 😕 🤷♂️
I recently bought a UV filter for my Voigtländer Nokton lens. I’m not really interested in its UV-filtering capabilities; instead, I want it to protect my lens’ glas from damage. I usually carry my camera around my neck or shoulder without a lens cap, so some form of protection makes me feel more comfortable doing so.
I wasn’t too keen to put a piece of glas in front of the actual lens – since this could result in reflections and worse image quality in general – but so far it seems to have been working alright.
Previously, I’ve been using a lens hood for protection. But it’s kind of bulky and I think it occasionally results in black corners on the photo. And that’s why I’m currently trying this new filter instead.
I really dislike drilling. I’m always a little nervous, because I don’t know how the wall will behave and what obstacles I might encounter. And there always seems to be something going wrong each session. Plus I’m never quite sure what equipment to use.
But that’s probably all because I don’t do it very regularly. So, “keep drilling” I guess.
Shooting the Rollei is always fun, though, so I didn’t mind.
Ok, so yesterday I went to see Suffocation (among other bands) at the Turock in Essen. I don’t know how they manage to play their complex Death Metal so tightly. An absolutely amazing band, especially live! And since Bernd builds the instruments for their bass player, we got to meet them, and have some backstage beer, too. I had a great time!
Today, Erik helped me install the fridge and hang more curtains in Zoe’s room. And just now, I hung the remaining cupboard doors in the kitchen. Then I rewarded myself with a beer.
Another more thing I can’t live without any more. I put this little snippet into my ~/.bash_profile, and the command prompt will show me the currently checked out Git branch.
