Colour Film Photography

Colour film photography is something I haven’t done for twenty years or so, between then and now I have shot nothing but black & white film (other than digital of course).

I bought on spec a Canon EOS 30 which the owner didn’t know if it still worked or not (it did/does work by the way). The lens I used was the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD.

I planned to shoot 1 roll of KODAK Portra 160 & 2 rolls of Portra 400, unbeknown to me the camera came with an expired roll of FUJICOLOUR C200 already in it, so I ended up shooting 4 rolls of film. Before this I hadn’t shot any of these film stocks before, so I was very interested to see the results (see the gallery below).

The end results have made me decide that I like the more subtle tones of Portra so going forward Portra 160/400/800 will be my choice when it comes to colour film photography. This means I now have two film stocks that I will use for the majority of my film photography going forward, ILFORD DELTA 400 is my black & white option. This is going to help me be more consistent in the work I produce in the future.

CHINON CE-5 35mm SLR Test

Went out a few weeks back and shot a roll of Bergger Pancro 400 and 2 rolls Ilford Delta 400 using a CHINON CE-5 35mm SLR with a Auto Chinon Multi-Coated F1.7 50mm Lens that I was testing.

 

Well, the camera worked quite well, the light meter was accurate most of the time and there were no light leaks which is good. The only downside is that the Chinon lens is not very sharp especially when you compare it to my FD mount lenses which are very sharp. The good thing is that it uses a Pentax K mount so there is plenty of good Pentax glass out there that I can get to use on this camera.

As for the film stocks I used, the Bregger Pancro was a bit too flat for my liking I much prefer the Ilford Delta. As the year progresses, I think I will try out some slower film at ISO’s 100 & 200 next.

Better Late Than Never

Well the title says it all, I’ve not posted since December 2021 so 4 months.

I have been keeping myself busy, I’ve got a day job which takes up a lot of my time, I’ve been shooting vintage lenses on my Fuji X-T4 & newly acquired Sony A7R III, I’ve been exploring mobile phone photography, some casual photography using a premium Point-And-Shoot camera, and reacquainting myself with 35mm film photography.

So instead of me waffling on I have put some of this work into some slideshows below, enjoy.

Vintage Lenses

Mobile Phone

Compact Camera

35mm Film