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post #16 of 24
3/25/10 at 5:51pm
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anyone know of a color film that's more saturated and pastel looking? or is that achieved through the development process?
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post #17 of 24
3/25/10 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by holymadness View Post
Unrelated to your question, but I once took film photos of a gratituous sexual act an ex and I performed and the guy at the photomat refused to develop them, plus gave me a stern lecture to boot.

One of the many hazards of not upgrading to digital.

I can't find the story now, but a couple of years ago a guy was developing a bunch of pictures from the family trip. A couple of them were of his son (can't recall exact age, but very very young) dancing around naked on the beach. He had them developed, and when he did was arrested for making child porn.
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post #18 of 24
3/25/10 at 8:12pm
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anyone know of a color film that's more saturated and pastel looking? or is that achieved through the development process?

i have had some success with velvia, it's slide film but you can have prints made .
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post #19 of 24
3/25/10 at 8:17pm
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anyone know of a color film that's more saturated and pastel looking? or is that achieved through the development process?

Don't know about pastel-looking, but Kodak 'VC' negative films are their vivid color line. Development of color film is standardized by chemistry, it doesn't alter characteristics the way B&W film can be.

True B&W is a treat (go for Tri-X, HP5+, FP4+ or Plus-X, skip the new school films), but getting it developed and printed is a whole different ballgame and will probably require sending off to a pro lab depending on where you're at.
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post #20 of 24
3/25/10 at 8:44pm
Ektar is super-saturated and easily developed.
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post #21 of 24
3/25/10 at 10:55pm
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ya its a c-41 black and white film Ilford XP-2 Super 135-36 Black & White (Chromogenic C-41) Print Film (ISO-400)
This is not real B+W film. Ilford has a Delta series that's not bad if one likes mild grain. I was always partial to Efke/Adox film, which is a high silver content composition with rather low ISOs. I used to develop it myself, but then got lazy. I still have all the equipment, however.
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post #22 of 24
3/25/10 at 10:58pm
If you're serious about color film photography, do dye transfer matrices.
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post #23 of 24
3/26/10 at 7:44am
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anyone know of a color film that's more saturated and pastel looking? or is that achieved through the development process?

Ektar.

I now shoot only Kodachrome. 2010 is the last year.
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post #24 of 24
3/27/10 at 3:22pm
Nice shots. This is inspiring me to pick up the analog camera again. Shame about Kodak getting almost entirely out of the game at this point.
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