Colour Film Photography

Anthony Da Vall August 30, 2022

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

Anthony Da Vall May 19, 2022

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.

10 Weeks To Go!

Anthony Da Vall July 19, 2020

Ok so now it’s T-Minus 10 weeks until I start my masters degree!

So a few things have changed since my last update.

Film Photography

Anthony Da Vall July 12, 2020

I was brought up on film photography (was given my first camera when I was 11). I was very lucky that when I did my photography degree (2009-2012) I had access to fully working film cameras (35mm, medium format & large format) as well as darkroom & developing facilities at the university – this was when a lot of universities were getting rid of their darkroom & developing facilities. It wasn’t until then that I had even thought of using digital cameras – I’ve been shooting digital since 2009 but have recently come full circle back to film.

Project Idea

Anthony Da Vall July 1, 2020

As you can see from the photo, I’ve had a project idea – A camera array, think radio-telescope array (like that one in the film “Contact”) only with cameras instead.