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Lina, the simplest way of describing the concept of a detent, is a rotary knob, in which a ball and spring stop motion, and that a click is heard on turning it, also in Manual gearboxes in cars, the click when you shift gears, the "pop" some people describe, this is the ball pressing against the spring and releasing grip on the lever or switch.
"I can promise today's video is gonna be boring". You are so brave to start in such a way nowadays, with all that engagement bait all over the place. It should feel refreshing that the public for your content is loving such a slow topic like analog photography and so we enjoy the calm and precise content. Congratulations for your videos. I am learning a lot.
Dear Lina, thank you so much for the great effort in giving a documented video to the film community. A question please, what do you mean by “Protective Bag” do you mean you carry bag?
Very relevant and beautiful analysis especially the limitations of LED. I am a fan, The unpleasant aspect of blue/green systems is how dark the image appears on the easel while focussing and dodging and burning. Ilford Multigrade 500 is the father of all these b/g systems. Often for cheap on eBay. About the issues of glass carriers, pro labs and precision enlargements needs perfect flatness to exploit to the max the quality of your nice Schneider Componon S lenses. Focomat enlargers have a top glass at the minimum. Pro Durst and DeVere also. Dust management can be learned in a few minutes and saves spotting and improves local contrast by keeping sharpness. Beseler Negaflat carriers were the only ones to my knowledge to address flatness without glass. They are hard to find and they damage the very edge of the negative. Thanks again!
Does anyone know what happens to instant film, like instax iso 800? I've also read that after developing the photos are safe from scanners, although few people claimed otherwise.
Does anyone know what happens to instant film, like instax iso 800? I've also read that after developing the photos are safe from scanners, although few people claimed otherwise.
This is an INCREDIBLE TEST! Thank you. My question is: When the film travels from the factory to retailers in other continents all over the world, isn’t it scanned for security in customs anyway? Thanks again!
Hi Lina, Recently I started to print on fiber based paper from Ilford but I run into problems with drying and getting the photos really flat so I can frame and mat them in a nice way. After washing I put them between two drying papers for a few days under a pile of books but at the end they still are slightly curled at the edges and in the middle and not flat. Can I ask you what you recommend on how to flatten fiber based prints? As this is the first time I place a reaction on your channel I would like to thank you for all the very instructive and informative videos - they are almost a master darkroom class on their own!!!! All very much appreciated!!! Very best regards Dirk
You got the spectral sensitivity of Foma 200 wrong. Your figure says that it's the same as Foma 100, but it's not. Look up the technical data sheet and you'll find that the three Foma B&W films all have different graphs, and in fact, Foma 200 has the widest sensitivity of the Foma films, going slightly into the infrared.
so is it safe to say or assume, that it is best to get the films developed at the current country/city you are in or visiting? ...and do i have to buy the film there too or does that not matter?
Experience so far: Japan and Abu dabi, no question. Athens and Milan hard refusal of hand scan. Fighting to tears with the security staff even in their local language.
Any black plastic box will help protect the film in it cannister. An old VHS tape cannister, if you can find a black one would help. It's the carbon in the black plastic that helps.
Against old X-ray scanners, definitely. With the new CT scanners it is most likely not sufficient. Even two layers of lead+steel did not protect the film fully :(
Excellent advice! I tossed two boxes of Delta3200 between my APX100 and FP4 in my zip bag and you know what? It was the only and last argument that made the security agent agree with a hand scan! (Brussels). Now I just have to get back through Keflavik’s security next week, I’ll keep you updated!
Interesting experience ! So it means they even manually check all the films you were carrying and not only the delta 3200 ? For all I know, they sometimes check only the high sensitive films and the rest of the films must go through the x-ray.
@@raphaeliacone8774 indeed! Maybe it helped that I packed all the films tightly in a transparent bag so my package looked nice and begged for careful treatment 😁
Do you find that the set of available step sizes (1/12-1/6-1/3/1/2) is limiting? I'd imagine that between 1/3 and 1/6 there's too much difference. Say on a 30 seconds exposure, it's 4.8 seconds or 10 seconds. Just wondering.
Handchecking in us was always easy, not in Copenhagen for example... I normally buy film on site and let it develop on site and in the worst case they ship it after developing to your home. If you are all out of options and you shoot medium format film: I got a good suggestion from a New York film lab (lusterphoto), they told me to just put it in your pocket and go with it through the metal detector. I did that back then and everything was fine.
