Thanks for reviewing Ribsy:) Using the ORTHO PLUS with a yellow filter may help solve the 'sky' issue. We're with you. The 'shed' image is our favourite.
@@harvellm Thanks Matthew - This is the part of the job that we enjoy. getting to talk to film users and printers who are actually using our products. :)
Hi, I am SFLABs follower, and I have to say - don't be too much bothered by the fact, that you clean the lens with your sleeve :) We, who buy cameras for shooting, do it ALL. Those who buy gear to show it off, use caps :D There is a big leeway how much the lens can be scratched before it's visible on the pictures. Believe me, it is quite a lot! Keep shooting, worry less about the gear, more about composition :) awesome channel btw. Keep shooting and good light!
I've had a roll of Ortho in the fridge for quite some time that I've been too afraid to use because I was worried the results would be too weird. This video is inspiring me to finally try it.
That was a excellent adventure with a field trip, good company and nice photos taken! I have a 120 roll on my freezer and I am hoping that this virus mess calms down towards later spring early summer so that there is less to think about and just going for a photowalk and having fun!
Cleaning my lens the same way haha ! The blacks on that brick building and the shadow details on the bolted up doorway are awesome! I gotta shoot some architecture on ortho soon!
Thank you for this! I recently bought some Ilford Ortho based on a review seen at the Film Photography Project's website. You've prompted me to get off my butt and shoot it, like tomorrow!
I loved the crossover! Seems like ya'll had a lot of fun! In regards to the Ortho, admittedly I haven't shot it in roll form but I've used it on occasion in sheets. I like the look for sure and when it works it really works yep! I had been chasing a particular composition and couldn't get it to look quite right until I gave Ortho a go and BAM! I got exactly the look I was going for.
Great video and collaboration with Roger! Thanks for sharing :-) I've used 120 ortho a couple times and got some really nice results doing portraits with blue eyed people. Like your sky the eyes went a lighter tone and added a sort of vintage tintype feel. Also shot some London cityscapes too which I remember liking.
Thanks! It was great fun. A bit nostalgic when I saw the bent trees, reminding me od the Divi-Divi trees of my childhood in the Caribbeans, all in one direction because of the trade winds. B&W hid the give away Northern green. You gave me some tips how to try Ortho myself.I think the season for this film is getting better.
Hey, thanks for the video. I like Roger’s work too and he led me to you. Quick question: what easel are you using. Maybe it went by fast but I didn’t catch it. I like the borders. I have an old 4 blade Saunders and it has some issues.
I have used it once and I liked it , it think it’s great if you want more punchier images if they have a lot of red in them to go black. I will use it again but like you said it’s more of a specialty film but a good one to have in your bag
I'd love to take this stuff out on a trip to Australia one day. The depth of red in all the soil and rocks in the landscapes in Oz was one of my defining memories of my time out there and I'd love to see what the Ortho would do with it.
I've been shooting some Ortho recently. Mostly 35mm but I recently shot it on 120 and I love it! It's easily become my favorite b/w film. I send my rolls to get developed at a lab and the results I get look very different from yours, but still super cool. I loooove the way it looks on people's skin, so definitely give it a try on portraits. You're definitely right about the skies and the price but I find it worth it.
I knew who your "special guest" was as soon as I saw that tree in the thumbnail :) I've never tried a true orthochromatic film, only Fuji Acros who's almost in that category. Otherwise, technically it's like shooting B&W with a blue filter : brightens the blues and darkens the reds tones. Sometimes I wonder why most of those who seem to dislike the blue filter go nuts with this kind of ortho films...
Great video been trying to teach myself b/w photography for the last 1.5 to 2 years it is amazing what you can learn from practice even in rhe darkroom the same boring negative will look totally different after some burning a dodging
The one time I used ortho+ was 35mm developed in Diafine and the tones made all the textures in trees etc look different and interesting like a chalk drawing. There's a unique magic there. Can you get the same results with regular film and a green filter?? Maybe similar in some ways but not the same. And yeah wow it's too expensive.
This takes me back. Shoot ortho as contrasty as possible then print on super hard paper that had a strong colour died through it. Can you say 70s, I knew you could 😂
I used the film years ago but I just started shooting large format again in the last few years. Ortho film is great and I have some nice images from college on it. God only knows college was damn near 30 years ago. Like I said before get some Kodak tech pan film off eBay and shoot that.
I really like Ortho, I've shot a few rolls and find it great for street photography. Like you, I wonder about the price. I'd shoot a lot more Ortho if it was a similar price to HP5+ or FP4+.
Hey Doing Film Things, thanks for explaining what the ortho film does. Can we say this film replaces a red filter? if this can be said about this film, do you thing a cloudy sky will add a more dramatic feeling to the pictures vs having a flat sky from a sunny day? It would be nice to see the test being done on a cloudy day ... I am sure this is test is not hard to achieve in England or in the west coast of Canada where I am writing you from ;-)
2:00 I took a hovercraft from Boston to Provincetown during a storm. It was not smooth at all. At least half of the passengers got seasick, I almost did.
Hi, Did you have any curling issues with this stock? I shot a roll yesterday with same procedures as normal (5yrs) but the curl was terrible along the short side
Red filter would result in pretty much no image at all as ortho is insensitive to red wavelengths (which is what you get with a red filter, duh) and a yellow filter works well but results will be different than with pan film.
You could probably change the contrast on multi-coated paper when you do traditional black and white prints. You could also vignette by burning. Have you took the negative into the traditional dark room? @leicar2d2 #filmdevelopingusergroupFacebook
This film can be developed under red light!! just like the paper!!!!!! so you can see the image comming from the developer, and getting clear in the fixer, thats why its mor expensive ;)
ok, hold on, waitwaitwait...out of all the beers you could get from the Czech Republic, you get a fucking Staropramen? Grind your lens with some sand for that :D
