Thanks for the advice.
in regards to having a lot of the NPH, i use that with my regular holga
anyway, so i haven't really commited it, so to speak, to the pinhole holga.
i am certainly not attempting to emulate ansel adams. i will be doing my
own printing, as i'm presently taking a color photo class. i was
recommended to use NPL, so maybe i'll try that. i plan on doing some night
color pinhole work, as i feel like this project i'm working on will call
for such.
in regards to my friends work, he printed them himself. they are something
like 16x20 prints, so the color shift at the edges is very apparent. i
don't plan on printing so large, possibly only up to 11x14, so maybe it
won't be so apparent.
i'll post my results when i work everything out.
thanks,
Steve
[Original Message]
From: Michael Healy mjhe...@kcnet.com
To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Date: 10/27/2002 1:34:23 AM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Color 120 format films
Steve, if you've got that much NPH, why not just shoot some. See what
happens. You've committed yourself to a camera that runs as far from
high-end, high quality images as you can get. So push that. Just shoot the
stuff.
I have not shot NPH, and I haven't shot any color at all in pinhole. All
my
pinhole work has been in bw. But I have done color night work. My films
were NPL, NPS, Reala, all exposed for 10-15 minutes or even more. Results
can be gorgeous, even with 10 and 15 minute exposures. I've even used,
very
long exposures. Those results were weird, and also pretty cool. With night
work, you do a lot of bracketing anyhow, so one is going to turn out.
Always
works that way. It doesn't necessarily look like what you plan, but again,
if you're trying to emulate Ansel Adams, pinhole is not exactly your best
choice of medium. I would just try it, bracket, then try it again. And
either scan yourself or do your own printing. I wouldn't judge the results
by the lab's prints.
Your friend's problem is hard to address. Are the images from negs? What
film, and what conditions? Who printed them, a one-hour shop? One thing
about printing your own color is that you can correct (or manipulate) the
color locally, using small color-correcting filters like burning/dodging
tools. Labs can do that too, but it will cost you, and it's hard to convey
explicit instructions from the front desk. Sounds like your friend got a
straight print. That sort of thing can be altered in all kinds of ways in
the printing process.
Mike Healy
- Original Message -
From: Steve Bell
To: Pinhole List
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Color 120 format films
Hey Everyone,
so after almost a year on this list, i finally made a pinhole camera. it
was absolutely necessary for this project i am doing (authentic space),
and
so i justified taking up schoolwork time to make it (the project is for
school, so it works out ok). so i have a question. what color films does
everyone use? i'm presently using fuji NPH, as i've got a bunch of it and
i've been using it in my holga. oh, i should mention the pinhole camera i
made is a pinholga. so i went to fuji's website to check out the
reciprocity chart, and they say 'exposure of longer than 16 seconds is not
recommended'. so there was no chart, and i'm kind of flying blind, which
is
kind of fun, but it makes me think there might be a better film for me to
be using.
so what films do you all use, color-wise, for pinhole photographs?
oh yeah, one more question, a friend of mine was showing me his color
pinhole shots, and there was a slight magenta shift on the edges of the
image, is there any way to correct this?
thanks,
--- Steve Bell
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