Film Photography Podcast Notes / Episode 29 - March 1, 2011

Canon T50 camera, Loading your 35mm camera, Kodak Technical Pan film, Darkroom Tips, Film / Camera Giveaways and more! Hosted by Michael Raso with Mat Marrash and John Fedele

the Film Photography Podcast is broadcast around the globe via iTunes, Zune, Stitcher, download and direct stream from http://www.filmphotographypodcast.com

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FPP welcomes guest host Mat Marrash

Mat joins FPP in March. A FPP listener, film shooter and lifetime student of photography as well as an all-around tech junkie, Mat is located in Northwest Ohio. Mat's main gig is commercial photography that includes portraiture, sports, and photojournalistic candids. Welcome Mat!

Mat on the web - http://www.matmarrash.com/



Kodak introduces Professional Portra 160

When Kodak announced the new Professional Portra 160 film, fellow photographer and Film Photographer Podcast listener Tony Kwong was kind enough to put together the score card.

the Kodak film line up:

Ektar 100 in 135, 120, 4x5, 8x10
Portra 160 in 135, 120/220, 4x5, 8x10
Portra 400 in 135, 120/220, 4x5, 8x10
Portra 800 in 135, 120

Kodak transparency films

Ektachrome E100G in 135 single; 120 5pk, single.
Ektachrome E100VS in 135 single; 120 5pk, single
Ektachrome E200 in 135 36ex
EliteChrome 100 in 135 36ex
EliteChrome 200 in 135 36ex

Kodak consumer color print films

Kodak Gold 100 in 24ex single
Kodak 200 Gold or Bright Sun in 4pk (24exp); 36ex, 24ex single
Kodak Ultra Max 400 in 5 pk (24ex); 4 pack (24exp); 36ex, 24ex, 12ex single
Kodak Ultra Max 800 in 5 pk (24ex); 24exp single
Kodak BW400CN (c41 B&W) in 135 3pk (24exp); 24ex single

Kodak Advantax 200 APS 3pk (25ex), 3pk+1 (25exp), single
Kodak Advantax 400 APS 3pk (25ex), single

Visit Kodak.com


Michelle Bates – 20 Years of Toying with Creativity

Michelle has been a passionate photographer since she was young, and learned her way around a camera in 1991 at the Maine Photographic Workshops, where she first discovered the Holga. Since then, Michelle has shown work in solo exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles and Israel, and in group shows around the US, Italy, Germany & Thailand.

March 2011 Exhibitions in New York, San Francisco & Los Angeles
http://www.michellebates.net


Recommended Viewing - SMASH HIS CAMERA (2010)

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. The story of notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella opens a Pandora's Box of issues from right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship.



Polaroid Pack Film – Which Camera?




"It's called peel-apart because after you pull it from the camera, you wait some time for the print to develop and you peel off the top paper to see your print."

The Polaroid “Pack Film” List
http://moominsean.blogspot.com/2008/04/polaroid-primer-peel-apart-films.html

Jammed film pack?
Consult:
http://www.instantoptions.com/faqs/faqtrouble.fujipacks.php

Batteries for Polaroid 100 Pack Camera Series?
www.batterymart.com



The 1983 Canon T50 Camera
“The Canon T50, introduced in March 1983 and discontinued in December 1989, was the first in Canon's new T series of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras compatible with Canon's FD lens mount. SLR sales were falling in 1983 from the market's 1981 peak, and Canon chose to try greater automation to revive sales and remain competitive.”
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_T50







Above: Night Photography using the Canon T50 in automatic mode

Brian Moore’s FPP Blog on the T50
http://michaelraso.blogspot.com/2011/01/canon-t-50-amazing-canon-fd-slr-point.html



Book of the Month – PHOTOGRAPHY by Barbara London

Film Photography Podcast's recommended Book of the Month - Photography by Barbara London – “A picture tells a thousand stories, but the one it doesn't tell is how the shot was made. Barbara London and John Upton's Photography is an all-inclusive look at the craft of photography. This book will help any amateur move up a few notches, and it serves as a refresher course for professionals as well.”

Used and new editions on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Photography-Barbara-London/dp/0321011082



Darkroom Discoveries – PYROCAT DEVELOPER





above: Mat’s images developed in Pyrocat

Links:
http://www.pyrocat-hd.com/
http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/PCat/pcat.html


Kodak Technical Pan

FPP super friend Nano_Burger spooled 29 rolls of 36exp Kodak Technical Pan (asa 25) and donated them to The Film Photography Podcast.

On March 8, 2011 a thread will appear in out Film Photography Podcast Group called Kodak Technical Pan (9am est) - the first 29 folks that post in the group will win one of the 29 rolls.

www.flickr.com/groups/filmphotographypodcast/

"Technical Pan was an almost panchromatic black and white film produced by Kodak. “While it could reproduce the visible light spectrum, it leaned to the red and so unfiltered outdoor shots would render blues, most notably the sky, with additional darkening and reds with some lightening. These unique characteristics have not been replicated. It was generally used as a very slow film, rated at ASA 25 or even 16, although it could be rated at up to ASA 320 with a distinct loss of tonal range and a bunching of shadow and highlight detail. This film had unmatched fine grain, especially when rated at a low speed, and made excellent enlargements while preserving fine details. Kodak stopped selling it in 2004. It has not been replaced by a film (from any manufacturer) with its exceptional characteristics.”
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_Pan



Don’t forget…each month we give away vintage cameras and film! Tune in to the show.

Launched in October of 2009, the Film Photography Podcast is a 90 minute, bi-weekly Internet radio program, exploring a wide range of topics relevant to the experienced and aspiring photographer using film as a medium. Hosts Michael Raso and Duane Polcou enthusiastically dissect and debate the pros-and-cons of film formats, do-it-yourself techniques, digital technologies, and vintage and contemporary cameras and accessories in a thorough, informative and casual manner. Regular features include Camera tests and reviews, “book of the month”, interviews, a listener-generated Q&A, and film-related giveaways.

Produced in the United States, the Film Photography Podcast is broadcast around the globe via iTunes and direct stream from http://www.filmphotographypodcast.com