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well the fucker owes me a pint.
him and his mate who both have false teeth if memory serves me correctly!

Wanker Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 190 Location: LONDON

i used film. im on a photography course at the moment. i cant afford a digital camera ha, but i prefer film to digital in general anyway to be honest.

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i usualy use flash and try to bounce it when possible, but if i dont have a flash a fast film like that and a fast lens will usually do the trick. The main problem with using old analoge cameras like mine in low light is that its fuckin hard to focus, so thats why a few of my pics from the dave ayres gig are out of focus.

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I use a very old manual minolta for that, you can pick up old prime lenses for next to nothing these days, got a 105mm ideal for portraits at gigs for about £15, its f2.8 so its easily to handhold and just brace up against a wall or a post.

Hardest thing is trying to take pictures when i just come out of the pit Laughing

Wanker Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 190 Location: LONDON

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I had a zenit once, was built like a tank. great thing to learn with.

Does it have the needle for exposure metering? I think Mine had a needle and you adjusted the camera settings til the needle was in the middle and that gave you your exposure reading.

Thats what my camera is like. i got an old canon AT-1 its falling to bits but its great. Another great thing with film is you get a massive sense of satisfaction when you develop your film, after not knowing what you got and you see your film and you got a load of good pictures. same thing goes with printing after slaving in the darkroom when you finally get it right its brilliant. Very Happy

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Yes I appreciate that, it makes you think more about what you are doing as you can't instantly check your results. So you have to know you got it right.

Yeah i love doing that but i also know ive missed some fucking great moments cos i was fucking about trying to focus and setting the aperture. But oh well.

Cuntmaster Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4677

i always enjoyed the manual effect you can get on pictures by fucking around with exposures, using various developing techniques, so much fun.

all of my slrs are high quality kit (if a little retro), but they've been sitting in the corner for about 4 years gathering dust. dont get the chance to use them properly, plus i'm completely uninspired. definately don't have the patience to use them at gigs, much rather be enjoying myself rather than fucking about with focus etc. (all my slrs are manual focus!!haha) but always grateful when other people are.

NERRRRRRRDS!!!