Alternate-Deviant In reply to alaskawilde [2011-11-03 12:20:40 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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alaskawilde In reply to alaskawilde [2011-11-02 11:51:27 +0000 UTC]

you have an interesting gallery!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to pastelphoenix [2011-10-31 15:34:22 +0000 UTC]

You know it!
Nice gallery, by the way.

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pastelphoenix In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2011-10-31 15:45:23 +0000 UTC]

yes you do have a nice !!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to pastelphoenix [2011-10-31 16:00:20 +0000 UTC]

I meant yours, but thanks!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to MidnightRunning [2011-06-26 19:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah! You may want to find a macro lens for it if you want to do a lot of that, but it should definitely work. The nice thing about those cameras is that they are old and accessories can be pretty cheap.

[link] This one's something like $30 and it'd be great for all sorts of nature photography! The 85-210mm means that it will have a bit of magnification, so it wouldn't be ideal for landscapes (cause the more magnified your image is, the narrower the field of view is), but it'd be great for plants and animals!

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MidnightRunning In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2011-06-29 14:42:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Exactually [2011-05-19 22:57:47 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Picture-Bandit [2011-05-18 08:30:09 +0000 UTC]

It would seem you have!
It seems to be intimidating, but I'm sure it's not terrible.
What was your biggest stumbling block?

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Picture-Bandit In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2011-05-18 08:48:32 +0000 UTC]

Getting the supplies in Switzerland was harder than I thought possible... everyone is on digital and self-developing kits went out of fashion with a flash.

After I got the stuff (including chemical fixer from ilford), I had some other concerns. I don't think this will be your problem

I am in fact a bit of a klutz, so I was nervous concerning the handling of chemicals, the right mixture etc. What I think I know now seems to have worked the first try.

Surprisingly extracting the film and rolling it within the darkroom-bag is simple (I would suggest a patterson daylight tank with plastic-reels) and the proffessional film retractor is worth it's wheight in gold

The prepartion for the developing was the most time consuming. I had to gather quite a lot of gear and mark it as "NON-FOOD-CONTAINERS", jugs, glasses, stirr-thingies.

Once the chemicals where mixed and I was turning the tank... everything was ok... but next time, rubber gloves and eye-protection! darn newbie mistakes...

For closer information on recepies and more details you can sometimes check out my ~Caffenol-Bandit journal. Where I try to give a first-steps-recount of my experiences.

Thanks for the interest

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Picture-Bandit [2011-05-19 17:12:59 +0000 UTC]

Hah, very good!
Good news is that I bought a darkroom setup from a photojournalist who went digital, so I already have most of the supplies I need (except the film extractor, I just use a can opener). I want to start this business up over the summer so hopefully we'll be able to compare notes and photos!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Picture-Bandit [2011-05-18 08:29:00 +0000 UTC]

Hahaaa!
No I haven't, but I really want to try!
Have you?

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Picture-Bandit In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2011-05-18 08:32:05 +0000 UTC]

yes.... my alter-ego ~Caffenol-Bandit has developed his first roll of film... With Coffee and vitamin-c, quite mad... and not as smelly as I thought.

But since I was sure that my first film developing would go horribly wrong; I did not pay much attention with my first film, just wished it to be full to try it

Now another one is waiting in the daylight tank.

But slowly I get a feel for who to ask about caffenol it seems

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Picture-Bandit [2011-05-18 08:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Hahah, very good!
My only hesitation is that I already have all the chem I need to develop film normally. But I'd still like to try this, cause it seems cool.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to reydoo [2011-05-16 18:40:57 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Phostructor [2011-05-16 18:41:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. =]

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to JillAuville [2011-05-16 18:41:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank YOU!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to CanIBeHero [2011-03-22 17:15:27 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to EntertheBuritsu [2011-02-27 22:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Hello!
How've you been?

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EntertheBuritsu In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2011-02-28 04:53:19 +0000 UTC]

Did you hear they are working on making a Japanese major YaY!!!

I'm good just busy ^^. I am looking forward to spring break so I lay around and draw. How are you?

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to EntertheBuritsu [2011-03-01 00:26:58 +0000 UTC]

So I hear, that's exciting!
Sadly I will not be able to go for it. =/ I've been busy too, with photography. SO busy, in fact, that I decided to drop Japanese till I can actually spend some time on it.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to ragexzon [2010-11-13 21:09:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot. :]

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to RedXI [2010-11-13 21:10:02 +0000 UTC]

No problem, thank YOU!
Maybe if I see enough of your awesome stencils I'll finally start doing it myself!

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Ceeyore [2010-10-28 16:42:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, it means a lot to hear that!

That IS really cool, thanks for showing me. :]

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Ceeyore In reply to Alternate-Deviant [2010-10-29 21:38:09 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to RosesAndRaindrops [2010-10-28 16:44:45 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Arcamenele [2010-06-21 05:08:04 +0000 UTC]

This pleases me.

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Alternate-Deviant In reply to Arcamenele [2010-06-21 05:02:05 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure, your work is great!

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