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Madmanphoto
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Username: Madmanphoto
Post Number: 6
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 04:32 pm: | 
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I have a agfa silette and argus c-3 i want to use for photography, can i use standard ISO 400 kodak film or do I have to buy a different film type fro older cameras |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 124
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 06:22 pm: |
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400 may be a little too fast. 100 should allow you more leeway to use more of the aperture and shutter speed combinations, especially outdoors and without flash. Remember the "sunny 16" rule, 1/film speed @ f16 in full sunlight or an equivalent combination. |
Madmanphoto
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Username: Madmanphoto
Post Number: 7
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 07:40 pm: |
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ok thanks |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 476
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 08:47 pm: |
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Charlie's right, but print film is very tolerant of overexposure so you can get away with 400 - use f/16 at 1/300 in bright sun. |
Adrian
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Username: Adrian
Post Number: 115
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 03:45 am: |
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200 seems to be the default setting in the UK if you are buying 35mm without going through a specialist outlet - you need to ask for other speeds. I've had good results from both a Silette and a C3 using it.
2 of my C3 pics here:http://www.surprenantphoto.com/argust6.html
No great photographic quality (especially the deliberate effort to get the lens to reflect badly!), but as you can see, pretty sharp, especially for a day with bad conditions for taking photos of beige things. it's the damn Matchmatic - it's turning me beige!
Adrian |
Thuggins
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Username: Thuggins
Post Number: 7
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 02:49 pm: |
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You owe it to yourself to use a good film. I'm not familiar with that camera, but if it has a light meter use slide film. Both Kodak and Fuji make a wide variety of products for any type of photography. If there is no meter, Fuji Reala is a very good print film. Kodak Ultra Color is also very popular. |
