35mm reel dump - babby's first /p/ thread edition - /p/ (#4446511)

Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:42:45 AM No.4446511
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Sup guys, I just got back digitals of my first successful reel. I've never been good at taking photos but this camera makes it feel special enough to hook me and make me want to get better.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:47:33 AM No.4446513
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>>4446511 (OP)
Yes ik I suck - the last time I took any photos for fun was when I was 10 dicking around with the shittiest digital camera ever. I made awful stop motion with my friends. So learning a mechanical film camera is totally new to me. I'd appreciate any feedback
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:49:37 AM No.4446514
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>>4446513
Took this as my friend pulled up to help me build my first PC - I'll have to get a better shot of our whipskis together later. The colors and light are pleasing to me but idk how to line up shots for shit
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:52:20 AM No.4446516
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>>4446514
I tried to somewhat document the PC build; I had my focus at max distance for the whole reel so I'll have to learn how to dial that. I'm starting a paper journal on my next reel. I experimented with shutter speed indoors but it either came out blurry like this
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:54:32 AM No.4446517
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>>4446516
or wayyy too dark like this. The camera is a Minolta Super A, and the pdf manual I found online mentions a flash module that doesn't exist anymore. Are there any others available that could slot onto this? I'm not sure how universal these things are or even what to search to find out.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:56:57 AM No.4446519
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>>4446517
I feel like it could be a mix of being out of focus, and I was not still enough taking the shot. I hope to help this with a settings adjustment table in my notebook I now keep with my camera.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 3:59:29 AM No.4446520
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>>4446519
The camera shop sent me a google drive folder with 29 images, compared to the 36 I took. I guess that could be explained by the lab messing it up or my photos being unusable, but they included some all-black slides. Is this common?
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:05:14 AM No.4446523
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>>4446520
The outdoor pics came out far better than indoors I think. I'd like to get better at taking indoor, closer photos to document my indoor hobbies: working on my truck, printmaking, woodwoorking could all make some cool film photos I think. And hiking, camping etc. I'm excited to try more!
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:10:12 AM No.4446525
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>>4446523
My Subaru Sambar - I will have to learn some type of photo editing software I think. I have Gimp and Darktable installed already for another project I was working on, but I'm like a caveman with those programs at this stage
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:12:38 AM No.4446526
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>>4446525
I tried to get a bird flying way above. I think that's the shutter visible there. No idea how that happened but that range is probably out of the limits of my setup anyway.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:17:45 AM No.4446528
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>>4446526
Another indoor shot, this one of my friend's PC build. I think I need some kind of flash to use this inside at all. Or maybe a light meter and tripod so my movement doesn't blur
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:21:20 AM No.4446529
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>>4446528
The colors are nice on this film, but I feel like a dumbass for not adjusting the focus at all for up close shots. I'm just glad the camera worked at all, since I remember being a kid and closing the shutter on my finger and fucking around with every moving part on it.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:22:56 AM No.4446530
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>>4446529
What is this black texture on his face? Something wrong with the film or development etc?
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:29:02 AM No.4446535
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>>4446530
This is the last of my photos for now - the rest are either worse duplicate shots, or dark blobs. Thanks for the advice and patience! I'll try out whatever you suggest on the next reel
Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:35:01 AM No.4446538
>>4446511 (OP)
So you've never used a camera, don't even know how to focus, and you bought an ancient film camera with no metering or flash?
Lmao.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:39:06 AM No.4446540
>>4446538
Literally yea except I didn't buy it - it's a family hand me down I just started using after 15 years of having it. I'm just sharing what I've got so I can get better. It's fun!
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:40:18 AM No.4446541
>>4446513
>>4446520
>>4446511 (OP)
>>4446523
These ones are pretty nice. Like the other anon suggests you're kinda learning something for the first time on ultra nightmare mode. You're going to have to learn range focusing and you really should buy a cheap light meter.
If you really do want to learn I really suggest you get a cheap DSLR. Learning on film will be much slower and very expensive
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:52:39 AM No.4446547
>>4446540
Not trying to shit on you, a couple of your pics have a nice vibe like this one >>4446525
And
>>4446513
The problem is you have really unfriendly equipment.
Rangefinder so no split prism focus, no metering, so no shutter speed/exposure assist, and the tech is very old so you get weird problems like the aperture leaking in this pic >>4446526.
I wish you luck bro, but if you find yourself getting discouraged, try getting a better camera before giving up.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:52:42 AM No.4446548
Welcome to the photography world anon.

Your indoor shots are borked because you've both missed focus and underexposed significantly. Shooting outdoors is way more forgiving because film has decent exposure latitude when there is a lot of light available, but for indoor your going to open the aperture and focus.

even if a room seems well lit, in reality the difference in the amount of lights well exposed is orders of less than what you see outside. try downloading a light metering app on your phone to try and get you into the ball park of a proper exposure. also note that negative film is typically very forgiving for overexposing, but really doesnt handle underexposing. so that also hurts you.

your camera is a rangefinder, meaning there is a coupled element used for focusing (unlike SLRs which are wysiwyg) so its also possible that could be off. if you want to go further it may not be a bad idea to send your camera off for a CLA. its an old ass camera, every part of it probably needs it. focusing, shutter, etc.

as far as the shots go, indoor shots arent usable. the outdoor shots have a nice slice of life aspect to them. they are mostly snapshots but I do like this one.

>>4446520
I'd prefer if you had hit the building a bit more straight on and centered it a bit more. if youre going to shoot another roll, take like 60 seconds to assess shots like this about where your subject is and where you are in relation to it (not only where your feet are but the vertical position of the camera).

Also when you get scans back, you can still edit them. For example the barn picture needs a slight straightening.

I'm guessing you only got 29 frames because some of your shots may have been so under exposed that nothing actually got developed.

>>4446530
Cute pic, but im not sure about the scuzz. make sure any degraded light seals or foam bits are loose in the camera.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:59:18 AM No.4446549
You live in a really kino area.
.>>4446523
>>4446511 (OP)
You have a good eye for landscapes. Unless you have a tripod or can brace the camera on something- like a rifle- you shouldn't go below 1/60th of a second. I only have experience with SLRs so I can't say anything about a rangefinder.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 5:26:06 AM No.4446553
>>4446547
A vibe? Does the image vibrate? Does your vibration sensing organ pick up the vibrations and interpret them for you? Do you have any idea what the fuck anyone is talking about when they critique photographs?

Fucking vibe... holy shit anon, tell us more about OP's Aura. Maybe you can check anons horoscope to see what new camera he should buy because his aperture is leaking.

jesus christ, holy shit, fuck my face and blow my head off I'm done
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 5:42:05 AM No.4446556
>>4446541
Thanks for the tip and compliment! I'll look into getting a DSLR and meter. I think it'd help a lot to be able to make adjustments without waiting a week to get my film back. Maybe it'd be useful to dial in settings on the DSLR and copy them onto the film camera. At least that way I won't waste most of the reel.

>>4446547
Thanks!. I appreciate the honest advice; I didn't realize there was so much to learn and it does probably make more sense for me to pick up something with more user friendly features. I'll probably go digital to learn adjustments and composition without spending all my money on films and development.

>>4446548
Thanks for all the information! This, along with the others have given me a good place to start. I'm going to have to learn a lot but it's exciting to know there's so much to it!
I'll start by picking up a light meter and dslr. I'll take test shots with the digital before the film (erring on the side of overexposure like you said). I'll journal everything, and if the reel comes back with too many more goofy artifacts or is out of alignment I'll send it out for CLA. And fair point about editing - I was kind of lazy and just needed some type of orientation since idk anything about this subject.

>>4446549
Thanks! I'll try to stabilize more on indoor shots. There's usually something around to lean on. And about the location, I'm in Vermont, which is very beautiful and I'm thankful for that, but it has its issues like anywhere else. There's no shortage of natural beauty here. There was a guy called Snowflake Bentley from nearby who was famous for taking really cool close-ups of snowflakes. I bet that was much harder than what I'm attempting here lol

>>4446553
You sound like you need your chakras aligned. Hold on bro I'm sending you energy HNNMM did you feel it?
Anonymous
7/12/2025, 7:02:05 AM No.4446577
>reel
I am going to fucking kill you

anyway, any flash with a pc sync cable would work on your camera. I suggest looking for a thrystor one until you learn what you are doing
Anonymous
7/12/2025, 8:51:48 AM No.4446596
>>4446553
vibe just means the aesthetic feeling of art. Refusing to understand words because you want to be a contrarian is not impressive
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 1:50:13 PM No.4446644
>>4446526
>>4446520
No advice to give, but those two, especially the bird one, are really nice photos

>>4446548
I think the barn not being centered works, especially since centering it would eat in the flower thing with stones
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 2:52:39 PM No.4446651
>>4446644
Thanks! I do like the appearance of the light coming through the flight feathers. Iโ€™ll try to get a shot of the hummingbirds at our feeder to see what happens.
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Anonymous
7/12/2025, 4:30:55 PM No.4446678
>>4446596
coulda just said the aesthetic feeling instead of signalling that you are in fact a mongoloid.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 12:17:28 AM No.4446808
>>4446651
I fucking hate hummingbirds. I love them bc theyโ€™re fucking awesome ass hell and weird as fuck, but god damn theyโ€™re so hard to hit your only hope in hell is shooting them on the feeder, and thereโ€™s no fucking way to get a good angle of them without the feeder in the shot. Bastards.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 1:41:23 AM No.4446845
>>4446513
this one's nice

>>4446530
this one too

I think the subjects putting in work
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 5:34:51 AM No.4446897
>>4446678
or you can just use a shorter more efficient word and you can stop crying about it
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 6:57:12 AM No.4446908
>>4446523
I am at peace. Nice. Saved. Wish I was there.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 9:24:30 AM No.4446937
>>4446897
Or you can not talk like a ditzy girlchild and say what you mean like a respectable adult.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 9:28:07 AM No.4446938
>>4446937
I'll just do whatever I want
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 2:35:07 PM No.4446989
>>4446808
They used to swarm our honeysuckle bush on the back deck and have cool wars over it; but now the bush is dead and the feeder is ugly lol. I still love to watch them.

>>4446845
Thanks! He's one of my parents' two boston terriers; they're annoying af but lots of personality and fun to be around in short bursts. Kind of cute in a weird buglike way imo.

>>4446908
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed. There's plenty of neat landscapes around here that I'm excited to share again once I get my next film back.