My initial reaction to the scans was the same. I thought the 67 photos were far better in many ways, but the more I’m looking at the color 35mm photos, I like them more and more.

The colour rendition of the Portra160 images is something else for sure. The skin tones and smoothness of the tones is just as you say - a throw back to the 80’s.

I appreciate the support brother

Thanks brother.

Muchas gracias

I appreciate that brother.

I’ve never done one of those film emulators. I did see a guy shoot on that mode with his camera once and I was pretty surprised how accurate it was.

I totally agree. There is an unreasonable expectation of super sharpness that people have with digital that takes a bit of humanity out of the photos. I make a conscious effort to not over process my digital work. As far as the availability of film, I’m not sure where you live, but my lab is processing more film than digital work and it’s been that way for a couple of years now.

Hey. So, the dslr had an 85mm 1.8 and I most likely shot at around 2.0 or 2.5. The Nikon SP had the 50mn 1.4 and I shot as wide as the light would allow me to with a max 1/1000 shutter speed. Most likely the aperture was somewhere around 4.0 if I remember correctly. The Pentax had the 105mm 2.4 and I most likely shot with the same settings as the SP.

85mm nikkor ?

After running about 6 or 7 rolls through it now, I don’t think I’m going to use it as a portrait camera in the traditional sense like I did on this day. I’m considering getting the 85mm though just in case I do decide to do something like this again. The reason I got this camera was just to have a lighter option on adventures and for street candids. I love the SP, but I still prefer the 67 for this type of work.

@@JoeLyman Thank you for your thoughts.

If I plan to make a print of a photo, I have no issue with re-scanning and making edits. The exposures on the bw’s were similar to how I was exposing portraits prior to my trip to New York earlier this year. I’m looking for darker skin tones for this style of photo now.

Right. That’s basically what I found doing these photos. I’ll most likely use this camera for travel photos and styled art photos. I’d definitely bring it as a back up or bonus camera though.

Handheld meter with the bulb toward the camera, exposed at box speed. As straight forward as it gets in the case of this roll.

@@JoeLyman Thank you, I have a 67ii and find the meter is better than most in camera systems but don't trust it completely. My Sekonic errs on the side of caution and underexposes by 0.5 of a stop, have you ever calibrated your meter?

@@stillben I have never and will never use an in camera meter unless I find myself in an emergency situation without a meter. As far as calibrating goes, I’ve just taken mental notes on how different films behave in various qualities of light. The shots with the Nikon were taken before I had the camera serviced, so I suspect that the slight overexposure was due to a slightly inaccurate shutter rather than a metering issue. I’ve since service the camera and haven’t had an issue since.

@@JoeLyman by nikon i think you mean the SP as the 800 stuff looks not over exposed. The b and w 800 digital look like Lindbergh's '88 beach photos.

@@stillben Yes, the SP.

Ugh. I set the level at 50% because I didn’t plan to do a voiceover. I couldn’t remember what level I had set it previously. I was rushing to get the video done. Won’t happen again.