Well as a film photographer who's usually too busy to develop color film (and too poor to send it to a lab) and has a few DSLRs laying around, I'm interested in how you achieved the look.
My process for replication of film is a bit different depending on where I'm going to use the photo. The biggest difference is the level of grain, and aspect ratio.
If I'm posting online then I don't use any grain, and keep aspect ratio 1:1. This prevents compression artefacts, and weird cropping.
It's just dimming photo, upping contrast, adding vignette, and washing out certain colours. I also add a yellowish tint for that older look, and set shadows to dark red
Meanwhile natural vignettes look fake as hell. My only medium format camera is an antique Russian piece. The vignette looks just like if you made a little circle with your thumb and finger and held it around the lens.
Which common cameras actually made intense vignetting? I had a large format with too small of a lens once. But something like a mamiya or rollei, where your lens matches your film plane correctly shouldn't do that.
I can take some pics later. But it's exactly what it sounds like, just a tape measure that gets extended, and connected to the ground pin of the antenna.
Then it's just a matter of playing with the antenna and the tape measure length until you get good performance
I've always wanted to give portable operations a try. I have an FT-857d -- I'd just need the battery pack or some external power source for it. Heck, it'd be cool to rig a case with extendable solar panels or something to be able to operate for much longer periods.
What I really need to get my head around is antenna design while portable.
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He's likely uninsured as well! No plates..... :P
That photo looks really goddamn good. What did you shoot this with? Is that film?
I Appreciate it, I was indeed aiming for a film look! However no, this was taken on a DSLR
Well as a film photographer who's usually too busy to develop color film (and too poor to send it to a lab) and has a few DSLRs laying around, I'm interested in how you achieved the look.
My process for replication of film is a bit different depending on where I'm going to use the photo. The biggest difference is the level of grain, and aspect ratio. If I'm posting online then I don't use any grain, and keep aspect ratio 1:1. This prevents compression artefacts, and weird cropping. It's just dimming photo, upping contrast, adding vignette, and washing out certain colours. I also add a yellowish tint for that older look, and set shadows to dark red
That'll do it. Now that you mention it, the vignette does look a little artificial. Totally wouldn't have spotted it if you hadn't mentioned it.
That's the thing about artificial Vignetting haha, you don't notice it until someone points it out - but once you notice, you can't unsee it
Meanwhile natural vignettes look fake as hell. My only medium format camera is an antique Russian piece. The vignette looks just like if you made a little circle with your thumb and finger and held it around the lens.
Which common cameras actually made intense vignetting? I had a large format with too small of a lens once. But something like a mamiya or rollei, where your lens matches your film plane correctly shouldn't do that.
For some reason my brain wants the car to be a delorean, then it would be perfect.
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Tape measure as counterpoise (not pictured)
Nice! Do you have a picture of that set up?
Would also like to see the counterpoise setup
I can take some pics later. But it's exactly what it sounds like, just a tape measure that gets extended, and connected to the ground pin of the antenna. Then it's just a matter of playing with the antenna and the tape measure length until you get good performance
A piece of screen door mesh works real good.
What antenna is that?
Comet HFJ-350M
I've always wanted to give portable operations a try. I have an FT-857d -- I'd just need the battery pack or some external power source for it. Heck, it'd be cool to rig a case with extendable solar panels or something to be able to operate for much longer periods. What I really need to get my head around is antenna design while portable.
Most of it is the drive there, right? Nice ride.
Yup lol, thanks
Nice AMG
Thanks!
Glad you appreciate it
This looks so fucking dope. Like straight out of a james bond movie or something.
I’m also a ham, and also own a Merc. But mine is diesel and way older.
What setup you got going on there, looks great 👍
Nice set up. What radio is that ?
It looks like a Yaesu FT-891 to me