Day with a Canon F-1 and Kodak Gold 200

[Paul Taylor]

In my typical fashion of shooting a roll of film in a day and seeing what I get - here is a some of a roll from my Canon "new" F-1 w/ Canon 50mmF1.4 and some Kodak Gold 200.

Scanned with my usual Nikon D800 & Nikon 105mm Macro, Developed with Cinestill CS41 kit, and "converted" in NLP.

These are just candid, out and about shots. Nothing too serious.

The roses outside my front door

Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2540 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Outdoor seating at one place
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2541 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Patio seating where I ate some lunch, and the pitchers o' tea
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2544 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2545 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Some rain rolled in
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2542 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2551 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2552 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr


Rabbit doing it's best "jaws" impression
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2554 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Some citrus looking citrus
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2532 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Someone's red Camry.
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2531 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

One of my legs is longer than the other I think
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2539 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Will always take a photo of a yellow rose, my grandmother June's favorite
Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2526 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Quick stop at the office, under a crescent moon.

Canon F1 - 10--25 - Gold 200 - CS41 - D800-2547 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

[Peter Roberts]

These are just candid, out and about shots. Nothing too serious.

I actually find shots like these very interesting. In their way they are quite intimate: seeing somebody else's surroundings through their own eyes.

 

[Paul Taylor]

I actually find shots like these very interesting. In their way they are quite intimate: seeing somebody else's surroundings through their own eyes.

I tend to use my film cameras like my cell phone camera (I use the film cameras more, actually.)

Thanks for the comment

 

[Bill Brown]

Did you pick up a speed finder for the F1-n? One of the most versatile attachments for a SLR camera. A great lens to consider is the 35mm T&S FD mount. Works great for pano stitching.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Did you pick up a speed finder for the F1-n? One of the most versatile attachments for a SLR camera. A great lens to consider is the 35mm T&S FD mount. Works great for pano stitching.

Bill, I did upon your recommendation - however I have yet to try it!

 

[Tony Warren]

I agree with Paul. The forum lets me see parts of the world that I will never get to visit. The very natural colour you have here also is a great recommendation for the Cinedtill kits. I have been tossing up whether to give one try. I Kodak's the Colorplus 200 film. I wonder what the differences are.

 

[Paul Taylor]

I agree with Paul. The forum lets me see parts of the world that I will never get to visit. The very natural colour you have here also is a great recommendation for the Cinedtill kits. I have been tossing up whether to give one try. I Kodak's the Colorplus 200 film. I wonder what the differences are.

I have had a great experience with the Cinestill CS41 kits. I like that I can order it in 500ml - so then I can just mix and dump it all in my smaller Jobo or Stearman SP455 tanks with a 485ml capacity without having to measure it out. I use the 1000ml kits for my bigger tanks. I buy the powdered kits so I can store them (I keep 5 or 6 on hand because I have a hoarding problem.)

I have tried a few different C41 kits so far, and the Cinestill is my favorite. I especially like it with Kodak Ultramax 400, Portra 800 and Ektar 100. I have a couple other chem kits to try - but for a fast, easy, and reliable kit it is hard to beat the Cinestill.

I have also had great luck with the B&W monobath (DF96) with every film stock except Fomopan. I don't blame the developer, as Fomopan worked for a while then apparently changed something with their stock (from what I read) and now it doesn't like DF96 developers.

I have one of their E6 kits, but haven't tried it. From what I have seen the Cinestill is hit or miss, but I will wait and see hands-on. I have FPP's "Rapid E6" kit just in case.

I have used it on ColorPlus 200 - and it worked great. I have used their chems on just about every C41 film currently made by Kodak, Lomo, Flic, etc - and it has worked on them all. I can't think of any stock where I wasn't happy with the results, and I have developed many hundreds (if not more) rolls/sheets of film with it.

Cinestill gets an unfair amount of hate and criticism online, that falls into two camps of people (oddly enough neither camp has every used their stuff it would seem.)

The first camp is the people who didn't/can't think past a headline and made a huge deal out of nothing. Cinestill owns a trademark on "800T." I guess they acquired it a few years ago. I guess they sent another film respooler a cease and desist for using "800T" for it's products. I don't know if anything came of it. This whipped some people into a hilarious knee-jerk of furiously calling out to boycott Cinestill for doing something that isn't really uncommon. I am sure they were anger-typing on a device made by a company that has sued many businesses into oblivion for merely whispering one of their 1000s of trademarks. The whole situation was so overblown it really made me question society.

The second camp is way worse, and these are the "old guys" who hate anything new or trendy. Since Cinestill has a social media presence and one of the people who attributes to that (Linusandhiscamera on YT) has a hair style that isn't a century old and get hired to shoot *gasp* rap musicians and their ilk - they naturally hate it. These are the same "people" who love gatekeeping and act like if you haven't been developing film for 67 years and/or have 14 degrees in chemistry - you aren't worthy to develop at home. I have seen these dingdongs try to dissuade people trying to get into home development by telling them things like "You have to have your chemicals within a tenth of a degree, or don't even try" and that two bath kits are useless and unpredictable (very untrue.) I hate these people the most, and I don't care how talented they might be. If they won't share what they know with the community, and they resort to lies to gatekeep - they don't deserve the joy of photography IMO.

I also like their 800T and 400D films. I know they are respooled other stocks - but unlike some other respoolers I have never had an issue with their films. I also really like that you can get their 400D in 4x5 and it is cheaper than other color stocks in that size. I have several packs of it in the film fridge.

 

[Tony Warren]

I have had a great experience with the Cinestill CS41 kits. I like that I can order it in 500ml - so then I can just mix and dump it all in my smaller Jobo or Stearman SP455 tanks with a 485ml capacity without having to measure it out. I use the 1000ml kits for my bigger tanks. I buy the powdered kits so I can store them (I keep 5 or 6 on hand because I have a hoarding problem.)

I have tried a few different C41 kits so far, and the Cinestill is my favorite. I especially like it with Kodak Ultramax 400, Portra 800 and Ektar 100. I have a couple other chem kits to try - but for a fast, easy, and reliable kit it is hard to beat the Cinestill.

I have also had great luck with the B&W monobath (DF96) with every film stock except Fomopan. I don't blame the developer, as Fomopan worked for a while then apparently changed something with their stock (from what I read) and now it doesn't like DF96 developers.

I have one of their E6 kits, but haven't tried it. From what I have seen the Cinestill is hit or miss, but I will wait and see hands-on. I have FPP's "Rapid E6" kit just in case.

I have used it on ColorPlus 200 - and it worked great. I have used their chems on just about every C41 film currently made by Kodak, Lomo, Flic, etc - and it has worked on them all. I can't think of any stock where I wasn't happy with the results, and I have developed many hundreds (if not more) rolls/sheets of film with it.

Cinestill gets an unfair amount of hate and criticism online, that falls into two camps of people (oddly enough neither camp has every used their stuff it would seem.)

The first camp is the people who didn't/can't think past a headline and made a huge deal out of nothing. Cinestill owns a trademark on "800T." I guess they acquired it a few years ago. I guess they sent another film respooler a cease and desist for using "800T" for it's products. I don't know if anything came of it. This whipped some people into a hilarious knee-jerk of furiously calling out to boycott Cinestill for doing something that isn't really uncommon. I am sure they were anger-typing on a device made by a company that has sued many businesses into oblivion for merely whispering one of their 1000s of trademarks. The whole situation was so overblown it really made me question society.

The second camp is way worse, and these are the "old guys" who hate anything new or trendy. Since Cinestill has a social media presence and one of the people who attributes to that (Linusandhiscamera on YT) has a hair style that isn't a century old and get hired to shoot *gasp* rap musicians and their ilk - they naturally hate it. These are the same "people" who love gatekeeping and act like if you haven't been developing film for 67 years and/or have 14 degrees in chemistry - you aren't worthy to develop at home. I have seen these dingdongs try to dissuade people trying to get into home development by telling them things like "You have to have your chemicals within a tenth of a degree, or don't even try" and that two bath kits are useless and unpredictable (very untrue.) I hate these people the most, and I don't care how talented they might be. If they won't share what they know with the community, and they resort to lies to gatekeep - they don't deserve the joy of photography IMO.

I also like their 800T and 400D films. I know they are respooled other stocks - but unlike some other respoolers I have never had an issue with their films. I also really like that you can get their 400D in 4x5 and it is cheaper than other color stocks in that size. I have several packs of it in the film fridge.

Thanks for that Paul. I completely agree about the "experts" that seem to be everywhere these days. Thankfully they are quite easy to spot and therefore ignore. I will try the C41 Cinestill after reading your comments but I think i will stick with Rodinal for mono for now, if nothing else because I have quite a bit of Ilford Rapid fixer unused. Afetr that is gone I will think again.

Thanks again.