Filmcamera – Luigi Barbano Photography

What if Artificial Intelligence…

Barbano Luigi — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:07:06 +0000

…is already creating art and most of what we see in the Web and on social media is the digital equivalent of the famous Artist’s Shit by Piero Manzoni?

Just kidding, but after I made the video you can check here, where I talk about the new trend of AI creating photography, this idea came to my mind… what if? lol

Let me know what you think about the use of AI in the creation of art!

DIY UV Box Tested!

Barbano Luigi — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:43:13 +0000

It passed quite a while since I built my UV Box but sometime life gets in the middle of our fun projects! Now finally I tested the UV Box and I can say it works great.

I made a test with two different negatives: a very soft flower subject lighted with painted light and a very sharp subject lighted with a very contrasted light. I wanted to see how this printing process deals with different subjects.

I proceeded with some step test to find the corrected exposure for my negatives. I did 2 seconds steps and as you can see in the video I was a little optimist with my first strip of 2,4,6,8 seconds exposure. At the end the correct exposure resulted of 11 minutes.

You can see the tests I made in the video below.

I was expecting shorter exposure times ’cause I seen some other boxes made with the same LED giving short exposure times with other alternative processes.

Still I like the slow times when I work with film and so I kinda like to have time to think while I wait for the paper to be exposed.

The Arduino timer is working greatly and it’s a pleasure to use this box!

I have to learn to pose the emulsion better on the paper. The thickness came out not uniform and there are spots where the emulsion did not spread at all on the paper. Still I have a lot to learn but as a fist try I’m quite satisfied of the results.

The LabOldTech2000 kit is very easy to use and complete.

See you next time with new projects!

5 Steps to PROPERLY start with film photography

Barbano Luigi — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:14:14 +0000

Lately I made many videos talking about film photography and equipment. Thanks to that I had been asked, mostly by millenials, how to start with film photography.

Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think.

Let me know what you think.

Gear Talk: Holga 120S

Barbano Luigi — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:27:28 +0000

Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together!

Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge.

See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

Gear Talk: Minox 35GT

Barbano Luigi — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:43:50 +0000

After my last video about the huge Pentax 67 I had some jokes, on social media, about the size of the camera and the probable need for compensation for other attributes.

Being an Italian and having to defend an entire tradition and culture, I evaluated various options. At the end I decided to talk about another camera I use so I can recreate an equilibrium!

Ok, just kidding but I decided to talk about the Minox 35GT because is a fantastic camera and has an opposite philosophy to the medium and large format cameras I mostly use.

Here a couple of example of images enlarged from the original 21.6″x30.8″ at 360 DPI. Click on the details to see them at original size.

50% Detail

100% Detail

100% detail

As you can see the sharpness is pretty impressive. In the last example is easy to read the incision on the statue also if the light condition is not the best, being the incision in the dark shadow.

See you for the next review!

Gear Talk: Pentax MZ-S

Barbano Luigi — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 22:05:59 +0000

In my opinion one of the greatest camera of the autofocus era. I simply loved this camera and used it a lot professionally.

More cameras to come, stay tuned!

Gear Talk: Pentax PZ-1p & Z-1p

Barbano Luigi — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:58:09 +0000

Another very good camera by Pentax.

Stay tuned for more camera reviews!

Gear Talk: Pentax K1000

Barbano Luigi — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:06:53 +0000

Ok… I know… a lot of people will hate me for this…

Pentax K1000, a great cheap camera at that times… a very overpriced camera on the used market!

I promise, next time some camera I love more…

Gear Talk: Pentax Spotmatic

Barbano Luigi — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:58:01 +0000

One of the most classic and iconic Pentax cameras. This camera introduced the TTL integrated meter and was a revolutionary camera that changed SLRs.

Beautiful lenses available with m42 screw mount. Watch the video to learn more.

The camera in the video was part of my first Phoenix Photo Project that was recognized at the London International Creative Competition.

Until the next camera!

Gear Talk: Pentax MX

Barbano Luigi — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:37:49 +0000

There are cameras that remained the preferred, no matter if other cameras were better with more options. For me the Pentax MX is that camera.
I used many cameras and some of them gave the possibility to do more things than the MX, but still, when I take the MX in my hands and I hear the click, something gives me the desire to take pictures.

See you soon with the Pentax LX!