Back from 'Dam
Well, I’m back from EuroOSCON, which was a pile of fun. I spent most of my time on the ‘hallway track’, occasionally dropping in on interesting talks and keynotes, but mostly just hanging around with interesting people. I took a pile of photos and still have a couple of rolls of film left to develop now I’m back home.
If you’re in Amsterdam and need a professional lab, allow me to recommend Kleurgamma. It’s always a little nerveracking taking negatives to a new lab, but they were exemplary. And they had some fantastic images hanging in their lobby…
Expect more articles about/inspired by the conference soonish.
Packing for EuroOSCON
My new combined laptop and camera bag arrived yesterday, a Crumpler December Quarter. It’s a little snug for my 17” Powerbook, but it’ll serve. The question now is, what cameras do I pack?
It turns out that Amsterdam is possessed of a pro lab that can do a 4 hour turnaround on black and white dev+contacts (and presumably not much longer for dev+scan).
So, do I take advantage of this, ditch the D100 and come armed solely with my F100, a couple of really nice lenses and a pile of Neopan 1600?
I think I do. I don’t want to start having to use the flash when I’m shooting indoors and, even with the kind of fast lenses I have to hand, I don’t trust the D100 over about 200 ISO so it’ll pretty much require flash assistance. Meanwhile, I know and trust Neopan 1600, it’s been my default film pretty much since I started taking photos and, whilst it may be grainy, it’s good grain. It worked for EuroFoo after all.
Looks like it’s decided. I’ll be the guy with the big camera who isn’t using flash.
