topic Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up! in General Discussion

Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

ccanada — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:46:33 GMT

Huge congratulations to @LeeP on achieving Mentor status!

This is incredibly well-deserved recognition for the excellence and dedication LeeP brings to our community.

We're all so proud that his image is currently featured in our Featured Gallery!

Thank you, LeeP, for all you do to inspire and help your fellow photographers. We look forward to your contributions as a Mentor!

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

shadowsports — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:38:09 GMT

Congratulations Lee!

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

LeeP — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:20:45 GMT

Thank you! I appreciate the kindness. I have truly found some wonderful and wonderfully helpful people here and I will do my best to be of help. This is most unexpected and wonderful. Again thank you.

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

LeeP — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:21:14 GMT

You are very kind to say that. Thank you.

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March411 — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:41:52 GMT

Nicely done Lee, well deserved!

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

LeeP — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:01:19 GMT

I celebrated by buying a Canon FP 35mm camera. I had never seen one at a--what I consider--sane price in supposedly fully operational condition. Then one popped up for the LOW price of $21 for the body promising to be in good condition. It arrived 100% operational. I sourced a 50mm FL mount lens for it which has not yet arrived. I'm rather adept at shooting with an handheld meter. I have a pristine Pentax KM with a dead meter that I love shooting with. The Canon FP seems very intuitively designed unlike some cameras (I'm looking at you, Nikkormat), so I'm looking forward to running some film through it.

I'd love to snag one of the goofy but gorgeous Canonflex SLRs.

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

justadude — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:17:42 GMT

Congratulations, Lee! Very well deserved!

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

justadude — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:27:57 GMT

Very cool on the Canon FP 35mm purchase!

I know you and I have talked a bit about film before. Just curious - what are your favorite film stocks?

Mine (in order of favorite listed first):

1. CineStill 50D - I know you need bright light, but the colors are pastel and gorgeous

2. Kodak Pro Image 100 - I like how the colors are not overpowering

3. For B&W infrared I really like the Rollei Infrared 400. Foliage really looks bright white, unlike a lot of newer infrared films.

4. ...and for regular B&W the ever popular Ilford HP5 400 - How can you go wrong with such nice grain?

So what are yours, Lee?

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

LeeP — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:16:51 GMT

You're kind to say so. Thank you.

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LeeP — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:09:00 GMT

Like:

Ilford Delta 3200, HP5, Delta 100, Orthochromatic 25

Lomo Purple, Turquoise, Earl Grey, Lady Grey

Rollei Infrared

Aginuui ISO 400

Kcmssertkir ISO 100 black and white

Super Positive ISO 0.8 black and white

Dislike:
Portra 800 / absurdly warm toned / unnatural

Harman Phoenix Color / atrocious color rendition

Kentmere / bad at doing contrast

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

justadude — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:43:43 GMT

Nice selection of liked films! (But I am unfamiliar with the two you mentioned after the Rollei)

've been curious about the Super Positive ISO 0.8 for a while, but have yet to try it. None of my cameras go lower than ISO 25, so I know I would have to adjust 5 stops after metering. I simply need to think of some good well lit subjects to try it on before buying a roll.

As for your dislikes, the Portra 800 really needs a lot of light. Not my favorite, but when I do use it I expose it two stops (set the camera at 200) which helps a bit, and it seems a little less warm.

The Kentmere I've tried twice, and have not been happy with the 120 or 35mm.

Personally, I've never been a fan of many of the Fuji film stocks... too green. But I have not tried any of them since Kodak took over the Fuji line. Maybe they are better now?

Re: Congratulations LeeP, You Ranked Up!

LeeP — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:19:16 GMT

I ran across Aginuui ISO 400 and Kcmssertkir ISO 100 black and white films and thought the same thing--"Say what??"--so I bought some. If I remember I sourced the Aginuui from B&H and the Kcmssertkir from Amazon or vice versa. They weren't terrible. Both emulsions were shot with the same camera/lens, a Pentax K2 with 50mm f1.4. And yes, CANON is our focus. On a side note, the Canon FP I got worked perfectly without a lens. Put on a lens and the camera's internal mechanism isn't strong enough top reopen the aperture and lower the mirror. Keep shopping. I'd love a Canonflex with the black pentaprism.

KcmssertkirAginuui