Cross Processing

What is Cross Processing???

Lomography and Cross Processing always been related to each other. Lomographers had been using cross processing technique to get the creative and 'WOW!!' factors out from their artworks. Cross processing (sometimes abbreviated to Xpro) is the procedure of deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film. The effect was discovered independently by many different photographers often by mistake in the days of C-22 and E-4...

It’s a beautiful thing actually. Simply put, you shoot a roll of film (most commonly slide film, or E-6) and develop it as if it were something different (most commonly color negative film, or C-41). Intentionally processing a film in the wrong chemicals. Doing this with slide film usually works out well. The results are very cool and C-41 processing is much more available than E-6...

Different Films Give Different Surprises...

Color cross processed photographs are often characterized by unnatural colors and high contrast. The results of cross processing differ from case to case, as the results are determined by many factors such as the make and type of the film used, the amount of light exposed onto the film and the chemical used to develop the film. The largest differences in the outcome of your cross processed photos have to do with the film you’re using. Each film has it’s own unique look, and they can vary drastically. The most obvious difference is the color cast produced during development. Here are some films type and their results after cross processed...

Kodak EktaChrome (or EliteChrome) = very green

Fujichrome Velvia 50 = green + some blue

Fujichrome Velvia 100 = very red + some magenta or yellow

Fujichrome Sensia 100 = red

Fujichrome Sensia 400 = blue + green

Fujichrome Provia 100 = green + yellow

Fujichrome Provia 400 = green + yellow

Konica Centuria 100 = little color cast

It’s worth noting that different developer solutions will have slightly different effects on the outcome of the film...

Looking For A Cross Processing Lab...

Cross processing requires the C-41 process, and most of us aren’t equipped to do this ourselves. However, just about any lab that develops film will have this capability (since it’s the most common process for consumer/negative film). The tricky part is finding somebody who will cross process your E-6 film as C-41 film...

When film is developed, a lot of chemical reactions are taking place. The end result is a stable piece of film with an image on it and a bunch of extra stuff that gets left in the developer solution. Developing slide film in C-41 chemicals can leave behind stuff that normally isn’t left behind. So, developer solutions have to be changed out on a regular basis to continue to work properly. But, it does not do a great harm to the solution or to the other film being processed in the developer, but shops with less-experienced technicians will shy away from cross processing because of this...

Also, it is better to know the pricing of developing and printing of the film. Most photo lab will have similar pricing in developing and printing. But if you are not interested to print the photos, there is another option; scan the film. Scanning the film may costs you a small fortune but copying the digital images to the media storage (thumbdrive or CD) may have big differences in pricing between photo labs. It is better to ask few photo labs for their pricing before you regrets... :D

Digital Cross Processing...

Cross processing effects can be simulated in digital photography by a number of techniques involving the manipulation of contrast/brightness, hue/saturation and curves in image editors such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. However, they lack the unpredictable nature of regular cross processed images. Some programs, such as online photo editer, Picnik even have a cross process function...

All out of all, remember this:

• Processing positive color reversal film (slide film) in C-41 chemicals, resulting in a negative image on a colorless base.

• Processing negative color print film (negative film) in E-6 chemicals, resulting in a positive image but with the orange base of a normally processed color negative.

Have fun in cross processing... :D


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Holga Hooray: New Cameras & Accessories

GOOD NEWS, HOLGA FANS!!!

Holga has been creating all sorts of cameras and accessory innovations to keep our twitchy analogue fingers busy. Its legendary vignetted look has earned Holga a big cult following and makes addicts out of all who shoot with it. Now there’s a whole world of Holga to get stuck in to!!!

Here, Holga proudly introduce three new cameras: 120 3D Stereo Camera, 120 PC 3D Pinhole Stereo Camera and 120 WPC Wide Pinhole Camera...

Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera

What can you get from this bonkers-looking camera? Out-of-this-world 3D images! The Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera is a medium-format plastic snapshooter that will capture two images simultaneously with its two lenses, giving you a picture with 2x the same image, side-by-side. To get the 3D effect you need to view the pictures through the Holga 3D Slide Viewer.

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Holga 120 PC 3D Pinhole Stereo Camera

This wide-bodied plastic camera takes you into a bizarre world of dreamy pinhole images – in 3D! Go back to the roots of photography with the lensless Holga 120 PC 3D Stereo Camera, and explore a totally unique and surreal Holga experience. To get the 3D effect you need to view the pictures through the Holga 3D Slide Viewer.

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Holga 120 WPC Wide Pinhole Camera

Want some wide-angled, soft-focused pinhole pictures? You’ll never go wrong with this Holga. This wide-bodied plastic camera lets you enjoy a super-wide view that extends up to 120 degrees. Pay tribute to the roots of photography and go lensless with the Holga 120 WPC!

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20% off Lomography film with Holga cameras

From now until 2nd April, you will get 20% off Lomography Film when you add to your Holga camera order.

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My First Lomography Camera - Superheadz Plamodel

Few days ago, Mr. Poslaju dropped me a parcel from The Click Shop. I bought a very cheap lomography camera from The Click Shop to have a try on 'analog' lomography because some peoples from a community are so critical at my way of converting normal images to lomography images digitally...

Superheadz Plamodel camera...

So from now on, I can take 'analog' (or original) lomography pictures with this camera. This is a fully mechanical camera, no battery or any electronic involved in this camera. I felt good when using this camera. But with only 36 exposures in a roll of film, you really need to think twice before snap on the shutter button... Hmm..do you really need to think twice in lomography???... :D

Read more here...

10 Golden Rules of Lomography

1)  Take your camera everywhere you go


2)  Use it any time – day and night


3)  Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it


4)  Try the shot from the hip


5)  Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible


6)  Don’t think


7)  Be fast


8)  You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film


9)  Afterwards either


10) Don’t worry about any rules




So, in short, just click your camera's shutter... :D




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What is Lomography?

It was in the early 1990s, when two students in Vienna, Austria, discovered a small enigmatic Russian camera, the Lomo Kompakt Automat (Lomo LC-A), and started a new style of artistic experimental photography of unorthodox snapshots. In the blink of an eye the Lomographic, message spread around the planet and people from North to South were screaming for Lomo LC-A’s. In 1991, the Austrian founders of Lomography discovered the Lomo LC-A. As the company states, they were "charmed by the unique, colorful, and sometimes blurry" images that the camera produced. After a series of international art exhibitions and aggressive marketing work, Lomography signed an exclusive distribution agreement with LOMO PLC, thereby becoming the sole distributor of all Lomo LC-A cameras outside of the Soviet Union.

Lomography is the commercial trademark of Lomographische AG, Austria for products and services related to photography. The name is inspired by the former state-run optics manufacturer LOMO PLC of Saint Petersburg, Russia. LOMO PLC created and produced the 35 mm LOMO LC-A Kompakt Automat camera, which became the centerpiece of Lomography's marketing and sales activities. This camera was loosely based upon the Cosina CX-1 and introduced in the early 1980s.

Lomography emphasizes casual, snapshot photography. Characteristics such as over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure, blurring, "happy accidents," and alternative film processing are often considered part of the lomographic technique. Users are encouraged to take a lighthearted approach to their photography, and use these techniques to document everyday life, as the Lomo LC-A's small size, simple controls, and ability to shoot in low light encourages candid photography, photo reportage, and photo varieties through the much-touted 10 Golden Rules.

Since the introduction of the original Lomo LC-A, Lomography has produced and marketed an entire line of their own branded analog cameras. Most Lomographic cameras are designed to produce a single photographic effect. For example, the Lomography Fisheye camera features a built-in ultra wide angle lens, and shoots fisheye-distorted photos. In 2005, production of the original Lomo LC-A was discontinued and its replacement, the LC-A+, was introduced in Fall 2006. The new camera, made in China rather than Russia, featured the original Russian lens manufactured by LOMO PLC. But this changed as of mid-2007 with the lens now made in China as well.

Similar to Eastman Kodak's concept of the "Kodak moment," the Lomography motto of "don't think, just shoot" presumes spontaneity, close-ups, and ubiquity, while deemphasizing formal technique. Typical lomography cameras are deliberately low-fidelity and inexpensively constructed. Some cameras make use of multiple lenses and rainbow-colored flashes, or exhibit extreme optical distortions and even light leaks. Current models marketed by Lomographische AG include Lomo LC-A, Diana, Holga, Holga 35mm, Actionsampler, Frogeye, Pop-9, Oktomat, Fisheye, Fisheye2, Colorsplash, Colorsplash Flash, F-stop Bang, SuperSampler, Horizon 202, Seagull TLR and Smena 8M. And in Japan, there is a company called Superheadz had produced some analog and digital lomography cameras too. The camera models produced by Superheadz include Blackbird Fly TLR, Golden Half, Plamodel, Ultra Wide & Slim (UWS) series, Nico Digi (digital) and Digital Harinezumi series (digital).

The Lomo LC-A lens effect can be digitally emulated too with photo-editing software such as Photoshop. In addition, the company's promotional web site for Lomography showcases many high-contrast photographs, with unusual saturation and color, that were created using the technique called cross-processing in which film intended for developing in slide chemistry (E-6) is processed in photographic negative chemistry (C-41), and vice versa. This technique can be employed with any film camera and can be somewhat mimicked with digital software as well.


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Introduction to 1 LOMO A Day

Hello all...

This new photoblog of mine which is all about lomography images. I wish to post a lomo image a day and hope everyone will enjoy your stay here. Of course, your comments and critiques on the images are the most welcomed!!!

Thank you very much...  :D

Regards,

ZzKang