Tag: rodinal
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I’ve taken a lot of indoor photos with my macro lens, but I’ve never thought of it as my everyday walking-around lens. And I’m not sure why. It may not be as nice or fast as my ‘normal’ 50mm lens, but it’s still a 50mm lens. And it comes with the added bonus of close…
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While my first experience with P30 did not go great, I viewed that as a problem with the photographer and not the film. I was not deterred from trying Ferrania’s new (or recreation of an old) film stock, P33. Side note to film companies, is it so hard to put the speed of the film…
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My third roll of the trip was Ferrania P30, a stock I had not used before. As I keep reminding myself, before shooting a new stock do some basic research on how best to use it. I did not remember to do that this time!
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My second roll of the trip was Kodak XX, the Film Photography Project version. Metered at their suggested 200 ISO and developed in Rodinal (1:60 for 7:00). Which is a first for me. I’ve shot XX before, but have always used the recommended D96 developer.
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In February I took a short trip to Guadalajara, Mexico. And, naturally, I brought a camera and a bunch of film. Unlike last year’s trip to Bogotรก, I brought no color film. Guadalajara is very sunny. As a result it has a built environment that provides a lot of shade. So I have a lot…
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I’ve never used a twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera. I know a lot of people really like them, but they haven’t been a part of my life. But I’ve been curious. 6×6 negatives with a huge focusing viewfinder? What’s not to like? The approach of significant round-number birthday led me to buy a Yashica Mat from…
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I recently grabbed some rolls of Svema 200 and 100, stocks that are new to me. The 200 made its way in to my Spotmatic and was my first roll of 2024. I kept the camera out of the sun while loading and unloading, so I didn’t suffer from the light piping that FPP warns…
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Some more photos from my recent roll of Catlabs Pro 320. A lot of my photography this winter has focused on this small orchid plant in my back room, shot mostly with the SMC 50/f4 Macro lens. With this roll I started experimenting more with backlit photos and using shadows to create pleasing compositions. Metering…
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My final roll of 2023, loaded on the 31st of December, was a return of CatLabs 320. And just as I did with my first roll of CatLabs, I captured a few fetching dog portraits. Both of these use the SMC 50mm/f4 macro lens, which offers a lot of good options for close up portraiture.…
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A slightly shorter post this week as I recover from being sick. Going the opposite way from my experiments in pushing hp5, I pulled this roll by metering and developing it at 200. The HP5 article I mentioned earlier didn’t talk much about pulling so I didn’t really know what to expect. But, as the…
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I shot a lot of Ilford HP5 in 2023. About a dozen rolls of it. And I still have a lot of it in my fridge. My goal in using a stock so frequently is to become familiar with it, and to find a way of shooting and developing it that works for me. Helping…
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I grabbed a roll of CatLABS X Film 320 Pro in some random online order or another. Remembering my lesson from the JCH StreetPan I did some reading on the film before loading it in the Spotmatic.
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After learning that my partner and I were heading to Sparta, Wisconsin, a friend of mine suggested we visit the FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard just outside of town. It looked like a great place to take photos so I brought the Spotmatic and the Moskva V. It was very cloudy and a little rainy during…
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Another new lens, the very small Takumar 35mm/3.5. I have a 50mm/1.4 that I use a lot. And I have a 24mm/3.5 that I like. This new lens slots right in between those two. A little wider than the 50mm, but with less distortion and distancing than the 24mm. With this lens I think I…
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Despite not knowing the best way to use this film I was lucky to shoot during October in MN, which is usually ‘low light” and kinda misty.
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I shot this roll of Kentmere over two photo walks, one by the river near Stone Arch and another through a nearby community garden.
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Another test roll of HP5, but where the last roll had a bunch of shots I liked this one is boring
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What is the ‘right’ way to scan a negative? The answer, from what I can see, is that there isn’t one.
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I always love taking photos at the Minnesota State Fair. Though I’ve attended the fair nearly every year since 2000 this is the first year that shot pictures on film.
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After messing up the previous test roll of HP5 I loaded up the second roll and tried it again. No light leaks during development this time. And no other mistakes either, thankfully.
