As mentioned previously, I’ve embarked down the dangerous road* of home processing Black & White film and am checking out some of the (less expensive) Harmon films. First up, the Kentmere 100. And apologies for the delay! Eid al Adha came again, Alhamdulillah (and may Allah azza wa jall accept our fasts, sacrifices, and duas), …
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Hipstamatic 301!
Just two days after Hipstamatic 300’s long awaited debut, Hipstamatic is back with an update. The most noticeable change, for me: volume button shutter works again! In classic mode, volume down expands and contracts the embiggened viewfinder and volume up trips the shutter. In new pro camera mode, both volume up and volume down both …
Hipstamatic 300!
Hipstamatic 300 made its debut yesterday sometime. Here’s my walkthrough and initial comments. tl;dw: I like it. If you’re a Hipstamatic user, it’s a great update. https://youtu.be/WboKCcTWohI
Harmon films: the boxes
A couple of months ago, I picked up two rolls each of four Harmon films: Kentmere 100, Ilford FP4 Plus, Kentmere 400, and Ilford HP5 Plus. At the time, I had recently acquired two rolls of long-expired Ansco Versapan and gotten some interesting results with it and the R3 Monobath. I wanted to get started playing with …
Road Trip! Memphis to Dallas
Friday morning, we took our time waking up after Fajr, and had a nice breakfast in the hotel restaurant. We packed up the car and drove down to Beale Street to take a quick walk around before heading back home.
Road Trip! Chicago to Memphis
Thursday morning, we got started pretty early: up for Fajr, then around the corner to Peet’s, for a change (though Dunkin Donuts coffee is better, really…), where we ate out on the street and enjoyed the cool morning air before packing up the car and heading south. We stopped after an hour or two and …
Road Trip! Chicago (2)
After our marathon walk all over downtown, I was sore and I think Hana was too. We decided to take it easy-ish, and after a nice Dunkin Donuts breakfast took the car out and drove up to North Avenue beach. Hana was really excited to see a proper beach, and North Avenue Beach didn’t disappoint.
