I loaded the old film into the old camera today, and thought maybe you’d like to see the unboxing… Do people share unboxings of old, expired black & white film? Well, I guess I do… especially since it’s kinda cool. So I acquired this film from the bay… $9.95 + shipping. Good deal? Average? Rip …
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Expired Ansco, meet R3 Monobath (3 – problems)
So 50 year old Ansco still has some life in it and the R3 works very well and is super easy to use, but I encountered three problems. A couple are obviously user error, probably all of them are. Please. If you have any advice or suggestions, please please please pass them on.
4×5 Roses: HP5+ vs. FP4+
A couple of months ago, I loaded up a bunch of film: 3 holders full of HP5+ and 2 of FP4+. I shot one holder of HP5 maybe a month ago, but they were horribly mis-focused and not correctly exposed. The rest have been sitting, wrapped in zip lock bags, not refrigerated, just waiting, waiting.
Harmon films – Kentmere 400 (2), this time at 1600…
Yep. I pushed Kentmere 400 to 1600 and developed it and lived to tell the tale. Truth is, there’s not much to tell…
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 …
First outing with the Graphic View 4×5
Several months ago, Alex (Dad) gave me his Graphic View 4×5. I’ve used it as a subject a couple of times, but it otherwise languished, wrapped in plastic, precariously balanced on top of the file cabinet since the day I brought it home. Friday, Alex called to tell me that he found some film holders …
Coming Soon… or Sometime, InshaAllah
Just a head’s up, the blog may go a bit quiet for a bit. I have two projects in mind, both just begun: First, Adobe’s recent update to Lightroom, while exciting, has me looking at alternatives. Combine that with Apple’s current computer offerings (and the direction their products seem to be heading), I’m looking again …
