Ilford FP4+ was the film of choice this week, along with a walk across the Golden Ears Bridge. For developing, I chose Diafine and went with a recommendation I found online – rate the FP4+ at 250 (instead of the stock 125) and develop in Diafine 4 minutes standing (i.e. no agitation at all) for…
52 Rolls – Week 15
I seem to be stuck on the Hasselblad lately, but really it’s my best MF camera for walking about for sure. This time, however, I had a roll of Delta 400 already loaded in my second back so it was time to shoot it. Went out to Poco Trail again (also stuck on this) and…
52 Rolls – Week 14
Tested the problem film back again after removing the masking that found its way into the frame. Good news is the image is cleaned up, bad news is there is still a bit of a light leak. That being said, not bad overall. Also, tried out Diafine developer this time. It’s a compensating developer (i.e….
52 Rolls – Week 13
Back to the Hasselblad and the WLF this time, but the problem persisted. This gets filed under “always check your film back”. Turns out some of the seal for the darkslide had worked itself loose and crept into the image area. Looked a lot like film emulsion actually, so I’m not sure if it’s the…
52 Rolls – Week 12
Nice photo walk along Rocky Point Park in Port Moody. More 4×5 images here, developed BTZS-style and scanned with an Epson V700.
52 Rolls – Week 11
Back to the ‘blad. Discovered a light-leak issue here, plus a few images (not shown) with some strange masking in the top right corner. Thought that maybe it was due to the Kiev viewfinder I was trying out, decided to switch back to the traditional WLF for the next time around.
52 Rolls – Week 10
Back to the Mamiya RZ here, this time shooting Rollei Infrared 400 film. This film is not as problematic as typical Infrared, in that you can load it in semi-darkness (although I decided to load in the black anyway) and isn’t as delicate. These were shot with a Cokin IR filter, but I have to…
52 Rolls – Week 9
2nd week of the Road Trip. These were shot in Newport, OR at Seal Rock. The film seems to have behaved a bit badly in the development, maybe the BTZS tubes were a bit cold or the agitation wasn’t quite right. FYI the difference between the two are simply metering – the first being spot-metered,…
52 Rolls – Week 8
Road trip to Yosemite, CA. Bucket list item here, shooting a Shen-Hao 4×5 field camera in all the right places…