The primary reason for me to undertake this project was/is to get me off my back-side and use my camera collection.
For too long I noticed myself shooting less and less, becoming a photographic spectator.
With this in mind I knew there’d be mistakes made along the way as I rediscovered some muscle memory. Didn’t plan on it happen quite so soon though.
I bought a Bronica back last year but not spent much time with it.
So I dusted it off, loaded some expired Portra 160NC…….but failed to check the battery.
Shot the whole roll using sunny 16 @ 1/125sec, or thought I had.
The ETRSi will fire without a battery but only at 1/500sec so I underexposed the whole roll by 2 stops. Luckily I noticed this before I sent it to the lab, so they pushed it for me.
Came out much as expected. Have a few expired rolls of various stock left in the fridge but have decided that once it’s gone then it’s fresh film from then on. Need to support the manufactures I guess.
Happy shooting…
52 rolls 
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Done! Thanks for the info.
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Thanks!
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Love the moodiness that you captured, especially in the woods/forest scenes!
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I appreciate the feedback thanks.
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The woods/bracken were my faves too!
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Don’t worry – it happens to us all – love the door with the rusty lock.
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These turned out great anyways!
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Thanks for the comment Alex.
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It worked out great in the end! Makes me almost regret my decision to sell my ETRSi kit (should I ever get around to actually putting it on eBay).
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Don’t do it Urban. But I’ll take the 50mm off you…:-)
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You have my email address. 🙂
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I like the shadow/texture detail on the second-to-last photo of the lock on the door. It reminds me of an Ansel Adams bleached church photo with the texture, but with the color of the lock giving it a nice “pop”.
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Same error as me! Went to shoot Week 1 with my GS-1 as requested by Urban. Started taking shots then realised shutter wasn’t operating only me manually using mirror lock up to advance the film?!?!?!? Then I really struggled to find a replacement 4LR44 battery in Sydney. Finally found one at the fifth photographic store which ended up being the best as it was a mine full of old film cameras, film, chemicals and not a digital camera in sight. It’s a good 90 minutes away from my house but I will certainly be returning regularly from now on 🙂 may even have to invest in a new old camera!
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Oh, what have I done. Now you have to buy ALL THE CAMERAS! 😉
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Once again I am regretting having sold my Bronica even though it was a beast to lug around. These turned out quite nicely. And isn’t it funny how that “last shot to finish the roll” sometimes turns out to be one of the nicest.
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My favorites are the low angle forest scene – gives it a great perspective, and the old wood door with rusted lock.
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