2017, Roll 21 continued – Hungary
Part two in a rambling travelogue/diary recording a couple of weeks of travelling in April 2017, with one camera and only black and white film.
Week 15,16,17: Winter is Black & White
Week 15: A walk around the local greenbelt (still very brown) in late February. I can’t wait for that to change. Week 16: Another walk down to the Beach to take in the Winter Stations Design Exhibition. I love the effect of the Lensbaby Plastic in these images. Week 17: Even though I made many…
Week 52 – Carl Zeiss Jena Flextogon 35mm f2.4
Just before Christmas I picked up a Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f2.4 in M42 mount which I had heard very good reports about. I have a few old M42 mount cameras and decided to test it with my trusty Praktica MTL 5B and some expired Kodak Colorplus. It was a pretty cold day but clear skies…
Week 51 – More mist … Different Camera/Film ….
Another roll shot here in the South Wales Valleys in the fog that seemed to hang around forever. This time I used my trusty Nikon F100 this the Nikkor 24-85 vr and some long expired Fuji Superia 400. I have about 15 or so rolls of expired Superia 100/400 mix that I was gifted and…
Week 49 — Pushing HP5 in the Fog ….
We have had quite a few foggy days here in Wales so I decided to shoot a roll of HP5 at 1600 with the hope of accentuating the fog with the extra grain and contrast of pushing the film. I was quite pleased with the results, I really do like the look of HP5 when…
Week 48 – 15 years Expired ….
As I have said in a previous post I have a lot of expired Slide film stored in my fridge with the intention to cross-process it from time to time. This roll of Fuji Sensia 400 expired back in 2002, I am not sure how most of the rolls were stored which is why I am cross processing…
Week 47 – My 2 rolls shot for December’s #FP4Party on Twitter…
I am almost caught up with my processing/scanning for 52 Rolls so I am posting a few select images that I shot for the December #FP4Party challenge I have been part of recently just to fill in a gap. I shot my Nikon F80 with a Sigma 105mm f2.8 firstly attempting some still life stuff…
Week 46 – Tweaking my Olympus 35RC
I have had my Olympus 35RC for quite a while but have been struggling to nail any focus when shooting wide open probably due to the very dim viewfinder patch. It was quite dim when I got the camera but my last couple of rolls have had a load of out of focus frames on…
Week 45 – Posting out of sequence ….
I have realised that I am posting slightly out of sequence with my next 3 posts due to developing/scanning mishap. I had 6 rolls of film to catch up with and having not marked very well I have managed to process them out order in which shot. I want to get as much done this…
A Roll of Mistakes
The story of this roll of film is a litany of mistakes. I thought I should try some black and white in the EOS3 only having shot colour with it. I had an unexpired roll of Ilford Delta 400 in the fridge so that was my choice (everything else is expired which introduces an additional…
Week 43 – Running well behind but here is my 1st ever roll of Neopan Acros 100
What with the poor weather, work, the FP4Party stuff and Christmas fast approaching I am way behind with my 52 Rolls posts. I have 4 other rolls still to dev/scan and this roll is technically week 46 but as it was the 1st time I have ever shot this film I decided to process it…
Ilford XP2 Disposable
I have seen the Ilford black and white disposable (or “single-use”) cameras in a drug store for the past couple of years and wondered about them. Finally I bought one of the XP2 versions (the other contains HP5 Plus). This is nearly as simple as cameras come. It has a plastic 30mm f-9.5 lens and 1/100th…
