Film Camera Week for August 4

Boat bow in Buceo harbor, with NIkon F and 50 mm f/1.4; Pan F+ in Beutler.

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Nice shots, Don. Glad the pinhole fix worked OK.

I have sometimes used one of those little LED squeeze lights inside the film compartment to check for leaks. I wonder if the "leak" here could actually be flare from shiny surfaces inside the camera or lens barrel? If so, they could always be touched up with some flat black paint.

@don- we don't worry about how many photos. It truly is "as many as you like".

Rollei does offer an RPX 25 but I am told it is a different film. The closest in tone in recent years that I've seen (compared to my processing of Rolleipan 25 in HC110-H) was to rate Ilford Pan F+ at E.I. 25 and process in stock D-76. I do not remember the time, though.

However, when I use Pan F+ today I rate it at box speed and use HC110 dilution H. A few examples (may have been posted before)

Hello everyone. Don, it looks like you have found Nirvana with the HD mix. Dabbling with the HD & Obsidian Aqua for the last few years has also led me to around the same concentrations / times. I use only 3 ml of the HD in my 450ml Nikor tanks & results are fine. The OA is more concentrated, so only 1ml goes into the Nikor per roll. Being in tropical Hawaii for 6 months on end, upper scale temps had to be worked out.

68-72f = 16mins, 73-78f = 14mins, 78-83f = 13 mins. Lotsa wiggle room with these pyro developers! These times/mixes apply to either 400 or 100 asa materials, all "brands".

What "goop" did you use for the shutter curtain? My Zorki 4 has a tiny hole in the corner, which is cropped out for now but I worry it will expand with camera use. Bill

Late to chime in ... technical difficulties, doncha know.

Salt Seller, Moron, Mongolia. Nikon FE, 50mm f/1.8, Provia 100.

Shaitya, Bogd Khan mountain, outside Ulan Bator. Nikon FE, 50mm f/1.8, expired Chinese off-brand B&W.

Prayer Wheels, Karakorum, Mongolia. Nikon FE or FM2n and probably Velvia 50 (I'm forgetful on this one.)

Back in 67 I went into the Army and did Basic Training at Fort Ord. The Fort is now a college and residential and I do not know what else but I stopped today and took a few shots of the old falling down barracks. This is just across the street from REI. Not the exact barracks I lived in. I do not even remember where they were actually at or if they are still standing. I will post a couple pics. I did not trespass to get the photos as the area is open.

120 Tri-X with ID11 1:1 for 11 min.

More Barracks and my car in front. I did not stay very long and just took some quick snapshots.

Hello everyone. Don, it looks like you have found Nirvana with the HD mix. Dabbling with the HD & Obsidian Aqua for the last few years has also led me to around the same concentrations / times. I use only 3 ml of the HD in my 450ml Nikor tanks & results are fine. The OA is more concentrated, so only 1ml goes into the Nikor per roll. Being in tropical Hawaii for 6 months on end, upper scale temps had to be worked out.

68-72f = 16mins, 73-78f = 14mins, 78-83f = 13 mins. Lotsa wiggle room with these pyro developers! These times/mixes apply to either 400 or 100 asa materials, all "brands".

What "goop" did you use for the shutter curtain? My Zorki 4 has a tiny hole in the corner, which is cropped out for now but I worry it will expand with camera use. Bill

Hello Bill

I used this stuff to paint the curtain, someone on this or another board mentioned it and it worked well, we will seed how long it lasts.

I do have another Fed2 coming from the person you told me about.

I used 4ml of each and 400ml water, I will up my time on the next roll.

Hello everyone. I did my "Basic" @ Ord also, in late 63 and the barracks were dank & cold with the Monterey Bay fog, but got to move onto "The Hill" where "new" multi story buildings awaited. Still "Basic". Glad to see some trees are reclaiming the grounds. . the place was barren then. Bill

Actually I did basic in the newer buildings also. When my daughter graduated from USMB I drove around some and found the multi story buildings but could not remember exactly which one I was in. At this point I do not know if those buildings are around or not. I did stay in the old wooden barracks at other Forts later on. They were cold as you mentioned.

One more shot. These old boys are not looking good these days.

From a test-roll with a Werra III - that's a rangefinder from carl Zeiss Jena. Coupled rangefinder (still fairly accurate), but the version without light-meter.

 

Detail Petrikirche by Georg, auf Flickr

Werra III, Tessar 50/2.8, expired T-Max 100 (the first version), developed in Xtol 1+1, crappy flatbed-scan

Wow! Amazing detail!

Hello again. I spent Tuesday-Friday of last week at the IKF Grand Nationals of Kart Racing, held at "The Ridge" raceway in Shelton, Wa. Wonderful track, a lot like Laguna Seca, Calif. . which is .just around the corner from Fort Ord ! Being an X racer myself (see the avatar), a great time was had. I am somewhat "shocked" to find my fresh (2020) stock of 135-36 EDU400 turning into golf-ball grained shots, even in my OA. Two rolls now & 6 more to develop/scan. WTF????

Anyone using the EDU material noticing any sudden changes in your negs? Bill KT1000 / 200mm SMC, EDU400 @ 250, OA & V800 scan

Wow! Amazing detail!

Thanks for your comment!

Flickr added sharpening on this scaled-down version of the original scan, but the Werra's lens, a Tessar 50/2.8, is for sure able to deliver good detail to a "sharp"-film like Kodak Tmax 100.

The shot is very slightly blurred due to camera-shake, this was shot on the north-side of a church in my neighborhood, heavy shadows wouldn't allow more than (from my memory) about 1/15sec at circa f/4.

He got'em in 2 Laps !

More than a bit late, but nearly all weekend recently were rainy, only finally sunday the weather was nice enough. Of course, to find monday that the Perceptol I wanted to finished was brown.... so, Delta 100 in HC110 dil. H.

Leica R6, Summicron-R 35mm, orange filter

Thanks for your comment!

Flickr added sharpening on this scaled-down version of the original scan, but the Werra's lens, a Tessar 50/2.8, is for sure able to deliver good detail to a "sharp"-film like Kodak Tmax 100.

The shot is very slightly blurred due to camera-shake, this was shot on the north-side of a church in my neighborhood, heavy shadows wouldn't allow more than (from my memory) about 1/15sec at circa f/4.

On my phone, on the bus to work, it looks amazing :)

Late but not too late

Himatic 7S AGFA Vista 400