Film Camera Week for July 7

[luis triguez]

14 hours ago, kmac said:

Fine shots Luis .. where did you get the Paterson Acutol ? I'd love to get some.

Rick is right. It's from when I lived in London 50 years ago

[gary green]

Some pics from the Universal Meteor 6x6 "toy" camera.  These were shot on Arista 100 & 400.  Regarding development, I recently read an article that gave the relative phenol content across various plants.  I noticed in the article that Purple Coneflower leaves have a much higher phenol content per weight than coffee and, since I have this plant growing in my backyard, I simply replaced the instant coffee in my caffenol recipe with two leaves from this plant.  I was surprised how well the negatives turned out.  In fact, I think I prefer the results over caffenol.  Now I need to come up with a new name for this developer.  I'm considering "Echinacea Purpureanol" but that's a mouthful.

[bruce_z._li2]

Hi Gary, Echinacea Purpureanol sounds both exotic and beautiful. And nice photos you got from the universal meteor. 

[gary green]

2 hours ago, bruce_z._li2 said:

Hi Gary, Echinacea Purpureanol sounds both exotic and beautiful. And nice photos you got from the universal meteor. 

Thanks Bruce!  Two other candidates are "Echinol" and "Purpinol".

[rick_drawbridge]

Great results, Gary! Home-grown developer, literally, a very innovative move on your part and great results. "Echinol" sounds great to me, as "Echinacea" always sounds to me like a sneeze...

[gary green]

I agree, Rick.  I think "Echinol" is the best choice, informally of course because that name is trademarked.

BTW, I wanted to show a magnified portion of the central area of the grain bins in the 2nd photo above.  In the full image, you can barely see a stop sign at the base of the grain bin.  I think the amount of fine detail here is a testament to the central sharpness of the Meteor's lens and the performance of the developer.  On top of that, this is a handheld shot at 1/50 sec.

[Kent T]

Some shots recently made. Shot these with a Nikomat FTn. 50 mm/f1.4 Nikkor Lens. Fujicolor Superia Extra film. Enjoy! 

 

[Kent T]

Here is a funny, but also true photo. Nikomat FTn, 50 mm/f1.4 Nikkor lens, Fujicolor Superia 400 film. F5.6-1/250 second exposure. I used my Gossen Luna-Pro F light meter.  The PotHole was exactly what the sign said!