Taking it to T-Max – Part 1
Well after being quite sick for a few weeks, I decided to celebrate by taking a drive on a beautiful Saturday. I also tried out two rolls of a new…
Blue Ray Filtering
I wanted to experiment with color filters for my black and white film, so I grabbed a used set online. I have 49mm diameter yellow, red and blue filters to…
Arista Not Pulling It’s Weight
Let’s try something different. I had one last roll of (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. We got another snow. So, it was a good time for another set of pictures.…
Brighter and Better
The snow had stopped, but the pictures didn’t. This time I loaded the camera up with Ilford HP5+ and went outside. Hmmm, slight dark. Let’s try again. That’s better. Probably…
Dark Snow, Trees and Everything
UPDATE 2/16/2022: I got my notes mixed up and mistakenly wrote that this roll was Ilford HP5+, but it was (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. I confirmed by looking at the…
When the Reel Becomes Real Difficult
This was not good. This was the first time, and hopefully the last time, I really couldn’t get the film on the developer reel. I use a Patterson tank with…
Silly Rabbit, Tri-X is for Kids
After the three Arista rolls, I wanted to use a film of a better quality. I bought some Kodak Tri-X 400 film and slapped it in the camera for Christmas.…
Kittens and Flash
Well, it didn’t take long, but I got a shoe-mount flash for the camera. The problem is, the new flash doesn’t work properly for it. It works perfectly for my…
More Contrast, Please
OK, now for the second roll. I got a bit more density on the negatives on this roll. Also, there’s a bit more contrast and detail, but the contrast is…
First Pictures
These are from the very first roll I developed. At this point I did not have a flash, so both of these were taken in low light. I’ve also scanned…