Foma Light Leakage Letdown (Part 1)
So far, I have been getting good results from the Fomapan. It’s cheap and relatively good. It’s not T-Max or Tri-X, but for the price, it’s rather good. However, I’ve…
Leonardtown Loitering (Part 1)
The weather was excellent for a second weekend in a row. I had loaded a roll of Fomapan 200 in the camera (from which all the pictures in this post…
More Foma but More Fun
Taking a trip gives me a great opportunity to take some pictures. Speaking of opportunities, it was also a good excuse to try a different film. Given the reviews about…
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.…
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…
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…