Couple of months back I bought a film loader, and ever since I had this itching to finally try it. However, I could not settle on a film (Kentmere 400, HP5+) not knowing if it would work (for me). So I bought a 17m roll of Fomapan 200 last week. Having had great results with Fomapan 400 last year in a Point and shoot that was lab developed, I was fairly confident this would be a choice not hurting my wallet and feelings too much...
So on Friday I spooled 20 shots on a film roll, loaded the Ricoh KR10 Super and mounted my Pentax Pancake. The KR10 is a great tool, having aperture priority but full manual control as well. Only wish it had LEDs in addition to the needle, because sometimes it is hard to see.
I've developed the Fomapan in Fomadon LQN, 1+10, 5min excluding pouring in and out. Quite happy with the results! Definitely will make me shoot more, because the biggest challenge so far has been getting to 36 shots before developing it
Film is not dead!
Ricoh KR10 Super | Pentax SMC M 40mm | Fomapan 200 | Fomadon LQN 1+10 5min | Valoi Easy 35
Couple of months back I bought a film loader, and ever since I had this itching to finally try it. However, I could not settle on a film (Kentmere 400, HP5+) not knowing if it would work (for me). So I bought a 17m roll of Fomapan 200 last week. Having had great results with Fomapan 400 last year in a Point and shoot that was lab developed, I was fairly confident this would be a choice not hurting my wallet and feelings too much...
I have a bulk loader that is sitting in my basement waiting to be loaded with film as well. I bought 25 reloadable metal film cassettes here when I bought the loader but have yet to use any of it. I'm flush with film for the moment but you make me want to dust off the loader and do something with it now. Great shot and it looks like a great choice in film to get started.
TMax 400 at 400 on a Leica MP. The first three photos are with the Elmar 24mm f3.8 and the last one is with the Artizlab Classic 35mm f/1.4 (mostly a 35mm pre-asph Summilux V2 clone).
geekcop wrote:
I have a bulk loader that is sitting in my basement waiting to be loaded with film as well. I bought 25 reloadable metal film cassettes here when I bought the loader but have yet to use any of it. I'm flush with film for the moment but you make me want to dust off the loader and do something with it now. Great shot and it looks like a great choice in film to get started.
Certainly recommended. I am even thinking about getting a second one for an ECN2 role....
