I made a quick trip out to see my grandkids in Reno, so I got my youngest one to model for me and a big hulking UP and its's driver to give me a long horn blast and a wave... Shot with my new-to-me Canon L1 with 50mm f1.4 LTM, on Wolfen 100, souped in LC-110.
madNbad wrote:
Nice picture! Call it a success. Riley looks handsome against the clouds plus a little softness in the focus adds to the effect. I like the one of the driveway living room too.
I definitely see softness in the clouds when I zoom in to 100%
I found a Vredeborch Felica (late 1950s toy camera similar to the Holga but with two shutter speeds) in "working condition" and it arrived yesterday. Like a lot of old cameras it had a partially shot roll of film in it; only two frames had been exposed. I took a shot and advanced it, looking through the red window for any clues, and it turned out to be Kodak Kodacolor X, a C-42 film (ISO 80) that can no longer be commercially processed (well, a few places do it for a high fee and a long wait).
But you can develop these films in B&W and I found some advice online from someone who had successfully developed this film in Rodinal semi-stand. I shot the rest of the roll, at ISO 3, and developed it this morning.
First thing I noticed was that it was really hard to load it into the reel, but I got it in eventually. Second thing I noticed is that the prewash came out the same emerald green as Fomapan, presumably the anti-halation layer coming off. I let it go in the developer for 1.5 hours with a few agitations at 30 minutes and 60 minutes.
Alas everything looked like this, but it was worth a try. You can kind of see the shot I took of the sun through the trees. I shot a roll of modern Fomapan 400 this afternoon and will develop that tomorrow to see if the camera is working properly.
A few more "heavy metal" trains from the outskirts of Reno; the Canon L1 did a great job for me. The previous owner had it CLA'd by Midwest Camera during their last few months of operation. The shutter, frame spacing, and focus alignment are pretty much spot-on. It has a good home here with a couple of Canon 7's and a Canon P.
Well, I bit the bullet and bought four new 8x10 film holders and a 25 sheet box of HP5+. I used to use 11x14" trays for developing a couple of sheets at a time, which worked pretty well for me, no problems with scratches. How are you folks doing the larger format? I have the Jobo 3010 unit for 4x5, and it is handy, but NG for the 8x10 stuff.
I shot a test roll of Fomapan 400 in my new-to-me 1950s Vredeborch Felica camera yesterday and developed it this morning. The bad news is that the camera is scratching film (should be easily fixable with tape) but it is also underexposing. It was designed for the slow films of its day, and its shutter speeds are 1/50 and 1/25 of a second. Even at EI 200 my light meter was telling me I'd be overexposed, but all the shots on the roll were underexposed. But Fomapan probably wasn't the best film to test with; I'll try some Kentmere next.
On the other hand, these look like they were shot a century ago instead of yesterday, and I kinda like the look.
Shot with my new-to-me Canon L1 with 50mm f1.4 LTM, on Wolfen 100, souped in LC-110.
