A year ago I shot a roll (sometimes two) of every ISO 400 B&W film stock that can be purchased in Australia with the aim of finding one that, when processed by the lab not far from where I live, provided the "look" that I was after. This picture was taken early in that test process and I could have saved myself a lot of trouble had I realised I wasn't going to get anything that better suited my needs than TMax 400.
I bought a Nikon F6 used from the widow of a man who bought it new a few months before he passed. He had fallen ill and thought photography would make for a good hobby (he was last into photography when he was in college), got to shoot with it a few times, his illness took a turn for the worse and that was that. The camera had a roll of film in it with 30 exposures made. This is his very last frame.
F6, not sure which lens, guessing 50/1.4G, Fuji Superia 400
Desmolicious wrote:
Perhaps you can give the widow his last images? That would be nice, for something that actually is sad.
Yeah, that's the plan. I'm still scanning them, going to email her the gallery whenever I'm done. If there's anything print-worthy, I might do a print for her also. She had underpriced the F6, I paid her more than asking and helped her price the other gear. She still sold it to me for less than what it should have gone for because she appreciated the honesty, so want to do something nice for her.
