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Usually, I'm not a fan of novelty films, all those pre-exposed effect films I find more or less unusable. I'm not a huge fan of special, coloured films, either. But, this LomoChrome Purple, I find it quite likeable. This roll was shot at 200 ASA, with a lot of sunshine, I'll have to buy a few more rolls, I have to try shooting it a stop over/under.
Here, a close-up of a vine leaf somewhere in my father's vineyard. June 2021.
Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikon AF Nikkor 28–85mm F3.5–4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of LomoChrome Purple XR100–400 film. 1/1250 exposure, ƒ/4, 200 ASA at 28mm, in close-up, "macro" mode.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFIlm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Digging through the archive, film I've developed, scanned and left waiting.
It was one of the drives through the countryside my father and I take every December. Here, a spring water pool in a middle of a village. December 2011.
Taken with borrowed Fujica G690BL medium format 6×9 film camera, its EBC Fujinon S 100mm F3.5 lens, on Kodak T-Max 100 Professional film.
Developed in Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan.
See what this place looked like in:
📷 August 2008.
Christmas lunches are usually an opportunity to overstuff yourself with fine food, and I did just that. How do you try to counter that? With a long-ish walk around the countryside, and I did just that! Neighbouring vineyards, December 2018.
Taken with Pentax SFXn camera and smc Pentax-M Zoom 80–200mm F4.5 lens on expired Fujichrome Sensia 400 slide film. 150mm, 1/250, ƒ/8, ISO 400. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner via VueScan 9.5.
Nice to finally be able to "venture" outside of my 5-mile area, even if only for a day trip recently to Dunfermline - and the first thing to greet me there was this pristine and impressive 1967 Split-Screen VW Campervan, proclaiming the hippy holy trinity mantra "Peace∙Love∙VDub".
Ah, memories of a bygone golden era with Scott McKenzie forever asking of us in '67 if we were going to San Francisco ....
Leica M2 & 2/40mm Summicron-c
Kentmere 100
Ilford ID-11 (1+1 - 11:30min
Plustek 7600i & Vuescan
Hamburg
Museum Harbor Övelgönne
Stettin
Steam icebreaker from 1933
Expired Fujifilm Sensia
Minolta XD5
Minolta MD35-70
Scanned with Plustek 7500i and Vuescan
Body: Canon T-90
Lens: Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100VS (expired 09/2008)
Developed: HEMA (Fuji Steenbergen)
Scanned with: Pacific Image PrimeFilmXA and Vuescan 9
Edit: Colorperfect and minor color balance adjustment
Lomonosov Moscow State University, March 2018
Camera: NikonF80
Lens: Sigma 24-105/4.0
Film: Фото100 (Foto100) by Svema
developer Agfa-12 (Стандартный N 2), dilution (1 + 3), 20 degrees Celsius, time 20 minutes as ISO 100
Process up to 07.2000 (03.2018 snapshot)
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
Critics can be harsh in Glasgow. Listening to a popular Indian-influenced Buchanan Street busker belting out "My Sweet Lord" on his sitar, a passer-by told his mate: "Aye George Harrison – if George came frae Springburn."
It's 50 years now since the UK release of "My Sweet Lord", taken from Harrison's album All Things Must Pass, his first post-Beatles solo project, that was instrumental in popularising the Hindu divine form of the god Krishna in the west. It ended up being the quiet Beatle's most successful solo release, enjoyed simultaneously as a rock anthem, contemporary gospel and as a prayer that somehow also introduced completely new audiences to Krishna.
It also became the first No. 1 song by a former member of the Beatles. Then the subject of a headline-grabbing plagiarism suit. Then the sunny last statement from the dying star. Harrison said he was originally inspired by a funky gospel reworking of an 18th-century hymn called "Oh Happy Day," which the Edwin Hawkins Singers took up the charts in 1969 as he toured Europe.
But that wasn't the problem - the problem was the Chiffons' 1963 chart-topper "He's So Fine," with their publishing house filing an infringement suit because of the similarities. After a protracted five-year legal wrangle, a judge found Harrison guilty of "subconscious plagiarism," while awarding publishing house Bright Tunes $1.6m in damages.
Harrison died of cancer in January 2001, just months after an anniversary reissue of All Things Must Pass in 2000, where he gave the troubled old song a bright new shine, and remained proud until the end of how its message of faith continued to resonate across the generations. But with all the legal wrangles, he never made any money out of his biggest solo single!
Leica M2 & 2/35mm Summicron pre-asph v3
Ilford FP4+ (@125)
HC-110 (Dil. B - 8 min)
Plustek 7600i & Vuescan
Rolleiflex 2.8F, Shangai GP3 100.
Epson Perfectivon V850 with Vuescan, SmartConvert and Lightroom.
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This photograph captures a tension between quiet urban life and a moment of lively curiosity. The scruffy little dog peeking out of the doorway becomes the emotional anchor of the scene, its expressive gaze and windswept fur inviting the viewer to wonder what has caught its attention just out of frame. Framed perfectly, the diagonal lines of the textured step draw the eye directly to the subject, while the subtle reflections on the polished tile add depth without distracting from the main focus. The use of black and white film heightens the contrast between the light stone pavement and the shadowy interior, giving the composition a timeless, almost cinematic feel.
Technically, the Rolleiflex 2.8F truly shines here. The medium format’s incredible sharpness is evident in the fine details of the dog's fur and the grain of the broom handle leaning casually against the wall. The Shanghai GP3 100 film stock handles the tonal range beautifully, especially in the highlights of the sunlit pavement and the deep blacks of the doorway. Its soft grain complements the gritty textures of the urban environment, without overwhelming the scene's delicate balance.
What stands out most is the mood. There's an understated narrative here—a story of stillness disrupted by the energy of this small, inquisitive creature. The decision to compose slightly off-center leaves just enough negative space for the viewer to imagine the world beyond the frame, making the photograph feel expansive despite its intimate scale. It reminds me of classic street photography, perhaps something Winogrand or Erwitt might have appreciated, where the charm lies in an unscripted moment so effortlessly rendered.
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Last year I got five rolls of pre-release series of then freshly released Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis film, a low-contrast, muted colours film. This is the first roll I've shot, and I'm not really sure if I like the results. Sure, it looks distinct, it's not hard to scan, but colour correction is hard, it's been hard not to over-correct, destroy film's signature looks. I like to think I did a good job.
Here, I went to a riverbank on a hazy day.
Taken with Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F film camera, with Valdai Helios 44M-4 58mm F2 lens, on pre-release edition Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis XR100-400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.
St Albans
Ilford FP4+ film shot at 50 ASA developed in Caffenol-C-L for 42 mins at 20'C.
Recepie used: Anhydrous Washing Soda - 8.5g, Vitamin C powder - 5g, Potassium Bromide - 2.5g, Maxwell House Instant Coffee Powder - 19g, dissolved in 500mL deionised water.
Scanned using a Kodak RFS-2035 Plus film scanner using Vuescan software.
From the archive: winter in the city, one morning in February 2012., on my way to the office.
This roll of film has been forgotten in the camera for almost seven years, last week I opened the camera back to see if it's working properly, only to find a film inside! The roll looked unfinished, so I finished it. Unfortunately, the end of the roll has heavily overlapping frames, while the beginning has a few light leaks.
This roll was part of my 365 project, this was the daily photo for day 315 - 10th of February, 2012.
Taken with Kiev 4M camera and Jupiter-8M 53mm F2 lens, on eFKe KB400 film. 1/250, ƒ/5.6 at 800 ASA - I took notes. Developed with Fomadon R09, 1+100 dilution ad 20°C for one hour, stand process with two inversions at the 30-minute mark. Fixed with Adofix 1+5.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 using VueScan 9.5. Both camera and lens were made in Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine (then USSR), sometime in 1980.
I've been… neglecting… my medium format film, I've been postponing the development because of many reasons, so this roll of film sat in my fridge for more than a decade. I shot this photo just before my brother sold this camera, while I was still working from the office in the city centre. I will spend three more years in that office, having that same view. March 2012.
Taken with Pentacon Six TL medium format SLR camera, with Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm F2.8 lens, on Ilford HP5+ black and white film.
That camera didn't have metered prism, which means I probably metered the light using my then-current Android phone.
Developed in April 2023, with Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution at 21°C.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan 9.5.
This is a train bridge crossing a lake/creek near my home, and I've always wanted to see what would come out of my camera. I chose Ektar because I wanted the LOOK of a slide film but needed way less contrast and way more latitude....between the sky and the shadows under the bridge there was something like 12 stops, which even on its best day no slide film is gonna pull off :-(....
Shot with my Mamiya RZ67 ProII and Sekor Z 50mm f/4.5 @ 1/3 f/16 using Kodak Ektar rated box speed (100).
Developed normally by me, scanned with Epson V600 using VueScan @ 6400dpi. A small burn in the sky and dodge under the bridge, along with a vignette on the image. To make up for the razor edge sharpness Ektar displays and that was lost during scanning, I did three rounds of sharpening:
1: input sharpen using High Pass/Overlay technique
2: creative sharpen using masks and USM
3: output sharpen applied via LR CC for size and destination
Now it's about as sharp as I can get it, given that diffraction lost me some fine detail at points. I'm still trying to figure out where detail gets lost to diffraction on the 6x7 system. I'd love to hear real results/science from those of you that have it. I know my original 5D starts to lose detail at f/9.....so I assume f/8---f/11 are safe for MF, but who knows?!!?
I hope you enjoy.
If you want to go panoramic on film really on a budget, you can always grab one of those cameras from the late 1990s that have light baffles just in front of a film that crops standard photos to fake panoramic. While it is fully faked, with a proper wide-angle lens, the resulting photos can look not that bad!
Here, I did just that - I acquired Pentax MZ-5, one of those cameras with fake panoramic baffles. The good part is it crops even the viewfinder, the bad part is it's just a crop, you'd need a seriously wide-angle lens for a good effect - 19mm here helped.
My neighbourhood - elementary school in Utrina; New Zagreb, Croatia, May 2021.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera, with Cosina AF Zoom 19–35mm F3.5–4.5 ultra-wide angle zoom lens, on a roll of Agfa Vista+ 200 film. 1/45 exposure at ƒ/6.7, box speed, 200 ASA.
Scanned with my trusty Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan 9.
I've been… neglecting… my medium format film, I've been postponing the development because of many reasons, so this roll of film sat in my fridge for more than a decade. I shot this photo just before my brother sold this camera, while I was still working from the office in the city centre. I will spend three more years in that office, having that same view. March 2012.
Taken with Pentacon Six TL medium format SLR camera, with Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm F2.8 lens, on Ilford HP5+ black and white film.
That camera didn't have metered prism, which means I probably metered the light using my then-current Android phone.
Developed in April 2023, with Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution at 21°C.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan 9.5.
Digging through the archive: I've completely forgotten about this film, it was developed back in the last decade, scanned and left that way. Until now.
Here, a fresh forest clearing near my hometown, back in January 2012.
Taken with Pentacon Six TL medium format film camera and Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 50mm F4 wide-angle lens, on expired Kodak Ektacolor Pro Gold 400 film.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan.
While the camera should take square photos, this photo is clearly not square, indicating a shutter problem.
Sopote waterfall in Žumberak mountain range, Croatia in early November 2018.
Taken with Minolta 7000 AF camera and Minolta AF Zoom 35–70mm F4 lens, on expired Fujichrome Sensia 200 slide film.
1/45, ƒ/5.6, 200ASA at 70mm.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner using VueScan 9.
We went for a drive and ended up on the island of Krk. But to get there, you have to cross the bridge!
This here is a longer span of Krk bridge with cars waiting their turn - due to roadworks, driving is one-direction only.
Taken with an Olympus OM-4 film camera and Tamron SP Adaptall-2 54B 300mm F5.6 telephoto lens, on a beautifully contrasty CFP KikiPan 320 black & white film developed in Adox Adonal 1+50 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan.
Contax Aria,
Carl Zeiss Distagon 2.8/35,
Kodak Portra 160,
Reflecta ProScan 7200,
VueScan,
ColorPerfect,
Photoshop
After a year and a half, I finally crossed the international border - I went to visit my friend Goran D in Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Once there, we went to the abandoned, underground Željava Air Base, specifically, to Runway 32L, the one on the Bosnian side.
Željava Air Base is quite an interesting location, I hope to visit it again soon. Read more about the base on Wikipedia.
Here, a copse just beside the end of runway 32L.
Taken with Yashica FX-3 film camera and Yashica DSB 135mm F2.8 telephoto lens, on a roll of expired DM Paradies Action 400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
Summer in the city usually means a half-empty city, just how I like it. Here, a view from Rijeka towards Istra.
Taken with Yashica FX-3 film camera and Yashica ML 50mm F2 normal lens, on a roll of expired DM Paradies Action 400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
Coast Vyshnevolotskogo reservoir
(Tver region, Russia).
Camera: Nikon F80
Lens: Sigma 24-105/2.8
Film: FujiColor 200
Filter: No
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
This countryside road goes straight into the setting sun. Sv. Jana villages, September 2018.
Taken with Contax 167MT camera and Yashica DSB 135mm F2.8 lens on expired Kodak Panther 200X slide film. 135mm, 1/125, ƒ/4, ISO 200. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner via VueScan 9.5.
It was a cold, windy day, that Saturday, I went to take a few quick snapshots of the open sea, and found a few boats battling with the wind, having a great fun. March 2021.
Taken with Pentax MX film camera, with smc Pentax-M 100mm F2.8 lens, on a one stop pushed Agfa APX 400 film. Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+1.
Maxed-out shutter, 1/1000s exposure, ƒ/16, at 800 ASA.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Late autumn in a park - despite the sunny day, the atmosphere was damp, mossy, properly autumn-y. I had just a few frames left on that roll of film, so I went into a park, hoping for at least one photo. I got three. Erdödy park, Jastrebarsko, Croatia, Late October 2017.
Taken with panoramic swing-lens Horizon 202 camera, and its MC2.8/28mm lens, on Agfa Vista+ 200 film. 1/250 exposure, ƒ/11 - I took notes.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100, with VueScan x64 9.5. Scanned to two scans, stitched with AutoPano.
Camera Mamyia 6x7. ob 90mm 3,8f
Film: Fomapan 100 iso. 120
Dev. Ilford D3 dil 1+3 8',30" 18°
scan. Nikon coolscan 9000ED
software.VueScan
Sunflowers on the bicycle path between Lemgo to Bad Salzuflen
Club Color 200 @ 50
Expired color negative film
Minolta XD5
Minolta Rokkor 50 mm f/1.7 MD
Low-res scan
Vuescan
Plustek 7500i
This year, it was time to visit a friend in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. We went to visit as many landmarks as possible, one of those was this - Štrbački Buk waterfall in Una national park. August 2019.
Mad props to Goran D for taking us everywhere!
Taken with Contax 167MT film camera and Yashica DSB 28mm F2.8 wide-angle lens, on fresh Agfa Vista Plus 200 film. 1/180 exposure, ƒ/9.5, 200 ASA.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner via VueScan 9.5.
Last year I got five rolls of pre-release series of then freshly released Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis film, a low-contrast, muted colours film. This is the first roll I've shot, and I'm not really sure if I like the results. Sure, it looks distinct, it's not hard to scan, but colour correction is hard, it's been hard not to over-correct, destroy film's signature looks. I like to think I did a good job.
Here, I went on a business trip to Belgrade, their advertisements are a step-up above ours.
Taken with Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F film camera, with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 35mm F3.5 wide-angle lens, on pre-release edition Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis XR100-400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.
This little car was lost. Somebody left it on its own, and it decided life on riverside land is quite good. Early June 2019.
Taken with Nikon F80 film camera and Nikkor AF 50mm F1.8D lens, on Agfa Vista+ 200 film. 1/60 exposure, ƒ/2.4, box speed at 200 ASA. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan 9.5.
I'm slacking with film development, I've been super-busy for the last few months, which means I have quite a backlog of film to develop, scan and edit.
Here, I was driving around the countryside, sometime in February 2021 - village houses with typical and not-so-typical surroundings.
Taken with Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F film camera, with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135mm F3.5 telephoto lens, on a roll of fresh Agfa APX 400 black and white film. Developed with Kodak Xtol, diluted to 1:1.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, via VueScan x64 9.5.
Canon NewF1, 200 Marco, 1/8sec f4, Ilford Delta100 Tmax1+4
self-scanned with Nikon LS9000 + vuescan(linux) + darktable (linux)
Leica IIIf + Hektor135mmF4.5 on visoflex II
: Agfa Vista+400 / selfdeveloping naniwa_N kit
: vuescan / lightroom3
KODAK T-MAX 400 TMY 120 + Developer Kodak XTOL + Rolleiflex 2.8D Schneider Xenotar 2,8 / 80mm + Nikon COOLSCAN 8000 ED (Vuescan RAW DNG) fotoplenka.in.ua/p591145263-fotoplenka-kodak-professional...
Using telephoto lenses wide-open to maximize the amount of bokeh, and minimize the depth of field is a special joy. Here, I indulged as much as I could, Pentax-M 100mm short-telephoto lens is a joy to use.
Taken with Vivitar V2000 film camera and smc Pentax-M 100mm F2.8 lens, on expired post-2014. DM Paradies Universal 200 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death this coming Saturday, we pay tribute to the Lizard King with his mural that adorns the wall going downstairs to the vinyl record section of Missing Records. Movie & Music Store underneath Glasgow Central Station's Hielanman's Umbrella.
Few bands captured apocalyptic dread better than the Doors. Like a psychedelic mist rolling in from the sea, my favourite song is The End, which fittingly concludes the band’s 1967 self-titled debut LP, shrouding the album with nearly 12 minutes of droning Ray Manzarek funeral organ, tangled guitar, and Morrison’s fire-and-brimstone incantations.
Quite a prophetic debut song and album title for things to come, I guess, with Jimbo's infamously early 'Club 27' checkout on July 3, 1971.
Leica M2 & 2/35mm Summicron v3
Ilford HP5+
HC-110
Plustek 7600i & Vuescan
Grand Trianon at the Palace of Versailles.
Technical details: Canon AE-1, 35mm 2.0, Fuji Provia400X pro-lab developed. Self-scanned with Nikon LS5000 using vuescan(linux) and darktable (linux) for decorations.
Two stubborn characters.
Technical notes: Nikon F + Nikkor 85mm F2 on film. Digitised with a Nikon Coolscan V Ed (LS-50) + VueScan.
Leica III + W-Nikkor.C 2.8cm f/3.5 LTM + Leitz 2 (yellow) filter + Ilford XP2
Stand development process using Fomadon R09 at 1+119 dilution 20°C
Digitised using Plustek OpticFilm 120 + Vuescan + Lightroom
Voigtländer Bessamatic, Color Lanthar 50mm/2.8, Agfaphoto Vista Plus 200, Tetenal Colortec C-41 - 30 Grad, Vuescan, Reflecta CrystalScan 3600, GIMP
After having to spend all the time at home, getting out for a quick walk was a lot of fun. Especially fun was walking through thick fog, the city was full of amazing locations. Here, I was under the overpass. New Year's Eve 2021.
Taken with Canon EOS 500N film camera, with Tamron AF 24–70mm F3.3–5.6 Aspherical lens, on Agfa APX 400 black and white film. 1/90 exposure, ƒ/6.7 aperture, at 800 ASA, pushed one stop. Developed with Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.