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Almost a high noon, in summer, not close to the sea - it must've been hot! It was, nobody was around!
Žminj, Istria, Croatia; August 2021.
Taken with Horizon 202 swing-lens panoramic film camera, with its MC 28mm F2.8 lens, on Agfa Vista+ 400 film. Metered with my phone, 1/250 exposure and ƒ/8. That's still not the sharpest aperture for this lens.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5. Scanned to two images, stitched afterwards.
Medieval Old Town of Cisternino - Puglia, Italy
Nikon F801S
Voigtländer Ultron 40mm f/2 SL-II
Fomapan 100
D23 1+1 @20°C
Usually, I've almost always had a good luck with expired film, in the last decade and a half, I can remember only of a few rolls where the film expired in a bad way, and if it was that way, the expiry date was always at least a decade before. This film, on the contrary, expired exactly a decade ago, so a one-stop push should have been enough. It was, but the film expired more than I was expecting.
Here, a photo taken during my summer break, on island Pag, Croatia - the sun is about to dip below the horizon, as seen from a car ferry travelling from Prizna on the coast to Žigljen, on the island.
Taken with Pentax MZ-S autofocus film camera, with manual-focus smc Pentax-M 20mm F4 ultra-wide angle lens, on a roll of expired Konica VX100 film, compensated to 50 ASA.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan 9.5.
- Canon EOS 3000 and EF 35mm f/1.4L
- Kodak Ektar 100
- Scanned using Epson V600 and Vuescan
- Negative converted using Negative Lab Pro
Cropped from the 4x5 negative, just liked it better this way. I spent most of today wandering about, looking for compositions just like this one. It was overcast and gloomy all the time but that didn't stop me ;)
1/5s @ f22
Intrepid 4x5 Mk5 + Schneider-Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f8 + Fomapan 100
Adox Rodinal (1+25; 4:00) at 20 °C
Expiry date: 2023-06
Exposure index: 100
Cropped in Affinity Photo 2.
Scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Unusual as it is a combination of Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. Late 1980's, shot on Ektachrome slide film.
Chromos Tower's top floors are almost reaching the low clouds. Almost, they're at less than 60 meters (less than 200 ft), only, not really that high up. The tower was constructed in 1989, it was originally the main headquarters of Chromos chemical corporation, after which it was named.
January 2023.
Taken with Soligor AF-34 compact point-and-shoot film camera, with its 30mm F4.5 lens, on a short roll of AgfaPhoto APX 400 black and white film.
Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution, at 21°C.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan 9.5.
From my Kodachrome film archives: The 505 TTC "Red Rocket" streetcar at Dundas and College Streets, Toronto, 1977.
The iconic President's Conference Car (PCC), or "Red Rocket," as Torontonians referred to them, were a fixture on Toronto's streets from 1938 to the 1980s. As they were retired, many ended up in places like San Francisco, where their Toronto heritage was recently saluted.
Nikon F2A Photomic
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI at f/1.4
Kodachrome 25
Scan: Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED, VueScan
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Leica M7, Voigtländer Nokton Classic 1.4/40 MC VM, ADOX Scala 50 (neg), V850, VueScan 9, Affinty Photo 2
Shooting session notes:
Theme: paths
Weather: Overcast Sky
Light: 8 to 10 EV @ 50 ISO
Exposure: 1/30s to 1/60s, mostly 1/45s; f/2 to f/4
And this is how it looks without snow. The POV of this picture is slightly different from the previous one but it should be close enough for comparison.
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FUJI GW690III, EBC Fujinon 3.5/90 + ND2, 1/250s, f/16, HP5+, V850, VueScan 9, Affinity Photo 2
Nikon F3 + AF Nikkor 35-105mm f3.5-4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
Expiry date: 2000 (?)
Exposure index: 100
Scanned on a Nikon Coolscan IV ED using Vuescan.
Hasselblad SWC Ilford HP5+ 400ASA Microphen 1+1 (time and agitation according to Ilford datasheet)
Self scanned Nikon LS9000 + vuescan(linux) + darktable(linux)
When I went to scan this slide, I still had my scanning software set to underexpose from a previous scan I experimented with. I reset it but the underexposed scan looked more interesting. The "accurate" scan has less vibrant color and the valley in the foreground is properly visible. Maybe I'll upload that too, some day.
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor C 90mm f3.8 + Fujichrome Provia 100F (RDPIII)
Expiry date: 2005
Exposure index: 100
Dust cleaned in Affinity Photo 2.
Scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Shore of the Istra Reservoir. June 2018.
Camera: Olympus OM-1n
Lens: Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/ 2.8
Film: FujiColor_C200
as ISO 200
Exposure: S-90 F-5.6
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
Never have I managed to take a good photo with short(-ish) telephoto lenses and 135mm is no exception for me - I do not see the picture, I have to hunt it actively, so, expectedly, I don't use short telephotos very often.
Here, some high-rise buildings near my current workplace. December 2021.
Taken with Pentax MX film camera, Admiral MC 135mm F2.8 telephoto lens, on Agfa APX 400 black and white film. 1/250 exposure, ƒ/4 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.
I got my hands on a small lot of old Agfapan 400. Not the new AgfaPhoto APX 400 made in England, but the old stock made in Germany. I expected it to turn out WAY worse ;)
Nikon F3 + AF Nikkor 50mm f1.8 + Agfapan 400
HOYA Yellow Filter
Expiry date: 1995
Exposure index: 100
Scanned on a Nikon Coolscan IV ED using Vuescan.
Believe it or not, that railway bridge officially got its name after the musician Jimi Hendrix. Sometime in the 1990s, somebody wrote Hendrix on the side in big, red letters over a green/turquoise bridge, and after a decade or two of redoing it after each bridge repaint, city officials accepted the name everybody used. Before that, a 306-metre steel bridge was called just the Green Railway Bridge.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera in its panorama mode, with Tamron SP Adaptall-2 17mm F3.5 51B ultra-wide angle lens, on Silberra Pan 160 black and white film.
Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution at 22°C and scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 using VueScan.
👋 Thank you all for pushing this photo into Explore at #369 at one point in time. Yay!
Believe it or not, where there's smoke, there's fire! Here, quite literally, but monochrome fire is harder to spot.
We've been cleaning dead trees that weekend in February, and I had a black and white film with me.
Taken with Pentax SF1 film camera, with smc Pentax-FA 28–70mm F4 AL autofocus zoom lens, on AgfaPhoto APX 400 film. Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan.
Took out the RB 67 for a spin today. I haven't used it much since I went full-in on 4x5 (I generally didn't have much time for photography lately). Still such an amazing camera!
I developed this roll on a new-to-me Jobo CPA, first gen. Even though it doesn't feature a lift, it's very useful for just getting things done, especially regarding accuracy. I did prints and 35mm film with it already and now even 120 film. I'm planning on doing 4x5 sheets in it, too.
I must admit my dodging/burning was somewhat haphazard here but I ultimately like the look a lot. I'll probably do this as a print some time soon.
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The weather was all but comforting: very cold, windy and it started raining snow right after taking this shot. It was all gloomy but I think I made the best out of it :)
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor 50mm f4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
Expiry date: 2004
Exposure index: 64
Adox Rodinal 1+50 (10:00, 20 °C, Jobo CPA rotation)
Dust cleaned, toned, contrast adjusted and dodged/burned in Affinity Photo 2.
Scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
An opaque layer of fog enveloped the whole area near the river on the last day of the year. I just had to catch the opportunity, despite the fact I still wasn't feeling very well, from the side-effects of the booster shot I received two days earlier. I went for a walk, had a fair share of doubts, but in the end, it turned out to be a good idea - you don't get to see fog like that very often!
Taken with Minolta Dynax 5 autofocus film camera, with autofocus Minolta AF Zoom 35–105mm F3.5–4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of Agfa APX 400 black and white film.
Developed in Kodak Xtol developer, 1+1 dilution, for 12 minutes.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Nikon F6
Nikkor AF 50mm F1.4 G
Fujifilm Velvia 100
Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED
Vuescan
Taken in 2008, in Parkhurst forest.
Mamiya C330 + 80mm Lense,
Ilford PanF+,
Kodak Xtol 1+1 @ 20C for 7:45,
Canoscan 8800f, Vuescan x64,
Exposure X5
I really need to get out and start using this camera again. My only problem with it is, it's not suited to making quick shots. Still, lovely sharp lense on it!
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Just to say, I've been posting on my blog again, for anyone interested: awendes.blog
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Zeiss Ikon Nettar,
Ilford Delta 400 @ 400,
Ilford DD-X, 1+4, 8 minutes @ 20C,
Canoscan 8800f, Vuescan x64,
Exposure X5
Spiritual, mystical, ancient, chilling. One of my favorite photos all year thus far.
I recently bought a big lot of old expired baryta papers from a town close to mine. Said lot included two boxes of Maco Expo WA3 which I had never heard of before. Tried it in lith developer – with great success! I love the super harsh contrast, coarse grain and slight warm color it produces, consistently. I have made a few more lith prints with this paper, I'll upload scans of those over the next few days.
Lith print onto Maco Expo WA3 with Moersch Easy Lith 1+10
Nikon F3 + Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 + Ilford FP4+ in Rodinal 1+50
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II with Vuescan.
Three trees bordering a path, next to my grandparents' house.
May 2023.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera and smc Pentax-M 50mm F2 lens, on KosmoFoto Agent Shadow 400ASA black & white film.
Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution, at 22°C; details here.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan.
View of the Gethsemane Chernigov Skete (in 19th century documents also the Cave Department of the Gethsemane Skete) from the Korbushinsky Pond.
Camera: Nikon F 80;
Lens: Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG (OS)* HSM | AF;
Film: KodakColorPlus 200;
Filter: No filter;
Exposure: as ISO 200;
Scanned: by Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 by VueScan
Leica M7, Voigtländer Nokton Classic 1.4/40 MC VM, ADOX Scala 50 (neg), V850, VueScan 9, Affinty Photo 2
Shooting session notes:
Theme: paths
Weather: Overcast Sky
Light: 8 to 10 EV @ 50 ISO
Exposure: 1/30s to 1/60s, mostly 1/45s; f/2 to f/4
The surface of the raspberry leaves. May 2023.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera and smc Pentax-M 50mm F2 lens, on KosmoFoto Agent Shadow 400ASA black & white film.
Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution, at 22°C; details here.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan.
I finally bought VueScan, and am once again able to use my Minolta slide scanner. I'm really impressed with the software, and in the course of hunting down some slides for a different project, decided to scan a few transparencies from a western US trip I was on in 1984. I like the b&W version of the Ektachrome slide a lot better. Somewhere in Nevada.
A totally unexpected, and somewhat bizarre scene was hiding just behind the wall next to the parking field I'm walking through almost every day - that boat certainly isn't a native vehicle there. :D
Taken with Olympus OM-4 film camera, with Olympus OM F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm F1.8 lens, on a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Nearby vineyard slowly sinking into the darkness. December 2023.
Taken with Minolta Dynax 5 film camera and Minolta AF Zoom 35–70mm F4 lens on AgfaPhoto APX 400 film. Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution at 22.75°C.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 and VueScan.
Reclining Buddha, Bangkok - wiki - Wat Pho
Wat Phra Chetuphon, more commonly known as Wat Pho, is a Buddhist temple located in the Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the oldest and largest temples in the city, with a history dating back to the 16th century.
Wat Pho is famous for its massive reclining Buddha statue, which is 46 meters long and 15 meters high, making it one of the largest Buddha statues in the world. The statue is covered in gold leaf and is housed in a hall with colorful murals depicting the life of Buddha.
In addition to the reclining Buddha, Wat Pho is also home to more than 1,000 other Buddha images, as well as a variety of other important structures and artifacts, including a collection of ancient inscriptions and a traditional Thai massage school.
Today, Wat Pho is a popular tourist attraction and a center of Buddhist education and practice in Thailand. Visitors can explore the temple complex, learn about Buddhist history and traditions, and even receive a traditional Thai massage from one of the many massage practitioners trained at the temple.
Hasselblad 500CM FP4+ Ultrafin liquid 1+10
self-scanned Nikon LS9000 + vuescan(linux) + darktable (linux)
It's 1976.
Everyone is watching in awe and anticipation the development of a Polaroid captured with the same.
For me it's much more. It's one of very few images I have where my family looks happy and in harmony together, which needs to be remembered.
The Polaroid was scanned with VueScan on Epson 3200 Photo.
I cleaned up a few scratches and faults, corrected the White Balance, used Topaz DeNoise to sharpen & denoise slightly, then cropped & added a frame making sure that the Polaroid's border was still visible.
The photo was taken by a Mr. Hochuli in Hütten, Switzerland, but I do not remember who he was or why we visited him.
Again, a sunny day (the same one!) in December in a park, and a camera I've never used before. It's as simple as it can be, one shutter speed, one aperture and a plastic lens, but that works surprisingly well.
Taken with Dubblefilm Show, a simple, plastic film camera and its built-in 32mm F8 lens, on AgfaPhoto APX 400 film. Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution, at 22°C.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan.