10 November, 2024
5 Frames with Contax T and Fomapan 200
It’s been years since I shot 35mm film. With costs rising, and mediocre flatbed scans as my output, I was easily convinced that the format was not worth the effort. I had ...
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Encouraged by my recent first experience with the Pentax Auto 110 I tried a second film. This was Fomapan 400 downrated to ISO 100 in Rodinal at 1:50 because the camera has only...
Sometimes I can complete a roll quickly, sometimes it’s a painstaking process; a few exposures here and there even though I want to try and pressure myself and accomplish ...
7 January, 2024
5 frames of Fomapan 100 with my Father-in-Law’s Canonet on Jeju
This has become the second in a two-part series. My father-in-law died last year and among his few personal effects, was a Canonet QL17 GIII. It appeared to have been unused for...
9 December, 2023
Where is the Heidelberg? – with Canonet GIII QL17 and Fomapan 400
I did not know where the city of Heidelberg was until I reached there. I knew it was somewhere. As I was growing up, I read a poem by Allama Iqbal that he had written on the ban...
2 December, 2023
Development Tests, Part 2: Adox Rodinal 400:1, Fomapan 100 Classic and TTArtisans 50mm f1.4
I rephotographed some earlier images in good sunlight (versus cloudy dull before). The same film stock was shot on a Leica MP with a TTArtisans 50mm f1.4 lens and film developed...
14 November, 2023
5 Frames with Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black and White, Pentax 645N and FA 75mm f/2.8
I will start with something about Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black & White that I said in a blog post about another film. What is that you say? Lower price and acceptable result...
15 September, 2023
A Hike with Leica IIIC and Fomapan 400
Perhaps you remember that 1940’s Leica IIIC, shown here in a recent article. Well, I managed to avoid using it (unsuccessfully) for several days, but in the end I su...