Camera Talk

And the final couple, one showing our new overlords capped of with our national obsession, the road cone: .

And one of the little Japanese "kei car" sports cars, a Honda Beat:

Around the back of the memorial building are some university buildings and a secondary school. These were shot on the same day, but with a roll of Fomapan 100. Lots of shapes and shadows to play with. Mostly shot with the Canon 35mm f3.5. P1002255.jpg P1002253.jpg P1002250.jpg P1002248.jpg P1002243....

Three from the iPhone:

I do have a Viceroy, perhaps I should try that at Parliament or the Governor General's residence?

Over the Easter weekend the autumn weather was being nice and welcoming, unlike the following week where the heavens opened (one part of the city got 70mm of rain in one hour, 100mm in two hours!). Glorious, fine, calm autumn weather. So I grabbed the Canon FTb along with the 35mm f3.5 and 100mm f2....

With the Rodinal / PC-TEA suggestion I was more thinking of reducing the number of variables between what worked for me, and what didn't quite work for you. I did the bleach at 30C, Peroxide is 3% and using White Vinegar (the cheapest stuff, useful for cleaning too). I use tap water for everything, ...

ISTR the gold/brown staining is down to the bleach (there was a thread on APUG).

How long between the two attempts, or did you mix fresh bleach each time? What temperature was the bleach? Do you have any Rodinal or PC-TEA?

You've now made me think I need to try this again, perhaps with 120.

Nice! Looks like it would make an alternative process print. My muscle memory went on holiday the other day. Had the big Fuji, one shot left on the roll, nice scene on the beach with all the driftwood. So, pull the rubber lens hood forward, get momentarily distracted. Get the framing just right, tak...

Fascinating, fantastic read!

Next step, a kickstarter campaign for a home film-coating lab-in-a-box ? (Just joking!!!)

Please don't bin it. I'd take it, but I fear the postage from the US to NZ would be rather expensive.