So, not good weather for outdoors stuff. Given some recent discussions on another analog focused forum, I thought I'd have another go at some black and white slides. I loaded the Fujica STX1N with a roll of Fomapan 100 and setup some appropriate props. Light levels, even with big windows, were quite low, which meant I couldn't stop down as much as I'd have liked as I wanted to keep even the +3 exposure at 1 second. Apart from not being able to get the entire prop-scene in focus, it didn't have any negative effects on what positive outcome I was trying to achieve.
The development was as follows:
1. 1st developer: PC-TEA 1+25 @ 25C (saved for use as 2nd developer) for 15 minutes
2. Rinse a couple of times (bringing temperature up to 30C)
3. Bleach 30 minutes at 30C (350ml 3% hydrogen peroxide plus 21ml white vinegar)
4. Re-exposure (on reel), natural light (what little there was....)
5. 2nd developer: PC-TEA 1+25 @ 25C (re-used from 1st developer) for 15 minutes
6. Fix (probably not necessary)
7. Wash
I shot two similar scenes. I metered using the camera's in-built meter and compared that with my phone light meter app, and they both agreed. I shot the scene at 0, -1, -2, +1, +2 and +3.
Here's the slides on the light box, shot with the iPhone:
- Slides on light box
Frames shot at 0, +1 and +2 all looked usable, 0 and +1 looking like they'd project well, +1 and +2 scanned quite easily. Ignore the background lines on this first set, that's down to me being a bit clumsy...
- metered (0)
- +1
- +2
And the second scene, which I shot first:
- metered (0)
- +1
- +2
The point of doing B+W slides if you're just going to scan them? Well, it was better than going outside
