Pen D3 - long roll in half frame

When you want less than 24mm x 36mm.
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Julio1fer
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Pen D3 - long roll in half frame

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Finally got to roll’s end in the Pen D3. Half frame in this little camera is a pleasure, I should use it more often.

Took it first to the Candombe group street rehearsal. They do it at dusk; I shot a long series at 1/100, f/8.

They start by preparing the drums.

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Beat is about to start!

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The dancers are hard to get well, and this is where half frame helps - shoot a lot and select later. These two allowed for a dyptic.

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They do all kinds of comical poses.

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A few days later I visited the fishing boats dock. They were all well moored, waiting for a storm that came very strongly just a few hours after these shots. Wind was starting to blow hard, as may be seen from the ripples in the water.

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Finished the roll taking advantage of a visit to Colonia del Sacramento. There is a hidden path right besides the lighthouse.

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Old truck in the sun, collecting stickers as a prop for a restaurant menu.

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Tourists in the old city

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I had never shot 400 ISO film in half frame before. My concern about grain was unfounded. Development went OK in the old Rondinax tank, with home-brewed D-76 1:1.

The Zuiko lens is fantastic, although it takes slower film to let it shine.

Best thing: frame spacing allows for almost exactly two half frames between crossbars in a standard film holder for 35mm. Some patience needed, but it works.


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A wonderful vignette of life in your hometown, Julio. Half frame means not having to change rolls in the middle of a shoot.

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That's a nice slice of local life, and good to see the boats again.

Which 400 speed film did you use? I struggle to shoot a roll of normal 35mm, if I got a half frame I'd need to roll my own!


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Thanks for the comments!
Which 400 speed film did you use?
It was Ilford HP5+, bulk loaded, expired August 2022. :roll: Really need to finish this 100 ft roll before it turns sour, which is a good incentive to keep shooting.


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