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Still Alive

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March 15th was Expired Film Day (a day to celebrate film that is long past its best before date!). It was a workday for me so I went out one day later this morning, which I think was sort of appropriate :-). I like going for the gusto so I got out a roll of AgfaPan 100 that expired in 1987 (32 years ago!). It’s box speed is 100, but I added 2 stops of exposure and then developed normally. There was a fair amount of base fog, but nothing that couldn’t be fixed in post. Rather surprised at what I got!

All images shot with a Canon Rebel TI and a Helios 44/2 58mm/f2 lens, mounted via an adapter

Closed Umbrellas

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Since I am away from my darkroom until September, even though I am shooting a lot of film it will be smartphone images for a few days. These closed umbrellas at the Musee National des beaux-arts in Quebec City caught my eye yesterday.

At the Game

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Last Saturday my wife and I were guests of a good friend and his girlfriend at a Jays game at the Dome. (I still prefer the old name!). We had amazing seats!

Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 50mm/f2 Heliar lens
Eastman Double-X film @ EI 400, developed in TMax developer

After a Few Days

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I have been in a funk photographically for a few days. Too busy to do much in the way of photography and not all that happy with the images I was taking. I did go out yesterday morning to Taylor Creek Park and finished off a roll languishing in a film back for my Hasselblad and got a few I liked.

Hasselblad 500 CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Ilford Fp4 Plus film, developed in Rodinal

 

Lazarus Film

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While looking for something else in my darkroom I came across something I didn’t know I had: a roll of Kodak Panatomic X film from the 1980’s obviously long-expired. Slow speed films tend to be usable long after their expiry dates so I gave it a shot. There was some staining on the negatives but with some work in post I got some usable images, like these two.

The Sound of Ice

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One more of the Ice in the beaches yesterday. One of the most interesting things was the sound the water made hitting the ice covered rocks. A very distinctive sound!

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Rollei RPX100 film, semi-stand developed in Rodinal
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Experiment in Colour

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It has been  a while since I last tried hand colouring. I took a different approach this time: rather than using Marshall photo oils on a darkroom print, I tried a matte photo paper inkjet print,  and pencil crayons. Some further work will be needed to see what works and what doesn’t.

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Original image shot on Rollei RPX 400 film, using Hasselblad 500C/M camera