- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Pentax 67
- Lens: SMC Takumar 105mm f/2.4
- Film: Ilford HP5+
I grabbed the new (to me) Pentax 67 and took it for a walk at a lake nearby. I got a roll of Ilford HP5+ from the store when I bought the camera. Not my usual choice of film, because I prefer the lower speed variations that provide a bit finer grain. I promised myself to give higher speeds a possibly some pushing a chance in the future, given that the days are pretty short now. This roll got the stand-development treatment. My second try so far. The first time was with two sheets of 8x10 film. I am unsure if it went well that time because the negatives did not turn out well and user error with the large format camera can’t be ruled out. The negatives looked decent this time around. Pretty flat, but manageable in post. Weirdly, the second frame on the roll (the first image above) exhibits something that looks like a light leak. None of the other frames on the same roll and on a subsequent roll do.
- Where: Lindau at Lake Constance
- Camera: Mamiya 645 Pro
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
- Film: Expired Kodak Ektachrome 100G
I shot 4 rolls of Kodak Ektachrome while visiting the beautiful town of Lindau at Lake Constance. Given that 4 rolls on the Mamiya 645 Pro result in 60 images, it was hard to narrow it down to 5 frames. Thus, I slipped one extra image into the post.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Yashica Zoomtec 38-80
- Film: Kodak Double X
These are 5 frames from a roll of Kodak Double X that I ran through the Yashica Zoomtec 38-80 that I recently got into my hands. The camera has seen better days but seems to work well despite its condition.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Praktica Super TL 1000
- Lens: Zeiss Jena DDR 50mm f2.8
- Film: Kodak Double X
These are 5 frames from a roll of Kodak Double X that I ran through the mint condition Praktica Super TL 1000 that my father gave me for Christmas last year. He got that camera when the company that he worked for closed down and it had been sitting tucked away in a cupboard ever since.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Mamiya 645 Pro
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
- Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100G
This old Ektachrome E100SW was shot at box speed, which resulted in pretty decent image quality with a noticeable color shift. I played around with the curves tool in DxO PhotoLab Pro 3 to reduce the miscoloring and I am quite satisfied with the results.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Mamiya 645 Pro
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
- Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100G
Expired film can be interesting. This old Ektachrome E100G was shot at box speed, which resulted in pretty decent image quality with a noticeable color shift. I played around with the curves tool in DxO PhotoLab Pro 3 to reduce the miscoloring and I am quite satisfied with the results.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Mamiya Press Super 23
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor 100mm f/3.5
- Film: Rollei RPX 25
Not every image shot on Rollei RPX 25 needs to be high contrast. Medium contrast works as well.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Mamiya 645 Pro
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
- Film: Rollei RPX 25
Sometimes I like a bit of high contrast in my black and white images. Rollei RPX 25 offers more than enough of that contrast right out of the box, so it is easy to go a bit overboard with it.
- Where: A lake somewhere in Bavaria
- Camera: Mamiya Press Super 23
- Lens: Mamiya Sekor 100mm f/3.5
- Film: Fuji Provia 100
Not every day is sunny where I live. Quite the contrary. On a longer sunshine draught, when the heavens are full of clouds, you have to ask yourself: Do I stay inside with my head under the blanket, sad that I do not enjoy my hobby? Or do I go outside, brave whatever the weather throws at me, and take some awesomely dreary pictures? Well… I decided to do the latter. And so we end up with a set of dark and dreary pictures, solely taken to get me out of the winter blues and to get the lonely roll of Fuji Provia 100 in my freezer a mate to play with.
- Where: Switzerland and Bavaria
- Camera: Rolleiflex TLR Tele 135
- Lens: Zeiss Sonnar 135mm f4
- Film: Fuji Provia 100
There was a roll of Fuji Provia 100 that sat in my Rolleiflex TLR since my short vacation in Switzerland almost 2 years ago. I managed to fill the roll a while ago, and from then on it had its home in the freezer, until I decided to develop it at the beginning of this year. I usually shoot slide films rarely, which means I develop them rarely. To be efficient enough with the chemicals, a set of two rolls is needed. So far it has taken a long time to get those together. But given the current contents in my freezer, I think the wait time until development will shrink in the future. I do like the saturated colors and the high contrast caused by the low dynamic range.
