Roll 73

Camera: Mamiya C330

Film: Tri-X 400 (accidentally exposed at 100)

Date Developed: 30.09.11

Development: T Max developer, 4 mins 45 sec (fresh solution) @ 21 degrees, fixed 5 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:  I’ve had a bit of big a gap here.  I have developed a few films but they never made it as far as getting up on to the blog here.  Today, however, I got busy and developed 4 rolls and now I will have to make sure I do a post for each of them.  This film was Tri-X 400, which I haven’t used for a long time, but I think I’d like to get back to it.  I haven’t used a black and white film other than T Max 100 for so long that I thought I was shooting 100 ISO so I had to pull it when I developed it!  Didn’t turn out toooo badly though…

Also hadn’t used the Mamiya for a long time – I think I’d like to get back to that too.

Middle two images split toned in lightroom.

Roll 63

Camera: Zero Image 2000

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 03.04.11

Development: T Max developer, 8 mins (including 1 extra minute to compensate for developer exhaustion)  @ 23 degrees, stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:   When I was finishing off this roll at the beach I was imagining it was colour film, but it turned out to be a roll of TMax 100. I was trying some hand holding at the beach with the zero 2000 – not too unhappy with the pictures even though they were in colour in my mind when I was taking them!  Toning applied to images in photoshop.

 

Roll 62

Camera: Holga 120N

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 20.02.11

Development: T Max 100 pushed to 400.  Developed 9 minutes @ 24 degrees, stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:  Couldn’t even remember what was on this roll.  It turned out to be some fairly unexciting pictures of Dunedin, NZ and some dark, dodgy shots from the bottom of a rainforest.  Some toning added fo first image in photoshop.

 

Roll 61

Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 20.02.11

Development: T Max developer, 6 minutes @ 24 degrees (new mix), stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:  second test film through Hasselblad.  It’s still fun to use!  I was reading back on here to the start of last year when I was having so much trouble with those plastic reels.  I’m so much better at loading them now.  I think it’s a combination a few things – practice and making sure I’m right in front of the air conditioner – but the thing that I think has made the biggest difference is making sure I clean the reels really well once I’ve used them.  I use hot water, mild soap and a soft nail brush.  If I could go back and give myself one tip that would be it!

 

Roll 60

Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 15.02.11

Development: T Max developer, 7min 30sec @ 24 degrees, stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins. Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes: I have fallen behind.  I have kept up with the film developing, just not getting it put up here.

Test film for newly arrived Hasselblad 500 C/M. Very exciting! Not many thrilling pictures as it was really just about making sure the camera worked. It seemed to work well – it’s so loud! Made me jump a couple of times when I pressed the shutter.

Roll 59

Camera: Holga 120N

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 15.01.11

Development: T Max developer, 6 minutes @ 24 degrees, stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:  second Holga film from Routeburn Track, NZ

Roll 58

Camera: Holga 120N

Film: T Max 100

Date Developed: 15.01.11

Development: T Max developer, 6 minutes @ 24 degrees (fresh mix), stop bath 30 secs, fixed 8 mins.  Ilford protocol for spiral tanks used for washing, with additional sets of 20 inversions until pink dye was no longer visible in discarded water.

Notes:  I enjoyed having this little task to keep me going throughout 2010 so I’ve decided to stick with it for 2011.

I went walking in NZ in the holidays.  I took pinhole with me on the Milford Track and swapped cameras and took Holga on the Routeburn track.  Great weather on the Routeburn, nice and sunny so it suited Holga well.  The first few are from higher up the west coast of NZ.  There is another holga roll from NZ to come.