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Table Salt on your film?

The weather was perfect last weekend so I took my cameras out for a spin. Well, actually, I took several cameras but mostly shot with the Bronica ETRS and my new Zenzanon-PE 180mm f/4.5 lens. I had an Ilford Delta 400 on the attached back and shot it at ISO …

On Agfa Rodinal, Part 2…

I processed a couple of 120 rolls using Rodinal at 1:50 dilution last night and results looked good. The first film was Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros which I processed for 30 minutes using semi-stand development technique—continuous agitation for the first 30 seconds, followed by 5 turns every minute for 2 …

On Ilford Pan F Plus and Delta 100 Professional…

Belated happy new year! I finally had a chance to shoot some flowers this past weekend… I bought a couple of orchids—one with white flowers and the other yellow—and shot them with Bronica ETRS and Bronica SQ-Ai. I also used a yellow filter to darken up the leaves and lighten the …

The old and the new with Agfa APX 100

So, yesterday I got an itch to shoot a test roll with my Bronica ETRS and a 135W film back. The 135W back is a 35mm roll film back that lets you shoot panoramas, e.g. 24x54mm negatives (as opposed to the traditional 3:2 format or 24x36mm), on the medium format …

Caffenol CL Development Times: Ilford 100 Delta Pro (400) and HP5+ (1600)

OK, I’ve now established some standard development times for 2 films when processed in Caffenol CL. Note that Caffenol CL has relatively low pH and meant for long, stand development. I’m a little impatient so I did what’s called a semi-stand development where you agitate the film once every 15 …