Neopan

On Minolta Autocord, Part 1

I got a Minolta Autocord some 10 years ago but haven’t used it much due to it’s condition. The lenses are good but the leatherette were all cracked and peeling off. I decided to peel them off completely (except for the front cover) with the intention of replacing them at …

Fujifilm Neopan SS

I first came across this film around 1999 or 2000 when an old roommate brought some back from New Zealand. Don’t ask me how or where he got it in New Zealand; I have no idea, he was just passing through on the way back to Minnesota from McMurdo Station …

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Making a Color Image from Black and White Separation Negatives (or Neopan Acros Test Images)

So, I experimented with color filters this weekend… shot some orchid flowers using a Bronica ETRS, an Automatic Bellows Attachment-E, Zenzanon 75mm lens, and red, green, and blue filters. The idea was to create a color image from black and white images. Film was Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros. Using …

Fuji Neopan 100 Acros and Caffenol CM, a blast from the past…

I decided to processed some more old film last night (Wednesday night). One was a Fuji Neopan 100 Acros and the other was an Ilford Delta 100. Since both as slow speed film, I decided to try the basic Caffenol-C recipe. Well, actually Reinhold’s Caffenol-C-M (which I started calling Caffenol …

Shooting with the Minolta SR-2

I went out to test 2 cameras yesterday, the Bronica ETRS with a 135W film back and the Minolta SR-2. I’ll write something up for the Bronica and will focus on the SR-2 in this post. The Minolta SR-2 was Minolta’s first SLR camera and was introduced in 1958 (1959 …