I put a roll of Fuji Sensia 200 in the new Contax T2 on Sunday. Admittedly when I first put it in I had thought it was a roll of superior; I was in a hurry and wanted some slowish colour film, I saw 200 and fuji and chucked it in the camera. After taking a few shots I spotted through the little window on the back that it was not what I had intended. I had actually been thinking of cross processing a roll of slide film recently as a friend has bought me a pair of rolls of Adox “color implosion”. Having not shot with anything like it before I figured I could have a practice with some old slide film and get a feel for the sort of subject I might like to shoot with it. With this in mind I decided to run with the Sensia for my day out with the family and see what turned out. I ended up shooting the whole roll in an hour or so, and I’m pretty pleased with the results. Not necessarily my “thing” as such, but I think they have a charm to their look.
Connie asleep in the car with murphy keen to get going.
The dogs in the boot.
Walking up the hills.
About to run …
Running.
Clouds gathering above.
The malvern hills.
Blackberry picking.
The dogs chasing.
A fallen branch.
A lone bench.
There are a few more in the set on flickr here
A bit of fun, and once I got into it I did enjoy the mentality of shooting with little real idea what the outcome would be.
Looking forward to getting a chance to get some of this Color Implosion shot now …
Cheers for reading
Hamish
now this is unexpected! you don’t usually see compact fanatics doing some xpro. 🙂
I think the results are great~ always liked the subtle effects from fuji’s sensia.
Cheers … I’ve never shot it before …
If xpro works then it’s great, but too often the results are just crap. But more often than not I probably make the mistake of shooting indoors which is even more unpredictable.
I’m not convinced, I struggle to get past my own preconceptions … All I see is what I see when the lomo crowd do it… I can’t just enjoy it for what it is for my self. Silly really …
I shan’t give up though, I think I have another couple of rolls, and the color implosion interests me!
Indoors eh… I’ll give that a go then next 🙂
The problem indoors is that the Fuji slide film gets even greener than normal. Obviously it’s possible to adjust the white-balance afterwards, but that’s a bit besides the point.
I thought I had read that sensia goes pink, I was quite surprised when I saw green … ?
I’ve only tried Provia and that has a crazy green hue. On the other hand, sometimes I end up with gems like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ujh/4655674930/ I’m really not sure if I will continue with xpro though.
ooo yeah, thats a beauty!
Some people seem to make it work for them: http://www.35mmc.com/01/08/2013/35mm-compact-fanatic-5-jake-kenny-an-urban-abstract-shooter/
For me, It’s a bit of fun once in awhile I think.
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Fantastic! I love them all, especially “blackberry picking”.
X-Pro, like anything else, when done right, has little respect for rules or preconceived notions. If it makse you feel good, do it!
Man, I miss my Greyhounds. We had two and fostered for the rescue group for years, but I just have too many other dogs now.