How cheaply can you develop a film? Ten cents a roll? One cent??? I usually develop film in Adox Rodinal (now five years old) diluted 100:1 in water at 15-24 degrees and stand developed for one hour – twenty inversions of the tank at the start and go away for an hour. Stop-wash in plain …
Development Tests: Rodinal 200:1 and re-used 400:1 Read More
“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” Mahatma Gandhi As dusk approached I went to the local viewpoint (featured image). The short row of shops and lunch restaurants had been closed for several hours. Tourists had mostly gone to …
My goto film is FP4 for a variety of reasons – flexibility in exposure, contrast and tonal rendition, grain level, dries flat after development, and others. But in Japan where I live part of the time FP4 is expensive. The aim was simply to compare the rendition of films which are cheaper here and decide …
Rollei RPX 100 and some comparisons to ADOX Silvermax. Read More
Unless there is a manufacturing problem films do not have “faults”, they have “features”. So in the review below I shall mention some of the features of this film. Let me start by saying I like the film for its features, the fact that it dries completely flat, it’s from a manufacturer other than Ilford …
FOMA 100 Classic, and a Small Town in the Middle of Nowhere Read More
The character on the right, Hesomaru, is the mascot of Furano. The ‘face’ is drawn on his rather large belly while is head and arms are hidden under the hat. Heso means tummy button, while maru refers to its rather large round size. The name reflects Furano’s location in the geographical centre of Hokkaido. Continuing …
