Analog film photography and cameras

More dog walks, Olympus XA + Fuji cdu2

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Think these are on Portra 400 with the Hexar but not 100%...

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Love that second one.

Yeah!
What is that, by the way?

Cheers, it’s this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropol_Parasol

Love it, thanks for the link!

Yosemite and Joshua Tree in the snow. Portra 160. Canon EOS 300. Canon 50mm f1.8.

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Gorgeous 🥰

Great shots

Fanks. Trying to get back into shooting more than one roll of film every six months and just getting over the fact that its a little bit expensive right now. Still much cheaper than buying a new full frame camera! (which produces results that I really don't care for...)

Nikon F2 Photomic, Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:2.8 Ais, Delta 100, PMK 1:2:100 10' 24ºC.

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both very nice 👌

Second one looks like a bomb going off

-thanks
-yes, it's true

Nice shots JB.

Spectacular

Mamiya C330, Mamiya-Sekor 80mm 1:2.8, Kodak Tri-X 400 @200, PMK 1:2:100 11' 24ºC.

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PMK

what is this pls? Super diluted?

PMK is the name of the developer - it's also called PMK Pyro and it belongs to the family of pyrogallol developers. It's very toxic unfortunately. Pyrogallol developers are also known as "staining" developers and leave a deposit on the negative which tends to reduce the grain. The chemicals last for years in concentrate and you mix it up when ready to develop. After developing, stopping (must be non-acidic, eg. water) and fixing, you do an optional staining step which involves pouring the spent developer back in the tank and agitating as you would fixer. After that, there's the normal washing step. The 1:2:100 refers to the dilutions as PMK comes in two solutions which can only be mixed when ready to develop. So, 1 part solution A, 2 parts solution B and 100 parts filtered water.

ah nice! I just cant finish this bottle of HC-110, once done I will experiment more

One bad thing about PMK is that you lose a stop with faster film. Eg. Shoot 400 ISO film at 200. Faster films you might not even need to bother but I shoot Ilford FP4 125 @ 100 and Delta 100 @ 80.

tends to reduce the grain

Well, its working. Photos are incredibly grain free.

What are we looking at in that most recent photo? View from inside of a plane?

It's the ramp leading to the base of Brasilia's digital TV tower by Oscar Niemeyer. I took this photo yesterday but I'll attach a print that I took/made a few years ago in more dramatic weather. The full specs are:

Scan of 17.8x24cm Ilford MG FB print. Contax IIa, Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm 1:2 collapsible, Ilford Delta 100 @ 80, PMK 1:2:100 10' 24ºC. Leitz Focomat 1c, Schneider Componon-S 2.8/50, Ilford Multigrade.

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And another more recent 35mm scan: Leica IIIf, Summicron 5cm 1:2 collapsible, Delta 100 @ 80, PMK 1:2:100 10' 24°C.

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fuck me that's some great tones