Olympus OM-10 Film 001

Camera: Olympus OM-10

Film: Fuji Neopan 400CN

ASA/ISO 400

Development: C-41 film processor

Date: Monday 25th April 2022

Location: Alexandra Palace boating Lake.

Bolsey Jubillee Film 005: Empty Chairs.

I was trying to capture some strong shadows with these two. the first one sought of worked the second one not so much. I like the shadows that the wicker chair is casting on to the wall from the arm of the chair. wish I had noticed this more before taking the shot, as I wound have played with the position of the chair.

I did turn both of these photos in to black and white images - they are at the bottom for the post, hoping that it would make me like them more, but there is still something note wright.

(At some point I will have to download Photoshop or light room so I can edit photos better.)

Both of these photos were taken on the Sunday 22nd of March 2020, the before the country was placed in lockdown due to Covid-19.

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: Fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Foma Retropan Soft 320 Black & White Film. Olympus Trip Film 22

Foma Retropan Soft 320 black and White film is a panchromatically* sensitized special negative black and white film with fine grain, good resolution and contour sharpness. The film is characterised by a wide range of half tones and soft light which makes it suitable for photography and subsequent contact printing or “retro” style enlarging of negatives (photographs of still lives, architecture, experiments, landscapes, portraits, etc.).

This film is available in 35mm and 120mm formats as well as different sizes of photographic papers.

I Brought a 35mm  roll of this film from the Lomography shop on Newbourgh Street In Soho London (which is now closed) back in 2017 and it sat in my fridge until last November (2019) when I picked up another roll from the Photographers  Gallery on Ramillies Street, Soho, London, at the same time I picked up the  development powder kit which is recommend to use with this film as it is a soft grain. Prior to this my plan was to process it in Rodinal but the thought of spending every 30seconds moving the tank of 10 seconds for 20mins seemed a little dull. Whereas the Retropan developer reduced the time to only 4-5 minutes.

The Developer is a power developer that comes in two parts. One small pack and a large pack. (I did keep the packs form them but I currently cannot find them, they are in that safe place where I would not forget were that are).

• First you will need 700ml of water at 40C.
• Add the smaller pack to the water, stir till dissolved
• Then add the larger pack and stir till dissolved
• Then add 300ml of water to the solution to make it the full 1 litre working solution.
• Leave to cool till it is at 20C (or run sealed bottle under tap, checking the temperature intermittently)

 

I found that the tank I use once it has film in holds an estimated 850ml of solution leaving just enough room for me to then agitate the film using the spindle to rotate the film without risking making a mess each time. Each film was developed for 5 minuets in the developer and 4 minuets in ilford fix.

Both rolls of film were shot with my Olympus trip 35, set at the box speed of 320 ISO on the Auto setting. Which is a little lazy but when I’m shooting a new film for the first time using this camera this why increasing the chances of seeing the full potential of the films results.

Film #021

Film #021

Film #022

Film #022

This film creates a soft sharp of depth, which I have only managed with some frames with the Ilford Delta's. 

I do love black and photos that have a lot of contrast so with some of the images I could not resist putting them in to photoshop and doing auto contrast. I not one for editing the colours on photos at most in the past I have only straighten images. Every now and then I might edit some.

Film #022. "Camden Tube" Image on the left is the original scanned photo. On the right is the photoshopped image with auto contrast.

Film #021."Hanging Plants" Image on the left is the original scanned photo. On the right is the photoshopped image with auto contrast.

Film #022. "Plants" The top image is the original scanned photo. The below image is the photoshopped image with auto contrast.

Changing the contrast on this film means losing the some of the details and depth, which you can see in the "Camden Tube" image above. however with the "Plants" it has made the image clearer.

The almost creates a vintage movie still look.

I think I need to get another roll and see what the result will be when developed in Rodinal, see if it keeps its softness or weather it becomes more contrasty. 

        *A panchromatic emulsion produces a realistic reproduction of a scene as it appears to the human eye, although with no colours. Almost all modern photographic film is panchromatic. 

Olympus Trim Film 020: Hampstead In Black And White

Camera: Olympus trip 35

Film: Ilford Delta 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: Rodnal 1:25 mix for 8min

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)
Date Taken: Saturday 29th October 2019

Olympus Trip film #020: Hampstead In Black And White

Camera: Olympus trip 35

Film: Ilford Delta 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: Rodnal 1:25 mix for 8min

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)
Date Taken: Saturday 29th October 2019

Kodak Retinette 1A Film 001: The Island Queen

This I took this on the first roll of film in My Retinette 1A.

If I remember right the whole film was set at F/stop 8. The contrast in the images from this film is quite high.  Till this day Ilford FP4 125asa is my favourite film.

Camera: Retinette 1A

Film: Ilford FP4 

ASA/ISO: 125 ASA/ISO

Development: Black and White

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: September 2016

Bolsey Jubillee Film 005: Camden Street Art

Sunday 22nd March 2020

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Agfa Silette Pronto FIlm 005: Street art and Bikes

Camera: Agfa Silette Pronto

Film: FUJICOLOR SUPERIA X-TRA400

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 300 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE:

Bolsey Jubillee Film 005: Shops At Finsbury Park.

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: FUJICOLOR SUPERIA X-TRA400

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: Sunday 23rd March 2020

Agfa Silette Pronto, Film 005: Neon Lights on Berwick Street.

Camera: Agfa Silette Pronto

Film: Kodak Gold 200

ASA/ISO: 200 Set at 300ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)
Date: Film Taken January 13th 2020

Bolsey Jubillee Film 005: Camden Shops

Sunday March 22nd 2020

Day Before The UK went in to Quarantine. 

I think that this was the only shop open on Camden High street between Camden Underground station and the cannel.

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Island Queen 2018: ilford Advocate Film 003

Camera: Ilford Advcate

Film: Ilford HP5

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200ASA/ISO

Development: Black And White

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: April 2018

Gillespie Park 2018: Ilford Advcate Film 003

I Brought this film and 2 other rolls of HP5 off of Amazon. The only thing with buying film on line that is stocked by Amazon you risk the chance of the film not being stored well, which can result in the film losing quality. 

With colour film the emulsion can shift resulting in the colour shifting and the emulsion lifting from the film, which it did on some of the frame on his film. On the bottom one you can see white spots in the sky.

Camera: Ilford Advcate

Film: Ilford HP5 400

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: Black and White

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: April 2018

Glass; Bolsey Film 005

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Hampstead in Black and White: Olympus Trip film 020

Camera: Olympus trip 35

Film: Ilford Delta 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: Rodnal 1:25 mix for 8min

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)
Date Taken: Saturday 29th October 2019

Spring Blossom: Bolsey Film 005.

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Camden High Street: Bolsey Film 005.

Taken on Sunday March 22nd 2020 at around 10am, while heading in to work. The day before England was told that non essential shops should close to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Coronavirus.
It almost felt as if it was 8am on a week day, the only difference was the small food shops that sell take-away coffee and breakfast to the traders were closed.  The market closed up, pubs had boarded up their window and doors, and pretty much every clothing/tourist gift shop had already and shut up days before.
A very strange feeling being on this high street that is normal heavy with traffic, both human and vehicles.

Camera: Bolsey Jubillee

Film: fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

ASA/ISO: 400 Set at 200 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Date Taken: Film shot on Sunday 22nd March 2020

Black Heart, Camden: Olympus Trip film 020.

Camera: Olympus trip 35

Film: Ilford Delta 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: Rodnal 1:25 mix for 8min

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Film 20

Trafalgar Square , Wednesday 16th October 2019. In Colour. Post 5 : Agfa Silette Pronto, Film 003.

More Colour photos from Trafalgar Square ,Wednesday 16th October 2019. Extinction Rebellion gathering.

Camera: Agfa Silette Pronto

Film: Fuji Color 200

ASA/ISO: 200 set at 125 ASA

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

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Trafalgar Square, Wednesday 16th October 2019.In Colour Post 4: Agfa Silette Pronto Film 003.

More photos from Trafalgar Square ,Wednesday 16th October 2019. Extinction Rebellion gathering.

Camera: Agfa Silette Pronto

Film: Fuji Colour 200 (expired February 2018) 

ASA/ISO: 200 Set at 125 ASA/ISO

Development: C-41

Editing: None (Unless noted below image.)