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.

Holga Film 004: Through Windows.

I wanted to see how much of a difference the two settings on the Holga Camera gave. Using a 3200asa film you don't get that much of a difference. Or at least I didn't seam to.

Cloudy setting

Sunny Setting


Camera: Hoga 120
Film Mask Size:  6x6cm
Film: Ilford Delta 3200
ASA/ISO:3200
Development: True Black & White. 11 Min in Rodial, 1:25 mix
Editing: None
Date: April 2020

 

Holga Film 004: Stairs

Camera: Holga 120

Film Mask Size: 6 x 6cm

Film: Ilford Delta 3200

ASA/ISO: 3200

Development: True Black & White. 11min in Rodana 1:25 mix

Editing: None

Date: April 2020 

Holga Film 003: Desk.

Camera: Holga 120

Film Mask Size: 6 x 6cm

Film: Ilford XP2

ASA/ISO 400

Development: True Black & White. 18 min in Rodania 1:25 mix

Editing: Quite a lot. Dust removal in Photoshop and contrast increased slightly.

Date:  April 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. 

Holga Film 003 Towards Muswell Hill.

Camera: Holga 120

Film Mask Size: 6 x 6cm

Film: Ilford XP2

ASA/ISO 400

Development: True Black & White. 18 min in Rodania 1:25 mix

Editing: Just a little dust removal in photoshop

Date:  April 2020

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

Holga Film 002 Kilburn.

Camera: Holga 120mm

Film: Ilford XP2 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: December 14th 2020

Holga Film 002: Regents Canal, Camden.

My Favourite photo out of the film, and these three is the second one, of the 'Hampstead Road, Lock' sign. its nicely centred and pretty straight. ( which I have found a little tricky with this Camera.) 

Not one of the best images. the lens compared to the view finder picked up more of the bridge wall then I hoped for.

Camera: Holga 120mm

Film: Ilford XP2 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: December 14th 2020

Holga Film 002: Camden In Black & White

Snap shots of Camden in December 2019, considering it was pretty busy I only court one person in the photos.

Camera: Holga 120mm

Film: Ilford XP2 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: December 14th 2020

Holga Film 002: Bikes.

My second film in my Holga 120mm Camera. I used the 6x4.5cm film mask this would normally give you 16 shorts how ever the frame number marker on the back dose not move, so I can only shot 12 frames which I don't mind.

Camden

Kilbun

Camera: Holga 120mm

Film: Ilford XP2 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: C-41

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

DATE: December 14th 2020

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

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

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

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

2016 Summer Garden. Olympus Trip film 007

Camera: Olympus Trip 35,

Film: Ilford FP4

ASA/ISO: 125 ASA/ISO

Development: (true black and white)

Editing: None

Trafalgar Square Wednesday 16th October 2019 In (Black and White.) Post 2: Olympus Trip film 020

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

Camera: Olympus trip 35

Film: Ilford Delta 400

ASA/ISO: 400

Development: Rodnal 1:25 mix for 8min

Editing: None (unless noted below image.)

Covent Garden in Black and White: Olympus Trip film 020.

I took these after I had been around Trafalgar square, Covent garden was very quite compared to other  Wednesday's that I had been there, which made it nice  to take some photos.

This is the fist time I have used the Ilford Delta 400 film. I found it quite nice, It has a smooth grain but not as much contrast as the HP5. I feel like it adds a depth to the photo which I haven't really got using the FP4, HP5 or the Lomography 100. Definitely going to being using this film again. 

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: Wednesday October 16th 2019