strawberries I thought I had managed to screw up my film development in every possible way already, but apparently not. Today I managed something new: I only developed half of a roll. I must have measured ...
escape velocity If you want to know why I sometimes like to shoot colour, then you will see a bunch of reasons in this post. This roll of Cinestill was shot on my last trip and I just love the results. And you will also see why I love rangefinders too. All of these were taken at speeds of 1/8 to 1/15, handheld. Pretty much impossible with an SLR unless you have image stabilisation. And of course my Zeiss lens is fantastic. The lens is really sharp, so it can be shot wide open without any problems. Although f/2.8 is really pushing it for handheld outdoor night shots it works even then, at least if you pick your shots carefully and shoot at ISO 1600. I'm thinking of investing in a faster 50mm lens before the winter so that I'm a bit more flexible, but I'm really impressed with this lens already. It was the perfect pick as my standard lens and it surpassed my expectations.
poder latino After spending quite some time editing pictures the last couple of days I thought it was about time to show you the first Rollei roll from our trip to Argentina. After having almost all my ...
skate glory Most of the colour film I’ve shot to date have been cheap emulsions that are sold in drugstores. I managed to shoot some 60 rolls of a cheap drugstore re-branded Fuji 400 before it was ...
sceptical looks Having shot some 20 rolls of colour film with my Rollei I was eager to see some results, but at the same time I didn’t want to risk an important roll for testing. So, last week ...
the ultimate cinematic experience Sometimes the most random things happen – like going to the beach and stumbling into an open air milonga on the promenade. I was rather happy that I still had some shots left on my ...
donkeys at the river Today I was planning to take out my Rollei and shoot some colour. I still have 2 rolls of slide film in 120 and I’m eager to finish it so that I can finally get ...
under the ombú Sometimes things don’t quite go as planned. Originally I hoped to finish with the pictures of our longest trip this year already in May, but first my supplier didn’t deliver the chemicals for ages, then the ...
jugglers Since I’m still struggling with my cold I used the opportunity to edit a colour roll developed with the Jobo CPE-2. The hand-developed rolls that were processed with the Fuji chemicals so far often needed ...
under the tree In an effort not to get emotionally attached to my pictures I try to forget what I photographed. Often that works quite well. I take so many pictures that only very few stick in my ...
play time When I ordered some cine film from my usual source – Nik and Trick in the UK -, Richard was so kind to throw in a roll of Fuji Eterna 250D for me to test. ...
the tricks of the pros I must say that I’m not a huge fan of this Kodak Farbwelt 400 stuff. The shadows tend to get very blue/magenta when running it through the Pakon and I don’t feel like colour correcting ...
inspired by Seidenstücker It’s easy to send me down rabbit holes when I’m thinking about projects. Since getting Kodak Vision3 500T in 120 is pretty much impossible and there don’t seem to be any 120 tungsten films at ...
to the stars The last couple of days I was in an adventurous mood. Last night I therefore took some night shots with the Rollei on Velvia 100. I think I’ve used my tripod about 3 or 4 ...
dog entertainment The other day I already thought that I was through with my batch of T-Max 400, but then I found another roll in my bag. And no, I wasn’t happy about that. Today I’ve shot ...
open 25 hours a day Since my health is acting up these days I’m neither shooting nor developing as much as I would like. However, I’m using the downtime to edit the remaining rolls from my last trip. I only ...
the revolutionary Today I wasn’t feeling so well, so I used the opportunity to edit some of the pictures from my last trip. I usually wait a while after developing to edit my pictures so that I ...
shoes Although it was already too hot at around 9.30 in the morning I still managed to go out and shoot a roll while walking along the beach. It wasn’t yet crowded and it was a ...
the godfather It’s pretty much official now: T-Max 400 and I don’t particularly like each other. It has been refusing to cooperate with some of the worst negatives I’ve had in ages. I especially struggled with lots ...
shade Today I shot my 277th roll of 35mm film. This number might sound a little random, but in fact it means that I have now shot 10,000 frames of 35mm. As HCB said: “Your first ...
