The post-trip film processing continues. I’m down to four rolls to develop. Lots of scanning remains, but I’ve got enough of it done to resume more regular posting. With the bulk of the processing done, I’m just now starting to feel like I’m back from vacation even though I’ve been back at work for a [...]
“These things give you notions unsought.” Nothing organized here, just some wandering observations: The RF patch on the M6TTL is slighter bigger and sharper edged than that of the Hexar RF. If it’s easier to focus, it seems mostly down to the higher magnification. Because of the higher magnification, for a left eye dominant glasses [...]
Of course, my mom has her eyes closed . . . M6TTL, CV 35 1.4 SC, TMY (New TMax 400), TMax Dev On the 4th of July, my cousin Brian got married on a veranda over looking Lake Michigan. The M6TTL, CV 35 1.4 SC and a couple of rolls of the new TMax 400 [...]
28 taps, a camera and a pretty girlfriend. Is there more to life? In other news, after two weeks and half a dozen rolls of false starts, curses and sitting down on the side walk to load the damn thing, today I managed to load my Leica on the very first try. w00t!
I’ve been playing with Rodinal again lately. This TriX @ 200 in Rodinal 1+150 for something like 30 minutes. I’ve also tried it rated TriX @ 400 in Rodinal 1+50 for whatever time the box said. I can handle the grain, but shadow detail doesn’t seem great. Contrast seems really high in general. Somewhere on [...]