Skegness 29/07/07

A nice sunny day in Skegness last Sunday it was a bit windy but you cant beat a sea breeze.
As always with my Skegness photographs high contrast and lots of grain, I achieve this with a Red or yellow filter and develop my Tri-X in 1:25 Rodinal

Nikon FE 50mm/f1.8 Nikkor & 28mm/f3.5 Nikkor +red25 filter. Film. Kodak Tri-X pan@320asa Dev. Agfa Rodinal 1:25 7mins

Skegness 15/04/07

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Sunday was very warm for April and brought the crowds to skegness.

I haven't been to Skegness for a while, As always its Tri-X developed in Rodinal for lots of grain and high contrast and sharpness. I have just started another 100 ft roll of Tri-X this is one of two rolls I purchased in the USA last year they had both been frozen so the film was good, this bulk roll is from the previous version of Tri-X it is labeled Tri-X Pan. The previous roll was the current Tri-X Professional. I have developed it slightly differently from my other Skegness shots, I used to rate the film at 400 asa and develop for 7 mins in 1:25 Rodinal. This time I have rated the Tri-X Pan at 320 ASA and developed for 6 mins. The next time I shoot this film in bright sunlight I would reduce the development time by about 1 minute as the negatives are a little bit to dense.

I was quite surprised how fast I got through my last 100 ft roll of Tri-x i am probably 20 feet into my current bulk roll!!, I will have to see if I can pick up a couple more bulk rolls of Tri-X on Ebay.



Canon A-1 Canon 28-55mm zoom +Hoya Red #25 filter in first two shots Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan Dev: Agfa Rodinal 1:24 6mins @20 degC

Skegness 645

Skegness 645

This shot is taken with a Zeiss Ikon Ikonata 520.
It shoots 16- 6x4.5cm frames on 120 film. It is fitted with a very sharp 7cm f3.5 uncoated Tessar, I always use it with a lens hood.
I picked this camera up on eBay for a very small amount of money, it had been in someones attic for years, even after all these years the slow shutter speeds run very well, it has a compur shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/300 B&T. This little folder fits into the palm of my hand when folded and is a joy to use.
A handy tip for avoiding fogged film when using one of these cameras with pan film is to cover the frame counter windows with pieces of black tape and remove them when you advance the film and stick them back on. The camera has two windows which correspond to the numbers on the backing paper on 120 film for 6x9 format, so when you load a film you wind until the number 1 appears in the window closest to the film spool. when you shoot the first frame wind on until the number 1 appears in the second window beside the take up spool and so on to number 8 then you will get your 16 exposures on 120 film.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonata film Classic Pan 200 Dev D76 stock

Skegness 07-01-07

Skegness. As always when I photograph Skegness I use a fast grainy B&W film and develop it Agfa Rodinal 1:25 for lots of grain and high contrast.

Nikon FE. Nikkor 35-105mm Zoom Film Ilford HP5 and last pic Kodak Tri-X 400 Dev. Agfa Rodinal 1:25

Skegness November 06

Skegness beach. The FWD is towing the figure on the board, it was a very cold day and the seafront was almost deserted.

Canon A1 Canon 28mm/f2.8+orange filter. Film= Kodak Tri-X 400 Dev= Agfa Photo Rodinal Special