Found Film Ilford FP4 Chemistry class 1980'S??

I bought an early Voightlander Brillant on Ebay last month. It is a nice early all metal one with a compur shutter and a Skopar lens. The added bonus was that there was a partly exposed roll of film inside!

The film was Ilford FP4 this film was revised to FP4+ in 1990 so the film must have been purchased prior to then.

The film was on frame 4 when I got the camera the wheel on the camera that works the frame counter had left a rusty deposit on the film. so it was exposed some time ago.

I developed the roll of film that day in Kodak X-Tol. I have found that developer works well on old ilford films.

Looking at the photographs it looks like this could be a high school chemistry lesson in progress, bring in an old camera and load some B&W film shoot some film and develop the pictures. I would say that the person that took these pictures turned up with there grandfathers old camera which takes 120 film, and the school did not have a developing tank for the film. so it stayed inside the camera.

The cameras that the other people are using are point and shoot jobs, I would guess that this film was exposed in the 1980's

The voigtlander Brillant that the film was inside is a very nice example I have cleaned its Skopar lens and cleaned the shutter I am in the process of running a film through the camera, The skoppar lenses are very sharp and I have had good results from my other Voightlander brillants that have this lens.

more from the fringe

I have posted a number of my pictures from the Fringe on Flickr the link is here.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10239287@N06/sets/72157600886304431/

Nikon FM3A Nikon 10.5cm f2.5 Film Agfa APX100 Dev Rodinal 1:50

Edinburgh Fringe 2007

Some shots from this years fringe festival in Edinburgh. These shots were taken on Monday and Wednesday of the first week.
There are more photos on my Flickr page you can find it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/10239287@N06/sets/72157600886304431/

Nikon FM3a Nikon 35-105 zoom. Film frist 2 frames Agfa APX25 other 2 frames Kodax

Tri-X Dev: Agfa Rodinal 1:50 10mins for APX25 Tri-X Dev X-tol Stock 7:15

Edinburgh Fringe 2007 Pentax 6X7

This photograph was taken at this years fringe festival in Edinburgh with a Pentax 67 camera, my back is now hurting now that I had this monster of a camera and a 105 and 150mm lens in my bag for the day. One American photographer commented when I was loading another roll of film into the Pentax " Now that's dedication- do you use that for snaps?!" I shot 3 rolls of transparency film as well I have not got the transparencies back from the lab, should be interesting.

Pentax 6X7 Pentax 105mm f2.4 Film Agfa APX100 Dev Rodinal 13mins at 20 degC

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

Boston Marina 27/03/07

Boston Marina. Looking toward the Town and the Grand Sluce.

Pentax P30t Pentax 28-85 zoom. Film Agfa APX 100 Dev Agfa Rodinal 1:50 13 mins

Found Film. 616 KODAK VERICHROME PAN

I bought a Kodak folder a while ago, It had a part exposed roll of

Verichrome pan inside. The film was in very poor condition as the backing paper was stuck to the film.

I developed the film with the backing paper on and soaked the paper off when I had processed the film.

I got 3 printable frames and here two of them.

This looks like a very proud mother and son with future daughter in law, its a pity the person who took the photographs did not get them developed as they are super pictures, who knows??

A rather wet Horncastle 21/07/07

Very high water levels today in Horncastle. Many doors are sandbagged up.

The marks on the pictures are not a processing fault but rather unsurprisingly given the weather rain drops on the UV filter covering the lens.

Canon F-1 28-55mm zoom & 20mm-f2.8 S.S.C Film. Agfa Vista 400 & Agfa APX 400(new) Dev. Paterson Aculux 2

Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops 14/07/07

New laws same old cup

Time for tea

Rear window

Framed

Let there be light

This series of photographs are shot on fast B&W films. This set of photographs are shot on HP5+ uprated to 800 the lost souls are shot on Neopan 1600. Both are developed in Kodak X-tol. I find this developer very useful for low light shots, I get very good emulsion speed fine grain and good sharpness. Neopan 1600 is a film I have only ever used once before, I developed it in Rodinal it was really grainy but great tones. It really works well in X-tol, I shall use it more for low light shots. The only downside is that it is quite expensive. I bulk load most of my film which keeps my film costs very low. The HP5 is outdated but has been well stored its shooting well even at 800 asa it only cost $15 for 100ft.

Nikon FM. 18mm/f3.5 &35/f2.8 Nikkor. Film Ilford HP5+ @800 asa Dev. Kodak X-tol. Stock

Lost Souls. Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops 14/07/07

More lost souls.

Nikon FM 35/2.8 Nikkor. Film. Fuji Neopan 1600 Dev. Kodak X-Tol. Stock