re/shoot

New photos.

Got a roll of film processed this week, and it included some shots from New Year’s Eve…

Instant portraits: Emma.

Instant portraits: Sean.

Dusk.

I had to ask the lab to push this film two stops from 100 to 400, which was the first time I’ve ever pushed colour film. However, I wasn’t experimenting - I made the mistake of forgetting to change the ISO setting on my camera, which I only realised halfway through the roll. Rookie error, but it turned out okay.

City Hall.

Film noir et blanc.

My Olympus Auto Eye II rangefinder. Introduced in 1958, this camera was one of the first cameras in the world with automatic exposure. Unfortunately the selenium light meter in mine is dead, but it’s still a beautiful camera, even if limited to manual exposure only.

Two shots from the roll of film I processed last night.

Ilford HP5+ 400 developed in Ilford ID-11 stock at 20º for around 8 minutes in an Agfa Rondinax 35 U daylight tank with constant agitation. It’s the first time I used this tank, and in hindsight I should probably have compensated for the agitation as the film came out a bit over-developed.

Test roll from the Canon A-1, shot two nights ago while walking around the neighbourhood. Everything seems to be working perfectly, but I’m still getting used to manual focussing after shooting with so many zone focus and fixed focus cameras over the last few weeks…