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These current week 2 photos are Agfa APX100 again. This was a first attempt with Caffenol (CM rs in this case) It came out pretty well, maybe a little grainier than the previous week that was I believe D-76.

Again, my Pentax MZ-S. First shot is a F 50/1.4, second and third shots are a F 50/1.7, and the fourth shot is F 24-50/4 zoom.

Nice ones, the second one has quite some interesting patterns in the oof areas.

Thanks. That was taken at ƒ1.7. I also took the exact same shot at ƒ5.6, and prefered the abstractness of the ƒ1.7 version. Here is it at ƒ5.6:

From the last roll with my pz1p. Tmax 400 developed with Ilford DD-X, then scanned at home and edited in darktable

Some manual flash experiments






And tree closeups in the park

Very nice, especially the first, what lenses were they taken with?

Thanks. The first two with the FA 35/2, I think the other two with the DFA 100 macro WR

Those are great shots - particularly like the contrast on the hand-held flash shots. The detail on the cotton-bud like plant is just great. I've been thinking of getting an FA lens lens sooner or later - they have a lovely quality. Where was the flash positioned on the "cabbage" shot?
I realise that I jumped in too quickly with my enthusiasm to join the group in an active way - I'm caring for my wife and just getting my gear and old film stock out, checking out the local film processor in town, and working out what I might shoot made me see that I just don't have the time right now to take part and submit photos, but hopefully I'll be able to do so at a later date.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy the shots and offer you moral support!

In the two hand-held flash shots did you shoot in the dark with an open shutter and shoot off the flash?

I used two manual flashes, because I don't have a remote trigger (would one even work with old film cameras?) and the pz1p doesn't have a pc terminal for triggering a remote flash, it needs a cable which again I don't have.
One of the flashes was on the hotshoe acting as the trigger, minimum power and pointing towards the second, which was on a light stand shooting through a white umbrella and set to trigger optically. I had the aperture stopped down to f/11 so that the flash would overpower the dim ambient light in the room. After scanning I brought the black point up in darktable to get rid of the the bits of background detail illuminated by the flash reflecting around the room.

What you did worked really well - well done.

These shots were all shot with my MZ-S and self developed color film. I have an issue with home developed color film that a lot of spots show up on the negative that I have to clone out. The chemicals have developed 8 or 10 rolls, so contamination might be your first guess, but I have seen the problem in my early rolls with this batch of chemicals (my first.) I don't have a similar problem with my home developed B&W so....

Anyway, the first two are Fuji Superia 400, and the second two are Kodak Gold 400.