PHotovestad

Well, I’ve scanned some of the 35mm film that I processed in Caffenol-C and I’ve posted a few shots to my Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhovestad/ .  As you’ll see on the image posted here and some of the ones on Flickr as well, there is some major sprocket action going on and I can’t say as I know why.  Not that I mind when the “Angel of Uncertainty” strikes this way but I’d still like to know what caused this.  The film is old Kodak Max400 C-41 process colour film.  I had 2 rolls sitting in a dresser for 5 years or so.  The roll that this image is from had been in a camera once before, had 2 exposures taken, then rolled back into the cartridge for future use.  Both rolls were processed simultaneously in stainless reels in the same 2 reel stainless tank. Caff-C was a 1/2/4/8 solution @ 68 for 18 minutes

I also did a roll of FP4 with a roll of home rolled TMax 400 as above in a double reel tank.  Both rolls were of indeterminate age and history.  The Ilford was totally botched, probably due to some misfortune in it’s past, and the TMax had it’s own issues which I’ll credit to the learning process, although for the most it part turned out okay.

2 @ rolls of Tri-X and 4 sheets of 4x5 Tri-x in HC-110 turned out pretty much as expected.  That is to say predictably good.

The Bessa that I got myself for X-Mas has been a delight to use so far.  It’s taken a little getting used to shooting with a rangefinder i.e,  remembering to take the lens cap off.  It’s amazing though how quickly you fall back into the film shooting mode once you start.  Without all of the distractions afforded by a digital camera you can focus on taking the picture.