More prints

Yes, I have been busy this weekend.

Updates.

I am ALMOST caught up with developing and printing. It seems with this work flow that there is always something waiting to be done. Now that my D76 has been used up, it's back to stockpiling exposed rolls for a bit.

It is interesting how my tastes keep evolving. I started using an incident meter to determine exposure for my Canon P, since it doesn't have a meter. I ended up with some thicker than usual negatives, so I'm guessing the shutter speeds are a bit slow. I really like the prints I've been getting from these negs, though. They have better tonality and detail in the shadows. Only they need to be developed for longer. I've been printing at grade 4 to get a full range print. It was overcast that days, but I'd prefer to be printing at grade 3 for these so I don't have to double my print exposures.

I've also thrown in some shots from my relatively new Olympus XA2. The zone focus made me a bit wary at first, but that first roll through turned out great! I can't seem to keep the same gear for a full year! I've sold the Bessa R and Jupiter 8 I started the project with and have moved on to a Canon P with a 35mm 1.8 Canon lens, paired with the Olympus. Once this project finishes out, I figure that I'll have a much better mastery of my film and developer, and so use the Bronica RF that I picked up in the fall as my main camera.

Ok, enough talk. Here are the photos.

busy printing

I've been busy printing the last week with all the snow. Here are some updates.

Decisions on a final product

I've been thinking about a final product for the project. I'm thinking I might mat and frame 10 of the best photos for the year and try to pedal them around time to get shown in various coffee shops, or similar locations. For the sake of consistency, I'll be sticking with the 35mm rangefinders, Canon P and Bessa R, with a 35mm and a 50mm. The shots will be printed as 6x9 images full frame to 8x10 paper, matted with just a little space outside the image.

Developing times

As a bit of sloppy temperature measurement, I processed a bunch of Neopan 400 in D76 1:1 for 9.5 min at 19 C instead of 20 C. Just got done making some prints, and they're beautiful! Here's to a fortunate mistake!

Prints!!!

I'm almost caught up on developing, and I finally made some prints! These are an accumulated effort, so there's quite a few. All and more are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonthomas/sets/72157620841771068/.

Catching up

I'm finally getting to developing the backlog of film. I developed about 9 rolls this week, only my temperatures were too low and my fixer was old. The resulting negs look a little flat and I've spent the day refixing them with fresh fixer. I'll probably have to bump up the contrast when I print them up. I have a few more prints to scan, but just haven't gotten to it yet.