After a belly full of fried pies and a driving tour of Denton County, naps, a wonderful dinner, and a good night’s sleep, Mom and I went in to Dallas to wander the Clyde Warren Park catch the Irving Penn exhibit. In tow was, once again, the Diana Mini and the Nikon FE, both with partially shot rolls of HP5+ in their bellies… Continue reading “HP5+ goes to Dallas”
HP5+ goes to Gainesville
My mom came into town and spent a weekend with us a couple of weeks ago, and as my wife was busy studying and all, we went up to Gainesville for some fried pies and a bit of a tour around Denton County.
In the car with us was the Diana Mini and the Nikon FE and Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 ai.
How did they match up? I plan to explore that some this week…
Continue reading “HP5+ goes to Gainesville”Pull Processing C-41…Am I totally crazy?
Why would anyone pull C-41? Aren’t the times and temperatures ultra critical?
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4×5 Roses: HP5+ vs. FP4+
A couple of months ago, I loaded up a bunch of film: 3 holders full of HP5+ and 2 of FP4+.
I shot one holder of HP5 maybe a month ago, but they were horribly mis-focused and not correctly exposed.
The rest have been sitting, wrapped in zip lock bags, not refrigerated, just waiting, waiting. Continue reading “4×5 Roses: HP5+ vs. FP4+”
Ansco Super Hypan (Compania Imago)
There’s not much out there about this film, just a few images on Flickr and some random posts and remembrances on various message boards. Oh, and some expired/sold auctions and sales of old advertisements for it: General Aniline and Film (GAF) used an Irving Penn photo in an add for it back in 1961…
According to Compania Imago, the batch they rolled expired in 1964, and they recommend an EI of 100-200 for it. Now, depending on storage conditions, and depending on who you ask, film loses sensitivity at around 1 stop per decade, and the various message boards above indicate that Ansco/GAF Super Hypan was rated at “the old 320, which I think corresponds to 400” and about which I have absolutely no idea, and if you just guesstimate, rate the Super Hypan at 400 and lop off .66 stops/decade, then you can get to something like ISO 100-200, though the lone recipe filmdev.org pulled from flickr suggested 50.
Anyway.
I exposed it at 125, and developed using my times for FP4+ and D76 1+1 with 1 minute added just for grins, and because I saw some indication that maybe the film should be developed as if it was still a 400 speed film… But I did something wrong: the negatives came out very dense, with virtually no bright white highlights and totally crushed blacks. Continue reading “Ansco Super Hypan (Compania Imago)”
Polypan F 50 (Compania Imago)
It’s been so long since I shot and developed this roll that I don’t remember much about it… I got busy with all the rolls that I shot over Spring Break, and then it was all the birthday gift stuff (and there’s still stuff to share from that too). Apologies.
Of the black & white films I’ve shot thus far, the Polypan F is by far my favorite. Continue reading “Polypan F 50 (Compania Imago)”
‘Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty’
“Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty” is currently on view at the Dallas Museum of Art through August 14, 2016.
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