Scan-O-Matic 7000 mk II

I made a few errors with the first production version (mk-1) of the scanner bed:

  • wrinkled tape around the scanning tube caused the negative carrier to skip and occasionally hang up
  • the scanning bed was shorter than the negative carrier
  • the single security flap was insufficient to keep the negative carrier on the scanner bed and it would sometimes slide out during scanning

So I rebuilt it. Continue reading “Scan-O-Matic 7000 mk II”

One Roll, Two Years (at least)

Most of the time, I have multiple little personal projects going on, all with various levels of importance both to me and in relation to each other. I don’t find this an unusual character trait: it seems as if others operate similarly.

In the sphere of Photography-related projects, I got interested in film shortly after I acquired my the D7000. The iPhone 4-induced photography obsession interest had family sending all manner of cameras my way, one of which was the cute-little Ricoh 35-ZF. I put a roll of film in it and started shooting around a bit. Continue reading “One Roll, Two Years (at least)”

Mistakes in at-home development, part 1

With the first attempt at at-home c-41 development, I made the error of failing to fill the tank all the way, with some interesting-ish and potential-filled results.

With the second attempt, though, my errors were somewhat more severe, and with somewhat less-interesting results Continue reading “Mistakes in at-home development, part 1”