The Ansco was/is a beautiful film. I’m glad to have another roll to shoot… I think I’ll stick it in the freezer for now, and use it for something special. And the R3 Monobath is an excellent, easy developer. I look forward to using it again… I should probably pick up a couple of rolls …
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Expired Ansco, meet R3 Monobath (3 – problems)
So 50 year old Ansco still has some life in it and the R3 works very well and is super easy to use, but I encountered three problems. A couple are obviously user error, probably all of them are. Please. If you have any advice or suggestions, please please please pass them on.
Flowers by Petzval
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 6: Flowers by Petzval
Houseplants and weeds
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 5 You’ll be happy to know that I did more with the testing than just shoot from the car window. I also shot in the yard on the way from the garage to the house, and in the house, near where I keep the briefcase. There are no limits to …
Fun with Curled film!
Don’t do what I did… or maybe do, now that you know what can happen. Petzval Week Behind the scenes: Fun with Curled Film Film curls. Some film curls more than others. Some film rolls up along its length as if it misses being stuffed into the canister. This one can be a bit of …
Steet Photography-ish with the Petzval
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 4 The city is working on making the street corners wheelchair-friendly all up and down Highway 161. Allah knows why. Sure, there’s a train station nearby, and there are a bunch of office parks and light industrial and shopping around, but there are no sidewalks to connect the corners… Cities …
Fun with Flare
Petzval Week Behind the scenes: Fun with Flare Quite accidentally, I ended up with a couple of shots that demonstrate the flare characteristics of the Petzval on film (aka full frame). This, of course, is something most competent lens testers would do as a matter of course. But I’m not a lens tester: I’m a …
