Roll #36 – Lomography CN 100

Lomography Color Negative (CN) 100 (Medium Format)

The year is over. For me it didn’t go out all that well. It’s strange seeing a photo you took in a frame next to a cinerary urn. But life goes on and you are once more reminded, that spending time with family and friends is important. So is taking photos of them.

I’m not sure yet how this whole thing here will continue. I may continue shooting the remaining rolls. But maybe a fresh start with something else would be better? Who knows – well, I don’t.

At the moment time seems to be moving faster, than I can catch up to.

National Park Hainich, Germany – Oct/Nov 2015

Shop-Talk:

Medium format (120), color negative, roll film, 12 exposures (6×6), ISO 100.

Yashica Mat 124G (Yashinon 80mm f3.5) + Lomography Color Negative 100
Film bought for ~5,35 EUR via Film Photography Project Store.
Developed @ New/Secret Lab-Project (Leipzig, Germany).
Scanned with Epson Perfection V550.

Roll #33 – CineStill 50D

CineStill 50D

Paying 9 EUR for a single roll of repackaged cinema film, I somehow expected more. Better colors (scans were postprocessed to look like they do now), better sharpness, better anything. Comparison images on the internet look much better.

Is it a subjectiv perception thing? Is it a matter of a good scan? Am I too critical? Well, it looks like I might have access to a Nikon Coolscan soon, so I’ll run the film through that again. So there might be an update to this entry in the future. Keep your eyes open!

Enough tech talk! This is the “Treetop Path”, you climb a tower from which you can see around or can take elevated path branches (hoho!) through the treetops. Early morning light, slowly disappearing fog in the distance… it was quite magical.

National Park Hainich, Germany / Oct 2015

Shop-Talk:

35mm, color negative film, 36 exposures, ISO 50.

Nikon F80/N80 + Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8G + CineStill 50D
Film bought for 9 EUR via MacoDirect.
Developed and scanned by Foto Schröter (Riesa).

Roll #32 – Wegert Pro 200

Wegert Pro 200 (expired 09/2005)

Since I’m behind schedule quite a bit, I’ll start numbering the blog entries by roll and not by week. On top of that I’d have to publish more than 2 rolls each week to catch up until the end of the year. I doubt that’ll happen, so I’ll continue the project into 2016 until 52 rolls are done.

There are almost no leaves on the trees anymore, I’m very glad I had the chance to spend a weekend in the Hainichen national park.

National Park Hainich, Germany / Oct 2015

Shop-Talk:

35mm, color negative film, 24 exposures, ISO 200, expired 2005.

Nikon F80/N80 + Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8G + Wegert Pro 200
Film bought for 2,00 EUR via eBay.
Developed by Foto Schröter (Riesa).
Scanned with Epson V550.

Week #21 – Fujichrome Provia 100F

Fujifilm Fujichrome Provia 100F (120 Medium Format)

It’s been a while. I finally moved to a new apartment (within the same city). The office (aka living room) is filled with the humming sound of a scanner and the rustling of negative sleeves again.

There are still a lot of negatives of my trip to the Elbe Sandstone Mountains to scan and film of my trip to Potsdam and a family wedding to develop. So I hope I can find back to the usual rythm of weekly updates.

Elbe Sandstone Mountains – June 2015

Shop-Talk:

35mm and Medium Format (120), color slide film, 24 exposures (35mm) / 12 exposures (6×6), ISO 100.

Yashica Mat 124G (Yashinon 80mm f3.5) + Fujichrome Provia 100F
Film #1 bought for ~9 EUR via Film Photography Project Store.
Film #2 (expired 2003) bought for 2,30 EUR via eBay.
Developed by FotoStudio 80.
Scanned with Epson Perfection V550.