Expired Black Slim Devil

Alley Chairs, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

A few shots from a semi recent roll of expired high speed color film. I actually tried to color correct these, which was a little tricky. A little bit different results then the last roll I did with my Minolta last summer, but that roll had been sitting in my camera bag for something like 10 years. This roll has been mostly semi chilled for last 18+ years. It does seem to get reduced down to 200 speed capabilities, and the color does want to shift to the blue range.


Black Slim Devil ultra wide slim, very expired (1992) Kodak Gold 1600 35mm color negative film. Processed pushed +1/2, scanned from negative.

SX-70

365 2.0/340, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

1st shot with the Polaroid Artistic TZ SX-70 film. Ordered a couple of packs of ATZ and the Fade to Black film from Polapremium during their black friday sale. I really like this film so far. It has such a nice color palette to it. Plus, I'm thrilled that my SX-70 classic original still works! Many many moons ago when I was still an art student and aspiring photographer, I utilized Polaroids (sx-70 and peel apart) here and there, but not a huge amount simply for budget reasons. It was cheaper to roll and process my own black and white film. So I saved my polaroids for certain things. At the time, if you were on a budget, you had to choose. Now today, in the midst of everything digital and being able to shoot as much as one wants, I've had my own analogue film realization which has also led me back to Polaroids. I've become a very selective shooter over the years, even digitally, I usually (not always, but most of the time) know if I've got something I like within the first few shots. This applies to my holga shots and now to my Polaroid shots as well. Seems to suit my shooting style/method. Oh how I've missed this.

sin@julias

sin@julias, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Expired Kodak Gold 200 35mm color negative film. Processed normal C-41. Scanned from neg.

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365 2.0/276, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

I had the fortune of winning a Black Slim Devil from Nic over at Four Corners Dark blog. Nic had a contest going to help promote his special limited edition, secret camera to be sold for 100 percent of it to go to his local animal rescue shelter charity. The contest was simple, closest guess wins. I guessed holga mod and that's what he had. Limited edition of 10, custom holgas from www.holgamods.com, with closer focusing, custom masks, plus some cool film from Nic's own rare stash and other accessories. I wish I could have purchased one, great kit, but the timing was not good for me unfortunately. A portion of all his sales goes to the animal shelter. Pretty cool. So I ordered a bunch of 35mm film to go with my new Black Slim Devil. Thanks again Nic!

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Cheap, yes. Plastic, no. Goodness, lots.

365 2.0/273, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Expired Kodak Elite Chrome 400 35mm color slide film. Processed normal E-6. Scanned from film.

I had intended for this blog to focus on plastic cameras instead of traditional slrs or even medium format cameras, and even polaroid. However, I've found that with my new re-appreciation for film, comes lots of other options for cameras in general. Some are cameras from my own collection, and others are new finds. Needless to say, not everything on here will be pure plastic.

Introducing my new old Yashica Electro 35 GSN rangefinder built circa 1973. Found for $6 at shopgoodwill.com, $15 total with shipping. Add in $15 for a battery adapter from the yashicaguy.com and now I have this great little rangefinder of a camera. I've only run one roll thru it so far and am very happy with it. I haven't shot with a rangefinder in quite awhile. The camera has a few options, bulb mode, flash mode and Automatic. F-stops 1.7-16, with a minimum focus of about 2 1/2 feet. The lens itself is 45mm, barely wide. When in auto mode, you set the f-stop and it meters and calculates the shutter speed. If its over exposed, you'll get a red arrow in the viewfinder, if its a slow exposure (anything below a 1/30th) you'll get a orange arrow. The meter seemed pretty accurate so far. Its got more weight to it since it is metal, and the size was a little bigger then I was expecting. Looking forward to shooting more with it.

Shoes on a Wire

Shoes on a Wire, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, very expired Fuji Astia 120 chrome film cross processed C-41. Scanned from neg.

All Saints

All Saints, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, very expired Fuji Astia 120 chrome film cross processed C-41. Scanned from neg.

chair

chair, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Stop Bike

Stop Bike, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

sunset, palm and wires

sunset, palm and wires, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

As much as it sucks whenever California is on fire (since writing this, a whole bunch more fires have sprung to life, really sucks), the air quality is awful, allergies get all whacked and of course the loss of trees and homes. However, the light changes in a rather beautiful way. Due to all the crap in the air, the light gets filtered and we get golden glowing light during the day and almost orange red glows at sunset.

Been in a bit of photo slump the past month or so, in fact took almost that long for me to finish this roll of film (there are more shots from this roll that I will be posting soon). Hasn't been a terribly exciting or inspiring summer for holga photos unfortunately. Now that my holga is loaded up again (new film, Fuji 400H from FourCornerStore), and with the summer slowly coming to a close, maybe I'll be able to conjure up some creative juices again.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

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Holga 120S, very expired Iflord HP5+ b&w negative film, processed normal, scanned from neg.

Canters@night

Canters@night, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Fairfax@night

Fairfax@night, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Another from my Fairfax series.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Canters Drive-by

Canters Drive-by, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Continuation of my Fairfax series.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

cafe plants

cafe plants, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Took this shot while having my lunch. Hadn't shot any b&w thru my holga in a few months, thought it was time to do some more. Now that I have two holgas, I can load color and b&w and be ready for anything!

Holga 120S, very expired Iflord HP5+ b&w negative film, processed normal, scanned from neg.

Vines & Lavender

Vines & Lavender, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

red tree flare

red tree flare, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

I have never seen a tree quite like this before, well accept for the other one across the street, other then that one, never seen.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Robertson at Alden, WeHo

Robertson at Alden, WeHo, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Now that I have a Holga with a bulb function, I can experiment a bit more. A couple of lifetimes ago, I used to do a lot of shooting hand held with very slow exposures to get some of that movement feeling. Once again, back to basics.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Purple Toes

365 2.0/200, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Seems I've got a foot series going, swear its not a fetish. ; )

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.

Summer Time

Summer Time, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Hanging out back on our little strip of back yard that my Mrs created.

Holga 120CFN, expired Fuji NPS 160 color negative film, processed normal C-41. Scanned from negative.