Topic: March 25-26-27 weekend and so on

[astrobeck]

My photo is from the RETO Wide and Slim...the copycat of the Vivitar Wide and Slim.

This is another place that is being scraped off the earth. There used to be another row of beautiful trees here, but the parks department has decided they need it for who knows what....I don't. It's just dirt mostly now..
Anyway, enjoy your weekends.
It's sunny and warm here! Yippee!

[Bryan]

I stuck some more bugs in my enlarger.

Colorado Beetle by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Pond Skater Gerris by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

[EarlJam]

I've had a bulk loader in storage, pretty much forever. Having not bothered to take it out of its box for the past two or three decades, I had forgotten that it's still loaded with an indeterminate amount, perhaps 50 feet or so, of Ilford HP4 from 1976. Bryan's adventures with Carter-era film provided the incentive, so I spooled up a roll and did a 4-stop bracket test. After 45 years, ISO 25-30 seems to be about right; the base fog alone, to my eye, is at least 3 stops, maybe more. Lab processed for now. Eventually, I'll buy some D-76 or HC-110 and a bottle of benzotriazole, and see if I can get better results at home.

Pentax MX and 35/2.8, because a period-appropriate camera seemed in order.

[Kai-san]

Spring is coming here, farmers have started plowing their fields and birds are on the lookout for suitable places for nests.

Nikon F3 / Nikkor 35mm 1:2,8 / Rollei RPX 400 in HC-110

[Bryan]

I've had a bulk loader in storage, pretty much forever. Having not bothered to take it out of its box for the past two or three decades, I had forgotten that it's still loaded with an indeterminate amount, perhaps 50 feet or so, of Ilford HP4 from 1976. Bryan's adventures with Carter-era film provided the incentive, so I spooled up a roll and did a 4-stop bracket test. After 45 years, ISO 25-30 seems to be about right; the base fog alone, to my eye, is at least 3 stops, maybe more. Lab processed for now. Eventually, I'll buy some D-76 or HC-110 and a bottle of benzotriazole, and see if I can get better results at home.

Pentax MX and 35/2.8, because a period-appropriate camera seemed in order.

Carter-era?  That’s my new stuff, my Panatomic-X is Kennedy-era.  I’m still experimenting with the Benzo but I think you will see some improvement.