Category Archives: Fomapan I’ve been having lots of fun with the Holga and went out today with this 6×6 camera loaded with 35mm film.  An Altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple mount used for moving a telescope, camera, helostatic mirror, or solar panel along two perpendicular axes of motion, one vertical and one horizontal. The vertical movement is known as the altitude, while the horizontal motion is called the azimuth. (Wikipedia)  The Leica IF has gone to hospital, aka Malcolm Taylor for a much needed CLA and to have its shutter curtain replaced. Hopefully it will be back in a few weeks.  Luckily the sun was shining again because I wanted to see what the results of using the CV Color Scopar 21/4 would be like on the If. So I did the usual and hoofed it around Deptford and Greenwich photographing my usual reference points.  I’m battling with Fomapan 400 and Rodinal development times at the moment. I know it is not recommended to use Rodinal with this emulsion. There is nothing on the Massive Dev Chart (and for good reasons, the consensus seems to be that the results are shite). But hey, it is my life and I have...  Surprisingly, after the wet wet wet weekend we have some sun. Enough to break out the ISO 100 Fomapan. I decided to use the Rodinal (Adox APH09) to see what kind of grain would result. I reduced the agitation to the first 10 seconds, followed by 3 gentle inversions per minute and I think I’m...  This the first post! |
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