Many things suck but Polaroid 600 black and white film is back in stock.

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For planning some local film photography workshops, I'm trying to find the lowest level of equipment that a person might have and still be able to produce positives good enough to enjoy and to provide sufficient feedback to keep going. So I brought up a couple of lamps from the basement along with a chipped sheet of glass from an old picture frame, set it up on a card table over a sheet of paper, and taped a sample 6x6 negative to the glass, as shown here.

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Roll 19680033, cont.: Riverside (1968)

A shop window late at night. I can't decide which version I prefer.

A few shots from around the neighborhood, and a nearby short trail through some trees (“woods” would be a stretch).

#NikonFE2
#TriX400 @ 1600
50mm f/1.4
#Rodinal

Another #filmphotography and #believeinfilm question, but this one for advanced film photographers. How small a negative can an iphone camera fill a screen with sharply? (I'm trying to establish the lowest common denominator for scanning.)

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Roll 19680033, cont.: Riverside (1968)

A train comes down the track by the Sunkist packing plant. As it comes near, the vibration of its passing makes it impossible to hold the camera steady.

#SilentSunday

Concerned ungulates confront city slicker

Hey, #believeinfilm and #filmphotography folks, a question specifically for people who are just starting out with film or are thinking about it but unsure of where to start. My photo club would like to help out beginners in our area, so we're thinking of holding some kind of workshop, but we know too much and have been doing this too long to know what beginners might need. Would it be:

- How to develop your own film?

- How to buy a film camera?

- How exposure works?

- Something else?

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Roll 19680033, cont.: Riverside (1968)

The Sunkist packing plant and the nearby railroad depot were located within a few blocks of several places in which I lived in Riverside. These photos are from a walk that I took down by the depot late one night.

Happy weekend from Tokyo!

Today I have a bit of medium-format film photography from the town of Balingen, Germany. It features the Zollern Castle alongside a historic tanners' district known as "Little Venice."

Mamiya 6, 50mm f/4
Fujicolor Pro 400H

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Roll 19680033: Riverside (1968)

One: The front desk of a very cheap hotel. It's not clear what I was doing here. If it had been a year earlier, I would have been looking for a room.

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Roll 19680032c: UC Riverside (1968)

Still unhappy with the the dress rehearsal photos, I returned for the performance and dutifully recorded "The Shakers" from the control room. This shot is a sample. Movies of this well-known piece as performed in different places are available on youtube, so I'm not going to bother processing the other shots in this series and posting them here.

Next roll: My life continues.