A camera the size of a room

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Three photos around SF Chinatown in Kodak Tri-X

(Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, dev in Xtol stock @ 7:45, scanned on Nikon Coolscan 8000ED)

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Polaroids are so iconic that they appear anachronistically quite often in tv/cinema.

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I once lived in a place that had a photo lab downstairs. I only started shooting film again after they moved out.

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Found my Olympus mju-II (Stylus Epic). It might be worth more today than what I paid for.

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Going down the rabit hole of Fuji Frontier. And Noritsu.

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Figured it out (a bit of RTFM) and now I have improved the tool.

tl;dr I used an Android app to replace paper notebooks for my film metadata. (shooting info, subject, location, date)

pro: it did GPS too, with time stamps.

cons: need to parse the format. I almost thought I had been careless and lost them

I still have 20+ year old metadata notebooks.

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To that list I'd add the Fuji 617. It's a 6x17 medium format camera. 4 frames a roll.

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Film cameras I always wanted to try / have but never did:

- Fujifilm TX-1 or TX-2 or Hasselblad X-Pan (the latter is a rebadger of the former)
- Mamiya 7
- Leica M6. (tried a M7, loved it, way out of reach)

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Test scan.

Note that the negative is still sleeved (the left band) and the scan need a better focus.

This is Kodak BW 400 CN (chromogenic film stock). Not sure which camera. Taken ca 2013.

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Apparently I have 20 rolls of 120 to archive, and 1 of 135. No wonder why I had so much 135 left.

Also found some old B&W with contact sheet. It used to cost $6 / roll with $5 / contact sheet. I love contact sheets.

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Trying scanning with camera.

Check this negative.

WTF are these crack? Is it damage to the emulsion? (it's not withing reach for me to check)

Apply invert to get positive.

Ah not this is just asphalt, Montréal quality.

It's some BW 400CN shot in 2013. Don't know which camera. I'll get the metadata later.

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New #photography book will be available soon

i speak only a tiny bit about mental health, art and my relationship to barcelona

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