I started into photography in 1973, at the age of 13. As a member of my high
school's camera club, I learned to develop and print black and white film
before I was allowed to use the club's 35mm camera...which also meant hand
loading Ilford HP4 from bulk rolls into reusable 35mm film canisters!
Hey - resin coated paper? What's that... let's give it a try! Ooops; don?t
put it in the ferrotype print dryer!
A few weeks ago, I decided to load up my OM-4 T with some Ilford HP5, and
shoot it at 3200 ASA. I used Ilford Ilfotec DD-X to develop it: I hadn't used
that before but, I easily found the tech notes I needed at the Ilford website.
Oh, yeah: love that OM-4 T's spot metering.
I was so pleased with the results that I went out and bought some more HP5. I
had to travel over 100 kilometers, to the nearby city of Ottawa, Ontario to
find some; and I am grateful to the Henry's Camera store on Bank street for
stocking it, along with some Microphen (which I have used extensively).
Now that I have remembered how much fun working with black and white film is,
I am going to be shooting a lot more of it.
And, hey: there is a whole generation of people out there that have never
seen what 11 EV units of exposure latitude looks like - particularly when
compared to desaturated images from digital cameras!
Well, here are some of my results....
http://originofwriting.com/Ilford_HP5_at_3200_ASA/Iflord_HP5_at_3299_ASA.html
Hmmm... now, that REALLY had me thinking about Andrew Wiese's 100mm f2!!!
Best Wishes,
John Morton
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:43:25 -0700
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] A Tour in the Dark
I found this article on Ilford and the state of B&W photographic film
products to be very interesting.
http://www.auspiciousdragon.net/photowords/?p=811
To give credit where it is due, I picked up the beginning of the
story on Mike Johnston's blog.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
John Morton
http://OriginOfWriting.com
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