I had my Graflex Pacemaker 23 Speed Graphic with me over the weekend, and I shot a couple rolls of film through it, in addition to the remainder of the roll I shot on Thursday (didn’t get a chance to scan those in yet – stay tuned there). Actually, all the shots were on Saturday, and all 3 rolls of Kodak T-MAX were developed Saturday night in the darkroom/bathroom.
First up was a couple shots at the Farmer’s Grain Cooperative at the end of the Connecticut Southern Railroad’s Manchester Branch. No trains were running, and in fact the co-op didn’t have any cars in their siding. But I still got a few shots around the area. Two in particular came out pretty good. One looking towards Oakland Street and one of the switch stand for the co-op siding.
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Then later in the day, I shot a couple rolls of film at my in-laws. One roll didn’t work out well as I aparently bumped the 120 roll film back a couple times and let some light in, so all the negs were fogged. Oh, well. The other roll came out great, though. Got at least 3 standouts there. One detail shot of an old and rusting Lincoln Town Car Mark V deep in the back yard.
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This one I had to extend the bellows out on the camera for the closeup shot – the front of the lens was only a few inches from the hood ornament.
And I got a shot of each of the barns on the property.
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All were shot around f/11, and only the two at the co-op were handheld – the others were on a tripod. I’m getting to like film again… I’m thinking about taking one day of railfanning and only have the Speed Graphic and a few rolls of black & white film with me. Just like the old days. Well, I’ll probably have my 20D with me anyways – I don’t own a light meter, so I’ve been using the digital as a meter lately. We’ll see…maybe I’ll save the film day for the winter months…hmmm….
And for those of you who are curious about the details about developing – I developed the film in Kodak D-76 developer, diluted 1:1, and did the usual stop bath then fixer (Kodak Rapid Fixer with Hardener, if you’re really curious). A bath in running water, then a hang dry in the tub. Cut up into 2 frame strips (hey, remember they’re huge at 6cm x 7cm), then scanned with a Canon 8600F flatbed film/print scanner run by SilverFast-SE scanning software (well worth the price!). Nothing complex…
Thanks for looking!
Tom
