I still shoot film

27 aug.

A few weeks ago, I developed my first film in a very long time. In the fridge, I had several exposed rolls. The oldest was from a year ago. It was both black/white and color negative and some slides. So yesterday I took the time to develop them all. Ilford HP5+, Kodak Tmax 3200, and Rollei CR200 in 135 formats and a roll of 120mm Fujifilm Provia 100f.

Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Fujifilm Provia 100f

I like Provia 100f, it is not as saturated as Velvia and works in many situations. Also, as a portrait film, if you want. Here I was out at sunset and took some pictures by the water. I recently published photos from this tour that I took with my digital camera. I took this picture with the Mamiya RZ67 II Pro, a medium format camera. Personally, I think that slide films should be photographed in larger formats than 35mm, and 120mm is the largest I have. Love the colors! Too bad that it is so expensive, otherwise I would have used this film much more often. Today, a roll of film where I can photograph 10 pictures costs around 120 SEK, excluding shipping and developing, if I buy it in Sweden. Now I usually buy my film on eBay, and then I can find it for around 100 SEK incl. shipping.

Rollei CR200 is also a color reversal film, here photographed in a 35mm format. I actually do not remember in which camera I had this, but I would guess I shot this on the Nikon F5. I often shoot slide films in cameras with good light measurement when I can not measure manually external, so I think the choice fell on the F5. I'm not as fond of the colors that the CR200 gives, the slightly green/yellow muted tone. I bought it to try it out, but it is not a film I will buy more of. I simply don't like the result.

Photographing in black and white is very rewarding. This was my first attempt with the Kodak Tmax 3200, and I will use it several times, especially when I want to shoot in low light but can also imagine some action images. The dog or children at full speed. The second film, Ilford HP5 +, is a film I often use, probably the one I photographed the most with and I really like it. It is, as we say in Sweden, "lagom". Does not protrude in any direction and can be pressed both up and down during photography as well as during development.