How to make your otherwise drab and mundane photos interesting?
Agfa RSX II 200 on Ensign Ful-Vue
Bored with your photos? Running out of places to shoot?
The solution is simple, really. Go for double/multiple exposures and if you’re feeling adventurous, intentionally make yourself a fat roll to get some delicious light leaks on your shots!
The first two photos were taken in the heart of KL near the Central Market / Masjid Jamek and I assure you that I’ve gone for a photowalk there for no less than four times in 2011 alone!
These were also shot on the same roll, the last 3 frames in fact and due to some fat roll action, I’m left with these light leaks! They definitely weren’t intentional but they sure made my otherwise repetitive images all the more interesting.
And you guessed it, it’s the same old abandoned house in Bangsar as featured in my Lensbaby post earlier.
Oh, btw, I was told by a fellow photographer who frequented the place that about 4 weeks ago during an outing (at 2am!!) they actually saw not one but TWO entities floating around the compound! Have you heard of Pontianaks before?
Sickkk!!
-delusiana
Carburetor Dung & The Garrison (and a cute baby named Luth!)
Agfa CT Precisa 100 (expired 2002) ON Canon A-1, FD 50mm f/1.4
Last month I went to a lot of gigs, and one of them featured two of my favorite local punk bands: The Garrison & Carburetor Dung. Needless to say, much of the rolls were spent on photographing them and this roll, became my absolute favorite.
I didn’t use a flash and all shots were taken under the Program mode, illuminated by the twinkling lights from the stage and its surroundings at Publika, Solaris Dutamas.
Honestly, I’m amazed at the clarity and wonderful colors of the original CT Precisa when cross processed. None of my 36 exposures even had the slightest yellowish-green shift synonymous with the newer Agfaphoto CT Precisa, assuring me that I did not waste my money bidding for 10 rolls of this coveted film!
-delusiana
Old film = Good film
Agfa RSX II 200 (expired) on HolgaMod 120S
delusiana and myself snagged 20 rolls of the Agfa RSX II 200 off a seller on eBay late last year knowing they all read in faded print ‘Process Before 1991.’ We were anxious about our purchase but not because we were afraid that the rolls might no longer be useable, but because we were excited to see what we would get post-exposure. I once had quite a wonderful surprise with a roll of Kodak Vericolor, also 20 years old, which got the two of us on a roll acquiring expired film at every opportunity.
The overexposed and double exposed shots came out very yellow as you can see above, while I think it may be a trait of this film, I am also doubting my scanner, or actually my ability to operate my scanner at this point. I will give it another shot and rescan the negs one of these days. For now though, I rather like the classic and retro colors of the first 3 pictures.
-eleanorrigby236
The Vivitar UWS strikes again: SLUTWALK Singapore!
Agfa CT Precisa on Vivitar UWS
In the near future if ever again I’m to view a developed Agfa Precisa on my UWS, I should put my sunglasses on.
To get that turquoise-greenish hue was my initial plan, but I have to admit it’s too blinding especially when there are no objects before the sky. I envy that royale blue tone of an xpro CT Precisa on a Lomo LC-A. Definitely gonna land my hands on that baby someday soon!
-yovie eswark
Develop your B&Ws in Tea!
Fuji Neopan Acros 100 on Great Wall DF
Agfa APX 100
We’re honored to feature Firda Beka of Many Cameras on CGSF and she had also kindly agreed to share her tea developer concoction, which she termed 4-Tea-C.
Now, I’ve always loved B&Ws developed in caffenol but tea?? I’m intrigued! Let’s hear what Firda has to say,
== 4-Tea-C Developer Recipe ==
Ingredients (to make 500ml):
- 2 tea bags of each orange pekoe tea, pure green tea, pure peppermint tea, and pomegranate green tea (8 tea bags in total)
- 2 teaspoons of washing soda
- 1000mg vitamin c
- water
Instructions:
- Put 300ml of water in a saucepan, threw in all the tea bags, bring to boil.
- Once boiling, turn off the stove and let steep for 30 minutes.
- Transfer to a measuring cup to see how much tea solution you got. I got 200ml after squeezing every drop from the tea bags.
- Drop the vitamin c into the tea mixture. In retrospect, dropping it into the washing soda solution would probably be a better idea since mixing it with the tea mixture creates a lot of froth.
- Mix washing soda with water to create 300ml solution or adjust according to the amount of tea solution you got in order to have a total of 500ml.
- Mix the tea-c and washing soda solutions together.
I didn’t check the exact temperature but I’m pretty sure it was room temperature, i.e. 20 degrees. I know. Very scientific indeed. As for developing time, I did a 2 hour semi-stand development, only agitated 3 times during the 2 hours. You don’t want to agitate too many times when doing semi-stand development because the film could easily become over-developed.
Isn’t this just great?? I can’t wait to start developing my B&Ws now. Thanks so much Firda!
Firda also has a tumblr photoblog at http://www.manycameras.com (she has over 200 of them!) and definitely check out her Flickr stream for more analogue goodness.
-delusiana
New Vs Old emulsion CT Precisas? A film conspiracy!
Agfaphoto CT Precisa on Lomo LC-A+
Ok…so I’ve got my latest batch of precisa developed…and they came out…BLUE.
Well mostly anyway. Some have a slight greenish tinge but on the whole they’re blue. These were fresh films that are genuine precisas not fake as far as i can tell.
I had a chat with the man at the lab, and he reckons it’s quite a lot to do with the processing chemicals. This was the same lab that processed my last shots that came out really blue. All those precisa shots were from the same roll…weird.
I also emailed Kevin Meredith aka Lomokev about the green/blue thing… he’s written books on toy cameras/film photography, and runs courses in Brighton. He used to use Precisa all the time and he said,
“I don’t use agfa precisa now as it changed, its too green now. I use Lomography xpro Chrome 100 ASA.” (click here for some examples.)
“Definitely ditch the Precisa it’s just too unpredictable.”
Interesting!
-Harriet Green
edit: If you’re not in the know about the Agfa CT Precisa conspiracy, check out this link for something interesting. :D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelsauer/3211612099/
-delusiana
Agfa RSX II 100ISO
Canon A-1, FD 50mm f/1.4
The decision to buy this 2001 expired Agfa RSXII was something that I wouldn’t ever regret. I’m not sure if it’s because of the age but this film truly loves blue when cross processed! You can check my older post of this film here, and I can come to the conclusion that blues will be enhanced when shot in low-key situations.
I have more shots from this particular roll (almost all turned out extremely well and I’m having a really hard time choosing the ones to feature in this post) but maybe I’ll post them some other time.
-delusiana
Agfa RSX II 100ISO
Canon A-1, FD 50mm f1.4
Besides the fact that I bought the A-1 as a replacement for the drowned AE-1, the main reason I chose it was for its multiple exposure function!
I basically went into a snapping frenzy, especially when left alone in a studio/live house with posters plastered on all 4 walls. Taken with the super rare Agfa RSX II 100ISO expired 2001, the results can only be described as surreal & psychedelic at best.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, can you hear me?
-delusiana
p/s: I’ll be writing a more detailed review on the A-1 and the Agfa RSX II film next, with better pictures under various lighting. All I can say for now is that this film is a gem. If you happen to find one lying around, by all means grab it!
Agfa CT Precisa 100ISO
LOMO L-CA+
Just look at them heavenly blues!! I’ve only ever managed to get greenish yellow tones out of my cross-processed CT Precisas, so seeing these perked my interest again with this particular film. Could it be that only fresh Precisas produce royal blues? I know mine were expired by a few months when I got them..hmm…
These photos were taken around Brighton, UK by Harriet Green, do check out her flickr stream for more of her lovely shots. Thanks for submitting Harriet and keep on experimenting!
-delusiana
Agfa HDC+ 100
Franka AF-300
Another unheard of film (to me at least) the Agfa HDC+ 100 by Christian Bodden! A long out-of-production color negative film, let’s hear what Christian has to say about it:
The set was taken with the Agfa HDC+100, Expired 2002. I had hoped to get a few more crazy artifacts from such an old film, but sadly no. I did get some good pictures though. This film seesm to give some mixed results - when it is sunny and the sky is blue it laps this up, and the colours are immense. At other times it is a bit more muted. The one with the curving lamp-posts was taken using my sunglasses as a make shift polariser by the way! These were just a random set of whatever took my fancy at the time.
Random or not, this set made me wanna get myself a Franka too! Plastic fantastic alright.
-delusiana
Fujifilm Acros Neopan 100ISO
Agfa Isoly
More shots from the wildlife park photowalk. The Neopan Acros never fails to deliver, and at 100ISO, the shots turned out nice and contrasty. Although they flunked miserably in all my indoor shots, bah.
-delusiana
My Agfa Isoly circa 1962 has finally arrived in all it’s glory, everready case included. This is supposed to be the original camera which the cheaper, all plastic Diana was copied from. The lens is made of glass so you can be sure of higher quality, sharper images. I can’t wait to see how the shots will fare against the Holga GCFN, also with a glass lens. I’ve just loaded the Isoly with a Fujifilm Pro 400H, hopefully the pics will come out fine!!
Update: I should probably retract my statement. The Diana F+ is super expensive nowadays, you’re better off spending on this Isoly!! LOL!
-delusiana
Agfa CT Precisa 100ISO
Last post of the day, taken on that Tanjung Karang trip last month. (Or was it in January? Man, I’m getting old…)
I must say that I like these the best out of all the shots taken on this Agfa CT Precisa roll. Well, 3 rolls of Kodak Portra just arrived so I’m looking forward to experimenting with those on my Holga 120GCFN, hopefully they’ll turn out every bit as swell as eleanorrigby236’s :)
-delusiana
Superheadz Ultra Wide & Slim, 22mm Wide Angle Lens, f11, 1/125
Agfa CT Precisa 100ISO
Some scans from a Chinese temple in Klang. More detailed shots of this beautiful place will be uploaded soon once my Tri-X 400 roll on a Canon AE-1 is developed. Alas, most of my colored shots of the interior of this huge temple were also in that destroyed Superia Xtra 400 roll I told you earlier. *cries*
-delusiana
Superheadz Ultra Wide & Slim, 22mm Wide Angle Lens, f11, 1/125
