Filmphotography

The big tree. One of the few old yellowwood trees that survived the clear cutting. There’s been a lot of replanting and preservation to try to undo the damage of colonial exploitation of resources - the same kind of exploitation still going on full-tilt in Central Africa. This is another one from my expired film test in Knysna back in September with @sophdex and Jinty and Jinty’s wonderful kids. This was also the first real test of using the F100 with the modern 24-120 stabilised lens - getting sharp results at 1/15th of a second handheld. There are only a handful of Nikon film cameras that can use stabilised lenses. Quite a few Canons though, I believe.

“Congratulations! You now own the Nikon F, the world’s most coveted 35mm camera and the undisputed choice of professional photographers. See how handsome it is. Feel its sturdy body…” In pic 2 is the receipt from 30-03-1971 when my dad’s late colleague, Dr. Vogelpoel, bought this beast for the very hefty sum of R457.05 - about twice the price of a Spotmatic and a substantial proportion of a doctor’s income. ...

from our holiday in Knysna with @ezlemoen (pictured dispensing wisdom) and @sophdex

It’s been a while since I shot film. Processes for sharing them have changed and I’ve forgotten some things. So I’m doing a little testing. Despite everything, when I have a perfect exposure (1/500th at f6.3 for the sun) and a stabilised lens, and boost the sharpness and balance the colour, the results are good even from a flatbed scanner with a very, very expired film. So I’m eager to see the results using a digital camera copy with a new film. ...

Faded memories of things passed away. The unique @hello_sailor_bistro wisely closed just months into the pandemic. Another from a roll of film that I just left on a shelf for years.

Processed some brutally neglected rolls of film that were sitting exposed on a shelf since well before the pandemic…

@federicoandraderivas sounded a bit nostalgic about his time writing his master’s thesis in @hello_sailor_bistro from his vantage point of writing his PHD in Vancouver. Surprise, surprise. I found a pic of him writing in there. Must have been a good few years back.

#tbt bonus. Flamingos in the mist.

#tbt From fake Tri-X to the real thing. The beautiful young Gareth by candlelight in 1997.