Train at the Station

Metered off the "headlight" - Cool morning that ended in snow. Kodak Plus-X Pan (125) from 1981. Shot at ISO 80. No problem. Stand developed (1:150) for 64 minutes in homebrewed Kalogen. Nikon N90s with a hacked Soligor 35mm lens in T4 mount. Part of this is to test some theories (mostly not mine) about metering and stand development to get to "gamma infinity" Interesting first test.

Fotografo:
mike1allison
Caricato:
2020-12-15
Tags:
"plus x" "plus-x pan" Kalogen analog analogue b&w black&white bw cold colorize colourise experiment expired film filmisnotdead filmneverdied gamma homebrew homemade kodak landscape lomo lomography morning mountain n90s nikon plus-x s&w schwarz-weiss soligor stand sw utah west “gamma infinity” “stand development”
Fotocamera:
Nikon N90s
Pellicola:
Kodak Plus-x Pan shot (expired 1981) shot at ISO 80
Obiettivo:
Soligor 35mm f2.8
Cittá:
Ogden, Utah
Paese:
United States
Album:
From Sunrise to Gamma Infinity

5 Commenti

  1. charliedontsurf
    charliedontsurf ·

    Don't know what ' gamma infinity ' is but you've got a good look here. Plenty of life left in that film.

  2. mike1allison
    mike1allison ·

    @charliedontsurf I have a hunch you will learn more. Im still trying to figure if it exists. This film is great I wish I had 1000 feet of it. Expired and all.

  3. charliedontsurf
    charliedontsurf ·

    @mike1allison ok, I'm gonna have to look it up now!

  4. mike1allison
    mike1allison ·

    @charliedontsurf start here maybe unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Mortensen/mortensen.html

  5. charliedontsurf
    charliedontsurf ·

    @mike1allison I actually read that article a few years ago but didn't really appreciate it. Metering for the highlights I can understand for a portrait but not a locomotive, I'm amazed that the shadows came out so well. Basically he's advocating pushing or pulling film to get a negative that he can work with and good old stand development. Back where we started lol.! His thoughts on optimum outdoor lighting are interesting too, diffused light by means of bright overcast conditions. Basically f8 and be there, chuck it in a bucket of weak rodinal for 1-2 hours, minimal agitation. So gamma infinity is basically about finding a method that lets your negatives develop till there's nothing more to give, again stand development. The biggest drawback is those streaks though. When I look back at the majority of my stand rolls most of them exhibit some streaking. So how does one eliminate that with any consistency? I like the quote ' develop until the emulsion falls off' ! How about 1 week @ 1+500 left in the fridge! I wonder if there would be anything at all?

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