homo homini lupus ….

  • place : Auschwitz II-Birkenau :extermination camp
  • Flexaret VII (6×4,5) + Nikon F4
  • Fomapan 100 + Kodak5222
  • Diafine + D76

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games of the light…

I haven’t posted in a very long time. Sometimes it happens that nothing seems to be happening around, or the second case when there is too much going on and then there is no free time left for fun. That’s why I’m only adding a few shots while playing with the light and the developing in the studio

  • Nikon F4 + MF Samyang 2/135mm
  • Fomapan F100 +1 EV
  • pseudosolarization process with Rodinal & red light
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny WT

  • Nikon F4 + MF Samyang 2/135mm
  • Fomapan F100 +1 EV
  • pseudosolarization process with Rodinal & red light
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny CT
  • Bronica S2 + Nikon P 2,8/75mm + YF
  • TK100 (technical negative)
  • Rodinal 1:25
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny CT

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lith & Lilith…

I spent several long nights experimenting with my own positive developer, with which I could make photographs with and without grain, black and white and monochrome, and most importantly to make it suitable for lith print… just the holy grail. In combination with the paper used, I managed to achieve quite interesting results. I used one pack of Fomabrom N 112 for testing. At the moment when it became clear that this developer, composed of three solutions, can do a lot of effects depending on the given ratios, I used Fomatone MG clasic 132 paper. Because the lith print result seems really great to me, I named this developer Lilith The basis of this developer is the excellent negative developer 510Pyro in a dilution of 1:200. By mixing the other two solutions in different proportions, we get an almost infinite number of combinations of the results in the photo 🙃🎞📷🖼

First exploration of this developer’s abilities on Fomabrom N112 papers

  • Nikon F4 + Nikkor f1,4/50mm
  • Kodak 2237 ISO 1@12 (push 3EV) + 510Pyro
  • Fomatone MG132 classic + Lilith(own formula of developer)

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Lisbeth Salander is waiting…

Summer is probably over here, it’s gotten colder and it’s raining a lot. And so in the morning I look out the window…together with Lisbeth 🙃🎞📷

  • Bronica S2 + Nikkor P 200mm + ext.tubes
  • Fomapan 100@100 + FX 37 (first time)
  • Fomabrom N + Bürki@Jenny CT

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Relax with Eastman Kodak 5231…

We spent Saturday morning on these warm days 500 meters above sea level…on the pedal boat. It definitely wanted to take a lens with a shorter focal length than 50mm🙃🎞📷

  • Canon EOS 500N + Canon STM 1.8/50mm
  • Kodak 5231 @200 + FX 37
  • scan

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Eastman Kodak 2237…

Today I tested another great negative movie film from Kodak. It is primarily intended for copying and archiving. But it’s definitely great for photograph. I certainly could have brought a better lens… but you know me. I like to shoot with lenses that have reached their end of life and no one wants them🙃📷🎞

  • Contax 159 Q + cheap broken zoom maginon G 28-85mm
  • Kodak 2237 ISO 1,6 Push 4 EV + 510PYRO + TF2

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the end of generation…

  • Fomapan 100
  • Fujica ST901 + Canon EOS500 + Nikon F50
  • Takumar 55mm + Canon STM 50mm + Nikkor 50mm
  • D76 dev + Agfa Rodinal + MP271
  • Push 100@200 + 100@200 + 100@800(intro)

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Foma ORTHO 400…

Last week, the Czech company Foma released a new orthographic film with a nominal sensitivity of ISO 400. So I immediately bought several rolls and started to choose the developer with which I will use this negative. We were warned by the manufacturer that there is no anti-halation layer on the negative, so it will not be possible to photograph yellow in backlight. Well, I tried everything I had mixed 🙃🎞📷 –

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the maintenance…

Today I decided to replace the foam under the mirror on the Bronica S2 again . The special foam I was using before was too hard and sometimes I focused completely different than I wanted. Now I used a different special foam, but it is intended for drywallers and not for repairing cameras. Even though it is ten times cheaper, it does the job perfectly. Since I had nothing to take pictures of, I at least pointed the lens at another old camera(TLR Flexaret) that I am repairing now🙃📷🛠

  • Zenza Bronica S2 + Nikon P f 2,8/75mm
  • Ilford FP4 Plus + D76 homemade stock(continuous agitation)
  • Fomaspeed Variant 312 split grading + homemade Dektol

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the lines…

On the way to the antique store, for a historical book about working in the darkroom, I took a few photos.

  • Fujica ST901 + SMC Takumar f 1.8/55mm
  • Fomapan 100 push 1EV + D76 homemade
  • scan

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