a 35mm HP5 & a medium format Kentmere 400, shot between January and February 2025. M7: a tale of two cups: Rollei: Self portraits, February 2025:
December Roll
A roll of HP5+ shot at iso 800-1000, developed in XTOL 1:1. Street & other snaps from December :)
November Roll
A roll of HP5+ developed in XTOL 1:1. Street & other snaps from November :)
Test Roll Development Notes
I’m jotting down this post for personal use, as I’m trying to fine-tune my shooting and development process for Ilford HP5+ on the Leica M7. After years of developing black and white film at home, I think it’s safe to say I’ve settled to Kodak XTOL as my favorite developer at 1:1. Sometimes it’s a […]
M42 lens shootout on Leica M
THE BACKGROUND DISCLAIMER: This is not a serious “Review.” This is “fun with lens adaptors.” Four years ago, during the quarantine, I performed a small shootout of my Soviet and Japanese M42 lenses on film, shot with a Pentax SP 500 (you can find the results here). Meanwhile, this year, I finally managed to acquire […]
Urban color
Lately. In color. Around Athens. Mingus & Le Fouf:
Sometimes you get a perfect roll
Black & White film is my favorite thing in photography. The only constant medium that I have completely adored to shoot in for the past 20+ years. Sometimes–very, very rarely–an entire film comes out just perfect (even with, and especially due to, its imperfections) and this is one such case for me. It is an […]
May to July & a bit of August
A Day
A whole lot of February & a bit of March
From the last couple of months. Film & Digital. Film: Digital: till next time :)