Life on the Lake

[Bob Israel]

It's always fishing season on Lake Minnetonka, even when the lake is covered with two feet thick ice!

I've been shooting a lot of film these days and my favorite camera is a Fuji GW690 III with its 6x9 negatives. Additionally, I've been intrigued with the idea of adapting 35mm film in this camera to create a sort of X-Pan. Finally, I've been perfecting developing color film at home. A bonus in scanning the developed negative is keeping the sprocket holes in the image.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - you have really gone over to the dark side with your film habit You now have your own color lab for film as well? When I first saw the images I was scratching my head over your choice of an added frame until I read what you have done here. Quite intriguing to be honest. My major complaint about my film days was waiting on labs to process my work so I could see what I had done. You have eliminated that with this approach. How hard is it to get the chemicals for this?

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interesting approach with scanning. I like the result.

 

[JimFox]

Awesome Bob! I remember those days as I was growing up and I had my own dark room, and one of the benefits when I was in the Army was that every Army base had it's own dark room that we could use. Very fond memories of those times, so I am sure you are really enjoying the dark room experience.

 

[Bob Israel]

Wow - you have really gone over to the dark side with your film habit You now have your own color lab for film as well? When I first saw the images I was scratching my head over your choice of an added frame until I read what you have done here. Quite intriguing to be honest. My major complaint about my film days was waiting on labs to process my work so I could see what I had done. You have eliminated that with this approach. How hard is it to get the chemicals for this?

Yes I have jumped deep into the dark side with film. It's been a blast actually. Developing color film at home is actually quite simple if you just pay attention to temperature. Chemicals are readily available in kits (for example, Cinestill) for C-41 and ECN1 processes. The most expensive piece of my 'photo lab' is a Sous Vide ($60 on amazon) to heat the water bath and bottles of developer. And while the process is not nearly as quick as popping a memory card into the computer, I can develop, dry and scan a roll of film in a couple of hours.

 

[Bob Israel]

Interesting approach with scanning. I like the result.

Thanks Jameel! I'm sure that this will look gimmicky very quickly but a little dash of sprocket holes on occasion is fun.

 

[Bob Israel]

Awesome Bob! I remember those days as I was growing up and I had my own dark room, and one of the benefits when I was in the Army was that every Army base had it's own dark room that we could use. Very fond memories of those times, so I am sure you are really enjoying the dark room experience.

Thanks Jim. Funny thing is that I'm a trained chemist but never got into the darkroom! So, it's not even a rennaissance for me, it's all new!