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9
Giu 2023

Kodak Gold 200

This is clearly one of the thing I love the most, that’s “finding” films I forgot to develop, scan, whatever. And when I see them I’m like amazed. This happens more frequently on film, because I bet it’s more difficult to forget that you have a treasure trove of hidden pictures in the SD card you use every day. I suppose that if you have like many cards, and you change them frequently, well, ok, this can also happen in the digital realm. It depends if you’re the kind of person who frequently displaces things you think are very important […]
8
Giu 2023

Rollei Paul & Reinhold 640

And here we have the slightly more interesting second roll of Rollei 640 used this spring. It came out cleaner (for some reason I don’t know) from the tank, so less water staining on the scans. The subjects are not so different from the usual ones but we have new stunning locations in Tuscany – the small monastery is on the mount Cetona – and Rome – Palazzo Barberini. Oh, and WE HAVE A DOG!
8
Giu 2023

Rollei Paul & Reinhold 640

Finally a new film on my blog! I bought a couple of Rollei some months ago and I thought I had to use them before summer, trying to fully benefit from that good 640 ASA sensitivity, shooting at sunset or indoors. I have to say it’s a very interesting new film, it’s not expensive, not too grainy, and with an impressive versatility. As an added bonus it’s super-flat after development, so no troubles when scanning! Regarding the pictures, well, these are my friends, my children, my guitars, my cat in various locations around Rome. There’s even a picture of me […]
10
Mar 2022

Kentmere 100

Another batch of scans sitting on my hard drive since one year ago, maybe it’s a good time to let them go. Looking at these pictures it seems nothing changed much during this year, we are still planning picnics during the weekends, with mostly the same friends, doing the same things, just hanging out in different green areas of Rome. There’s something different as well, actually: most of these pictures are in decent focus while in more recent times it’s quite the opposite, they’re mostly out of focus. This park is called La Cervelletta, by the way.
10
Mar 2022

Fujifilm C200

Almost an year ago I decided to finally load a Fuji color film I had in the bag since too much time. It’s been shot in the beatiful Botanical Garden of Rome and in a natural reserve close to my neighborhood. Nice memories here… we were finally able to get out, wearing a mask, after a long winter in lockdown. I don’t know what to say more than this, except that I’m not happy at all about my supposed photographer skills. Just let me know if you find a nice picture in this batch, my self-esteem will thank you warmly.
8
Mar 2022

Rollei RPX 400

The familiar Rollei film (I still have to decide if I like it or not), developed this time in a Kodak HC-110 developer. Results are finally decent regarding contrast, but obviously questionable regarding anything else: subjects, composition, supposed photographer’s skill and whatever you think applies. My cat is superb though.
11
Giu 2021

Fujifilm C100

Refreshing to see something in color, isn’t it? Looking at the pictures, I suppose this film was loaded in the Canon Sureshot Supreme – that’s still my compact camera of choice, even if I’m somehow less impress by its autofocus performance. Color film are always a pain to scan because the white balance tends to vary even in two frames shot at the same location and with the same light. In this regard, I’m always amazed by the consistence of white balance in the 12×18 prints I get together with the negatives: there must be some trick up the lab […]
21
Mag 2021

Rollei Retro 400 S

Another Rollei, maybe too many Rolleis but they’re very cheap and I shot too many Ilfords years ago so I’m, like, recovering. I suppose I have to apologize because the subjects too, they are very common for this blog: friends, kids, park, trees, you know. But there’s big news hidden in this gallery: I used a new developer, the Ars-Imago FE, without even knowing a reliable developing time. So, the gentle folks at the Ars-Imago shop told me to try 12 minutes, but I’m slow so at the end it was around 30 seconds more… and not bad, not bad […]
21
Mag 2021

Rollei Superpan 200

WhenI buy film I usually put them in the cart in pairs. I don’t know why but I don’t feel OK to buy just one roll for each emulsion. So this is the “other” Superpan 200 and it’s just another batch of my “pictures in parks” super-cool project about, you know, pictures taken inside parks – woods, grass fields, kids running and so on. So interesting, I know.
9
Dic 2019

Perutz Primera 200

Pictures from Siracusa, last spring, nothing special except a couple of shots I’m really in love with. And other pictures from Rome, but in this case I’m in love with the subjects (my daughters). Technically speaking, there’s a problem with the scanner, a sort of vertical striping that occurs with blue even surfaces (like the sky and/or the sea). And I hate this mostly because it happened with the only picture I really like, that’s arguably the one I chose as the highlight of this set. But I have to add that I don’t really care about the scans, they […]
9
Nov 2019

Perutz Primera 200

This is one of those rolls that begins in a place and ends in a totally different place, with another place in between the two. It’s a tripping roll! Well, you can read the dates if you want to know but they’re printed the English way – because the poorly placed button on the back of my camera keeps pressing itself accidentally switching between options. This film roll begins at home in Rome, goes through a working week in Sicily and ends with a groom at the barber on his wedding day (I was one of the two photographers for […]
19
Giu 2019

Perutz Primera 200

A day at the zoo with my glorious grandpa’s autofocus Olympus and a Perutz 200 inside. Not much to write home about but ok. The white tiger is cool. The shot with the penguin is my favourite. Zoos are kinda sad, anyway.    
18
Gen 2019

Fujifilm Neopan 400

Neopan 400 will be missed (and it’s already missing) a lot but I will eventually find a way to replace it in my heart. This roll that you see here has been developed in Rodinal “stand” (the lowest concentration of just 1ml every 99ml of water) for 1 hour to compensate for the (in)famous Rodinal super-grainy special effect and it’s in fact not that grainy. Shot in Rome (Aniene, Villa Ada, CSA La Torre and Villa Leopardi) with a Canon one-button 35mm fixed-lens compact.
7
Dic 2018

Perutz Primera 200

Hello again Perutz Primera! Here we have selected results from probably 5 or 6 different rolls, all shot during Summer 2018 mostly in Siracusa. There’s something from Francesco and Chiara’s family trip (the handsome guy is Francesco) and during the grape harvest at Pupillo’s vineyards. Something also shot at night with a terrible (but very vintage) “flash and grain and totally wrong tones” effect and also something from a “cheap plastic swimming pool birthday party” at Andrea’s place. The roman age things they are from another trip in late spring with Francesco and Chiara at the Ostia Antica archaeological park, […]