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5
Nov 2019

Argenti Scale-X 100

This is not really uncharted territory for me, low-speed black and white of course, but I feel more comfortable at 400 asa indeed. Films like this Scale-X they seem a little bit too tricky to develop for an uneducated shooter like me. Anyway, there’s a single picture here that I truly love, it resonates a lot with the things I like. It’s not difficult to spot, I believe, but (spoiler…) it’s the one on the ferry boat, with Messina and the mountains in the background. The couple in the center of the frame, they’re so lovely dressed.    
29
Ott 2019

Kodak T-Max P3200

Oh boy, sometimes things they go the right way! Five years after discontinuing the venerable P3200 Kodak decided to restart the production and in 2018 the familiar black-and-yellow boxes returned on the shelves. For those of you still scratching their heads I’m talking about the Kodak T-Max P3200, that is the professional 135 format film with the highest box-speed on the market. Since its introduction in 1988 it’s always been the favourite (almost mandatory) film to use at parties, weddings, concerts, smokey bars, poor-lit rooms etc. No serious photojournalist would go outside after sunset without some P3200 in the jacket. […]
29
Ott 2019

Adox Silvermax

Last time I bought some roll from Maco I made a couple of odd choises, like this Adox Silvermax that’s in my to-try-list since forever. It’s an European product very similar to the old Agfa APX 100 but with more silver. Developed in its own Silvermax developer should give more resolution to work with. I developed it in the classic Kodak HC-110 so no “max” for me, just the usual business. Shot in August, if I remember well, and clearly in Sicily, it’s another fragment of my family life.  
25
Ott 2019

Ilford HP4 (1976)

This is aptly tagged “extreme lomography” and it’s not exaggerated. A couple of months ago I found 3 Ilford HP4 expired in 1976 inside an old plastic drawer cabinet, together with other less useful photography related things, in a church my family is currently using as a lumber room (no question, please). My father used to be a hobbyist shooter when he was in his 20’s – I would say mostly thanks to my grandpa’s money then to his own talent, but that’s a story for another blog. I decided to test one of these old boys in the Ricoh […]
19
Giu 2019

Ilford HP5+

An unexpected comeback and a new entry, that is the classic HP5 black and white emulsion developed in another classic, the Kodak HC-110 (dilution B). It’s in fact the first time I buy and use this developer from the 60s, still in production, and I have to admit that its reputation is well deserved. It’s a not-cheap-at-all 1L bottle and I really hope people is right when they say it can last forever even after opening. Actually there’s another new entry that’s the camera I used here: an a-m-a-z-i-n-g Ricoh RZ-750 from 1989, bought with a glorious dust covering in […]