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I had a bad case of the restless and can't sleeps last night. So I decided to give my Dektol+Film thoughts somewhere to go.
I loaded a roll of Arista EDU 100 into the Lubitel 166U, added a Holga Close Up lens attached with some rubber bands, measured my focus zone and tried to get my arm trained to hold camera at that point, then metered for light. I used two of my softbox lights which are pretty intense and very focused so they make hard light on whatever they hit without diffusion. There was also a single lamp on in the room. My metering told me I needed 1/8th of a second at f/4.5, but as I moved it around, so it could meter the darker areas it went well into the 1-4 second shutter range for that aperture. I am pretty sure I was way more stops under then I thought, mentioned above. The 3200 was a guess. Thats at least 5 stops pushed, then maybe close to that in push for the development.
I knew I wanted to push the film at least 4 stops to see what Dektol would do in that kind of situation. I ended up shooting at (somewhere around) 3200 metering for 100 film... and pushing the film about 3-4 stops. And I still got images which blew my mind. If I had left them in the soup for another few minutes who knows what I'd have gotten out of it.
I pushed the Clarity on these up a bit so the grain tends to really pop, but I love how Dektol slams the film right in the face with it's hard core super dark blacks and contrast. Aside from the focus issues, these shots came out better then I hoped.
My actual focus area was literally a space of 1-2" and I did all of these by hand, guessing I had them at the right location, set to f/4 (just beyond the last measured aperture on the 166U) and at 1/60th of a second shutter speed.
I think I need to measure and mount the camera on a tripod for this and do it again with a little more usable light.
Fun shoot, entertained me when I couldn't sleep. And I want more Dektol.
Got to go on a catamaran on my weekend at the Big Island! I saw a whole bunch of whales (one swam right by the boat! But I missed it...), big manta rays, and swam with dolphins!
*My LC-Wide is the perfect partner and always keeps me company. I take her everywhere with me, on mountains, to the beach, and even underwater. She captures the best moments of my life and she'll be with me for many more to come. Thank you love!*
Spring has also arrived here in Paris a few weeks ago and it was time to take the Hasselblad out for a walk. A few images I shot during the last 2 weeks.
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I tested dad's old exposure meter with half of the photos (guess which ones :)) and after a long time I am really satisfied with most of results. So thank you Axel :*
I put this film into boiling water and let it boil for 4 minutes. I dried it off on in the sun for a few weeks and then shot it. Simple but quite like it :)
