35mm Tripping

It has been a while since my last post. For various reasons, one being that I decided to go off for a jolly in America. So here's a few shots. All taken on Superia 200, most from a (sometimes moving) car.

Labels: fuji superia 200, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 19:15 | Permalink | Comments

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the results from this. The roll was two years out of date, but the results are, as you can see, stunning. Definitely use this film again. Enjoy.

Labels: kodak portra 160 NC, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 17:42 | Permalink | Comments

Another roll of Fuji Superia 400 (again, a little out of date). I bought a few rolls of this off eBay, and I must say it is a very nice film to use; beautiful colours. I'm starting to get a tad annoyed with myself. My focussing skill seems to have gone down the pan. I tend to be focussing short, which is rather frustrating, so I really have to work on that. Anyway, here's a few shots.

Labels: fuji superia 400, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 21:40 | Permalink | Comments

So. First roll of Superia 400, which was a little out of date. Still came out pretty well, if I say so myself. Mangaed to get through the whole roll (pretty much) in one day. Also, about 10 frames were wasted when my camera got hijacked, but hey, no big. Good colour, very much like this film. Shooting in darker places also allowed me to try out the Olympus PS200 flash I bought the other day for a whopping £2, and it's actually very good. Anyway, more shortly, enjoy.

Labels: fuji superia 400, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 15:02 | Permalink | Comments

So, today a roll of outdated Elite Chrome 200 that I've had knocking about for a while. I'll be perfectly honest, I found the results rather dull, to say the least (although that was partly due to the fact that the monkeys at the lab don't seem to understand the concept of cross-processing). Anyway, I doubt I'll use that again. Also dropped off another roll of Jessops 400 film, and a roll of outdated Fuji Superia 400, to be done, so I'll get those up at some point.
So what I think I was trying to say is that I wasn't happy with the reuslts of the film, partly because it was a bit dull, and partly because I didn't seem to be able to focus properly. Either way, here's some of the shots.

Labels: kodak elite chrome 200, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 18:33 | Permalink | Comments

So I picked up a roll of Pan 400 from the college art shop the other day, shot it over two days, processed it this morning and scanned it before dinner. It's actually not a bad film, very similar to HP5, if slightly flatter. When it comes to Ilford film, I'm a sucker for Delta 400 and FP4, oh, and can't forget Pan F 50. Anyway, here's some of the shots.

Labels: ilford pan 400, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 21:41 | Permalink | Comments

So, another roll through the Trip. This time, an outdated roll of Ilford SFX 200, from September 2005. It's supposed to have extra red sensitivity, but I haven't really seen that. Processed myself, in Fotospeed FD10. Batch scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 4, which is why some of the frames are off. As always, the rest are on flickr.

Labels: ilford sfx200, olympus trip 35

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 20:35 | Permalink | Comments

As you may have gleaned from the previous post, there was something of a hoo-ha with the original test roll; it went AWOL, but I later found it hiding underneath my desk.
I now understand why. The results were bloody awful. I had no idea what I was doing with the camera at that point, plus the shots were, largely, disgustingly mundane, and those that were alright ended up spoilt by the shitty film I used. Teach me to think I'll get decent results from a free film. Truprint's finest, for those who're interested. Anyway, here's a couple of the shots from that original test roll. The rest, as always, on my flickr.

Labels: olympus trip 35, truprint 400

Posted by Tom Swanborough-Nilson at 16:18 | Permalink | Comments