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What surprised me the most about this one is that there is no listed time for Delta 400 and Diafine. But not every film can respond to Diafine, which is okay. Delta 400 isn’t my personal favourite film either, but I’m working hard to find a method that gives me the results I enjoy. After getting good results with Tmax 400 and fine results with Delta 100, my hopes were high going into this to see if Delta 400 lived up to some of the things I’ve seen online! Film Specs Manufacturer: Ilford Name: Delta 400 Type: Panchromatic B&W Film Base: Acetate Film Speed: ASA-400Read More →

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Last year I hosted a CCR Anniversary photo walk and brewery tour. And the event had an excellent turnout, but it also was on a hot day- a dangerously hot day and I had to call it when we were barely halfway through the walk. Mostly because if we had gone further, it would have resulted in injury, maybe even my own. And since then, I’ve been wanting to follow the rest of the route. So it wasn’t until we were out of the heat of summer and into the fall before taking to the streets for the sequel(ish) to the anniversary walk. For thisRead More →

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When it comes to Tri-X, I’ve always seen this film as having a wide latitude. I have since learned that the new formulation, 400TX, first released in 2007, isn’t as good as the pre-2007 version, mainly because it has lower silver content. But when it comes to 400-speed films, Tri-X has been a long-time favourite of mine, so I figured it was time to get a full view of what the film can do and is ASA-1600 the best EI for Diafine? Film Specs Manufacturer: Kodak Name: Tri-X 400 Type: Panchromatic B&W Film Base: Acetate Film Speed: ASA-400 Formats Available: 135 (35mm) & 120 ForRead More →

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There’s something so unique about looking back on a trip and thinking, “I was in a place where history was being made.” Remember, not all history is good history, but it was history all the same. Ten years ago, I visited a city I had wanted to visit for some time, but it had always slipped through my fingers. But in 2016 I finally decided to take some time and visit Washington, DC. It was the final place I needed to photograph and visit to complete my massive War of 1812 project, which, at that point, had been going on longer than the war itself,Read More →

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Kodak Direct Positive Panchromatic Safety Film, or Kodak DPPSF, is probably the oldest film that I have ever taken in for review. Kodak DFFPSF is one of the many motion picture films Kodak produced, originally used for duplication or special effects. This stock expired in 1957. I initially didn’t plan to run it through a review, but I decided to. What makes this review different from others is that there is no real documentation on how to develop the film other than Kodak’s specific motion picture film processes. So I thought, what if I did my usual developers but used ‘universal’ techniques for each? Well,Read More →

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After I got into the Nikon autofocus system, I started looking at cameras that were better than my Nikon F80. Don’t get me wrong, the Nikon F80 was the right camera for me at the time, and it produced some fantastic images and got me on the course I’m still on today with the Nikon system. But I knew there was something better out there, and I quickly latched onto the Nikon F5 as my grail camera of that time. But at that time, the Nikon F5 still commanded high prices on the used market, and many professional photographers were still using these cameras. ButRead More →

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After seeing the results I got out of Kodak TMax 100, I had high hopes for Delta 100. Delta 100, being a modern emulsion, is a good film stock: sharp, lots of contrast, and some decent latitude. Add to this that I’ve seen great results from Ilford HP5+ and FP4+, could that same magic work on Delta 100? Honestly, I think I worked myself up too much; when I first saw the results, I was disappointed, but quickly realised that maybe, for once, the data sheets were wrong. Film Specs Manufacturer: Harman Technologies Name: Ilford Delta 100 Type: Panchromatic B&W Film Base: Acetate Film Speed:Read More →

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The last time I had attended this event was back in 2009, it was then known as Canada Youth, and it was the second time I had attended the event, but the third Presbyterian Youth Conference I had ever attended. The first one I attended was in 2001 as the Presbyterian Youth Triennium at Purdue University in Indiana. The event was interesting. Looking back at my vague memories of the event, I was happy that I never went back. The event began to clamp down on the number of Canadians who could attend, and the Canada Youth events focused on Canadian Presbyterians and lacked someRead More →

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For many films in this series of reviews, it’s the first time I’ve tested them to this extreme. But for Ilford Ortho+, I have already done extensive stress testing on the film stock. I first shot this film in sheet film format and found that there is already a listed D-76 time with no listed speed. That resulted in one of my favourite waterfall photos, where I shot the film at ASA-6 and got some lovely results with a large-format camera on a bright day. I even repeated this process, exposing it between ASA-25 and ASA-6, and got some excellent results. So, going into thisRead More →

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When it comes to slow film, one of my first experiences and still favourite is Pan F+. This is a great film for the summer; it’s slow, high-contrast, fine-grain and sharp. It is also one that I generally shoot at the listed box speed of ASA-50 and have over- or pulled, but have never gone beyond that ASA-50 time. I mean, other films have similar properties at faster speeds that are easily accessible. And I’ve never been in a situation where all I’ve had is Pan F+ and needed more speed. So it’s a lot of fun to finally give this one a good goRead More →