Tag: Medium Format

  • A bunch of selfies on pushed film

    A bunch of selfies on pushed film

    “Pushing film” means you shoot a film at a higher ISO than what it is rated for. Shooting a 100 ISO film at 200 ISO means it’s pushed +1 or “one stop”. Shooting it at 400 means it’s pushed +2 or “two stops” and so on. From my experience this increases the contrast and removes […]

  • I swear I know how to spool film

    I swear I know how to spool film

    …but this time I just couldn’t make it work. When you develop Film it needs to be put in a plastic spool so there’s space between the layers of film and every piece of film gets in contact with the developer. I spent 45 minutes trying to spool some 120 film and then gave up […]

  • Revue 6×6 aka Seagull 4a

    Revue 6×6 aka Seagull 4a

    I didn’t really plan on buying a new camera, but then the Revue 6×6 in seemingly good condition for a decent price was listed on eBay near me. So I contacted the seller, we agreed to meet so I could take a look at the camera and I was very positively surprised! The condition is […]

  • Portrait of me

    Portrait of me

    My wife took this portrait of me using the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515 folding camera. Shot on Fomapan 100 rated as 200 (pushed one stop), developed in Caffenol for 15 minutes.