The Walkabout Film Blog 2021
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Kosmo Foto - Mono 100
2021/02/14: I'll admit that my reason for buying a couple of rolls of Kosmo Foto Mono Film was the cool looking box! It turns out that its actually made by the Czech company Foma. Whether or not its the same stock as Fomapan 100 or something different I don't know. I shot these photos with my Olympus 35RC in auto mode & also made a mistake that made me wonder if I would get any photos back. I set the camera meter to ISO 400 not 100 & did not request any changes to development! These photos where all shot on an overcast snowy day in our garden, perhaps not the best test for the film. I have a second roll so I'll try and use that on a Sunny day with more varied subject matter.
One wheelbarrow of wood gives 24 hours of heat.
2021/02/14 Analog Snowpocalypse | Olympus 35RC | Kosmo Mono 100
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Dinner time
2021/02/14 Analog Snowpocalypse | Olympus 35RC | Kosmo Mono 100
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Keeping the snow off the greenhouses!
2021/02/14 Analog Snowpocalypse | Olympus 35RC | Kosmo Mono 100
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Olympus Trip 35
The Trip 35 was one of the most popular & easy to use cameras that Olympus ever made. With over 10 million being sold during it’s 17 year production run from 1967 to 1984 during which time only minor changes were made to the camera design! I always think of the Olympus Trip as the Full Frame version of the Pen EES series. All Auto only with the same little red flag! The same two shutter speeds of 1/40th & 1/200th and the same F2.8 maximum aperture lens etc. The only thing the user has to set are the film speed and pick one of only 4 focus distance icons. The A date code on this camera shows it was made in November 1970, now into it’s 51st year the Selenium Solar Cell that makes it all work is still going strong. I keep a lens cap on the camera when not in use to hopefully eek a few more years out of the Selenium cell.
For the following photos I paired the Trip with a roll of 2009 Walgreens Studio 35 200. At 12 years out of date I set the ISO to 125 instead of 200. The film had a pretty good reputation at the time. It was first made by Agfa and later by Fuji. This 2009 roll is from the Fuji era, I don't know if it corresponds to a fuji film that was on the market at that time or if it was custom for Walgreens.
A snowed in weekend!
2021/02/14 Analog Snowpocalypse | Olympus Trip | 2009 Walgreens Studio 35
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On a Glade - Alpine trail loop from Government Camp.
2021/01/24 Glade Alpine Loop | Olympus Trip | 2009 Walgreens Studio 35
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A visit to Blue Moon Camera & Machine.
2021/01/20 Blue Moon Camera | Olympus Trip | 2009 Walgreens Studio 35
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Wasco in Eastman Double X
21/01/23: I'd just got my Pentax K1000 back from a CLA and so wanted to take it our for a spin. I loaded it up with a roll of Kodak Eastman Double X 5222 film. This B&W movie film was introduced in 1959 and is still made today in small quantities to the same formula. The K1000 is one of my favorite cameras to use, no bells & whistles just what you need to take a photo! I love the simplicity of the light meter. I shot the 24 exp. roll walking around the little town of Wasco on the East side of the cascades on a dull overcast day. A few photos from the gallery below, click on the gallery link to see them all.
Wasco in Eastman Double X
2021/01/31: Eastman Kodak Double X 5222 film is a black & white movie film. First introduced in 1959 it's still made in small quantities today and the formula hasn't changed. The black & white parts of the James Bond Movie Casino Royale were shot on this film. No Casino Royale here just a few shots of Wasco shot on this film using an old Pentax K1000.
Wasco in Eastman Double X
2021/01/31: Eastman Kodak Double X 5222 film is a black & white movie film. First introduced in 1959 it's still made in small quantities today and the formula hasn't changed. The black & white parts of the James Bond Movie Casino Royale were shot on this film. No Casino Royale here just a few shots of Wasco shot on this film using an old Pentax K1000.
Wasco in Eastman Double X.
2021/01/31: Eastman Kodak Double X 5222 film is a black & white movie film. First introduced in 1959 it's still made in small quantities today and the formula hasn't changed. The black & white parts of the James Bond Movie Casino Royale were shot on this film. No Casino Royale here just a few shots of Wasco shot on this film using an old Pentax K1000.
Two Pens are better than one.
2021/01/23: I spent a couple of hours walking around Oregon City with two Olympus Pens. A 1960 all manual Pen S loaded with Kodak Tri X 400. The other was a 1966 all auto Pen EES-EL loaded with 2008 Fujicolor Superia 200.
The EES is controlled by a selenium powered light meter. If the meter doesn't register enough light you cant take the photo. While many of these meters are still working perfectly after 60 years many more are not! It turned out the meter on my EES would only work in bright full sun. The workaround is to shoot in flash mode where you have the choice of picking the aperture but the shutter speed is then locked at 1/40th. Not ideal but it is a workaround.
Two Pens are better than one!
Two Pens are better than one!
Two Pens are better than one!
Two Pens are better than one!
Two Pens are better than one!
Konica T3 with Astrum 200
The Konica T3 is one of my favorite old SLR film cameras, though perhaps not the best choice for backpacking or hiking. It's built like a tank and weighs about as much! This was my first time using Astrum 200 film & I wasn't sure what to expect. The film is turned out to be extremely fine grained and is now one of my favorite B&W films! A couple of photos below from a Roll I shot around work.
My Covid Worklife - Fall & Winter.
Fall sowing acorns | Konica T3 | Astrum 200 B&W film.
My Covid Worklife - Fall & Winter
Bathroom Break
Just a wobbly toilet! | Konica T3 | Astrum 200.
Olympus 35RC & old Konica Centuria
2021/01/17: This was my first go with this camera and this film. The RC is basically a more compact version of the SP with the same great build quality. A great little camera to carry around in your pocket. The Konica Centuria Super 400 expired in 2007. My experience has been that Konica is the least stable of the major film brands from that era with the most unpredicable color shifts and that proved to be true with this roll too!
Cottonwood Canyon in Konica Centuria
2021/01/17: I finished off roll of 2007 Konica Centuria Super 400 at Cotton Wood Canyon. The film had been in my little Olympus 35RC since before Christmas. In my experience over the last year of shooting old expired film Konica seems to be the most unstable with the greatest color shifts. These shifts are sometimes good, sometimes bad but always interesting.
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Cottonwood Canyon in Konica Centuria
2021/01/17: Another of the photos taken with the Olympus 35RC loaded with 2007 Konica Centuria Super 400.
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Jonsrud in Konica Centuria
2020/12/02: This photo was taken with the same camera and film as the Cottonwood Canyon photos but here the color shifts seem quite different. The Olympus 35RC did a really nice job of focusing in on the telescopes and the mountain!
Government Camp & Rockwood
This was my first go at taking some night time photos with the OM1n. Loaded with Fujicolor Superia 400 I went up to Government Camp after work to try my hand. I finished off the roll with a few photos of Rockwood when I was out with the Olympus Pen on 2021/01/09.
Rockwood in Fujicolor!
2021/01/09: 2021/01/09: I finished off the roll of Fujicolor Superia 400 in the Olympus OM1n with some shots around downtown Rockwood. My main reason for being there was to try out the Olympus Pen S with a roll of TMax 400 but here are a few color shots too!
Government Camp in Fujicolor Superia
2021/01/07: We drove up to Government Camp after work to practice taking some nighttime film shots with my Olympus ON1n. The camera was loaded with Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400.
Skibowl!
2021/01/07: We also stopped at Skibowl after Government camp to take a couple of photos.
Olympus Pen S
2021/01/09: The 1960 Olympus Pen S was the second model of the half frame cameras designed by legendary Olympus Camera designer Yoshihisa Maitani. The all manual no meter no electronics camera was very similar to the original Pen introduced a year earlier in 1959 but with a faster F2.8 lens and a greater choice of shutter speeds. Being a half frame camera users would get twice as many photos out of a roll of 35mm film.
Maitani joined Olympus in his 20's in 1956 in 1957 he was given the task of designing a small but good quality camera that would fit in your pocket (like a pen) and sell for a pre decided price of 6000 yen (About $120 today) and approximately 4 times cheaper than any other Olympus camera being sold at the time. The design took him two years to get right. The Pen S had a continual production run of 55 months with approximately 300,000 being made.
Rockwood with an Olympus Pen S
2021/01/09: This was my first time using the Pen S, it was a little tough to get used to the zone focusing & the native portrait rather than landscape configuration. It was a fun little camera to use though and with a bit more practice the photos should get better! I used a roll of Kodak TMax 400 film.
Rockwood with an Olympus Pen S
2021/01/09: With the native portrait configuration its fun to make these combined "Pano" photos of wall murals.