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another round of b/w films. these are from the tmax roll i bought (expired in 95) from ebay. cheap stuff. pushed 1 stop - which costs me triple from normal developing. btw, a roll of ilford hp5 plus in my ‘brand new’ olympus xa (yes, i bought another camera! which costs 20 euros at my local camera store, when these things costs 40 euros on ebay) is almost finished, and ill be off developing my own b/w films. the grain is very visible, and i like them. adds some mood to the pictures.

okay, a self-promoting image too.. LOL

i borrowed my friends nikon EM a few months ago but haven’t started shooting since i couldn’t find any subjects / people to shoot. last 5th december, i had a party at my house and my friends were very willing to be my test subjects. equipped with the EM, a 50mm f/1,8 and a 28mm f/2,8 lens and 2 rolls of Kodak Tmax 400 films, i didn’t hope much for the outcome since i bought those film on ebay at a very cheap price and they were way beyond their expiry date (March 95). Yeah. more than 10 years.

processed at a local camera store and scanned the negatives un-professionally with an epson 3170 scanner, the outcome was surprising. (ignore the dust and scratches =p )in fact, this was also my 1st time using manual focusing & b/w film, and proud to say, it was not bad at all.. *grins*

since my house is not well lit, most of the shots have only one light source, e.g. table lamp, hallway lamp etc. and these were even shot between 1/60 and 1/30th of a second. mind the blurriness. :-p

overall i really like using the 400 film because of its grain and overall capability in difficult lighting conditions. ive got loads of Ilford Delta 100, and i’m planning to shoot them at 400 and ask the shop to push process it then later. oh well, that’s another story to tell.