Holga, Brownies, Pinhole and any other kind of Lo-Fi

timor · Oct 31, 2015

Time to ad something new to the thread.
This time picture taken with Imperial Reflex on Acros 100

I achieved extremely fine grain here. Actually can't find the grain when focusing under enlarger. Printed on Bergger warm paper.

limr · Oct 31, 2015

Saw this when you posted it in another thread. It's really nice!

limr · Oct 31, 2015

limr said:
I never thought of it either until that 3200 ISO film caught my eye. Well, 5 more shots and we'll see if it was a good idea or not

Ha! Wow, only 5 shots left and it still took me almost an entire year to shoot and develop that roll of 3200 in the Holga.

Well, it turns out it was not a very good idea. The night shots were waaaaaay too dark and shaky as well, and the daytime shots weren't too bad, but very low contrast and grainy. I'm sure this was partly the development as well. I developed in Caffenol, as usual, and according to standard instructions, but I have a feeling the 3200 is going to need some special treatment. I'll have to do more research before I shoot the next roll, and I also will not be using it in the Holga again!

Here's pretty much the only frame I could kinda sorta salvage. The rest were just too dark or shaky or soft. And I don't even mind soft pictures if they work, but these...didn't work

smithdan · Oct 31, 2015

Too bad. Perhaps the Holga wasn't too happy with the ISO 3200 stock or Caffenol wasn't a good match, definitely worth more trials. Nice winter scene though.

smithdan · Oct 31, 2015

Now that this thread is up again, and it's Oct 31, here's one from a 30's Hawk Eye folder

Backyard Lurker

Dikkie · Oct 31, 2015

Strong image, right here above me !

timor · Oct 31, 2015

limr said:
Saw this when you posted it in another thread. It's really nice!

It is different frame from that film. I didn't want to post the same image twice.
Your winter image is fine for me. Grain there feels very much alright. I know you love caffenol, maybe as an experiment should you substitute washing soda with borax. You know, the one for laundry ? 20 mule ? Borax usually promotes finer grain.

timor · Oct 31, 2015

smithdan said:
Now that this thread is up again, and it's Oct 31, here's one from a 30's Hawk Eye folder

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Backyard Lurker

Isn't it nice ? It is. But wait ! Is this double exposure ?

smithdan · Oct 31, 2015

timor said:
smithdan said:

Now that this thread is up again, and it's Oct 31, here's one from a 30's Hawk Eye folder

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Backyard Lurker

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Isn't it nice ? It is. But wait ! Is this double exposure ?

Thanks timor

Hawk eye with FP4, dark except for the garage side door bulb, educated guess with help of a meter of 30-40 sec @f22. Opened shutter, walked over and stood at door for 20 sec, went back and closed shutter, lucky on the guesstimate.

limr · Oct 31, 2015

smithdan said:
Too bad. Perhaps the Holga wasn't too happy with the ISO 3200 stock or Caffenol wasn't a good match, definitely worth more trials. Nice winter scene though.

It's possible that 3200 can do some good things in a Holga, but I probably should have tested the film out in different, more controllable cameras before I started playing with it. I do have another roll and I'll see what I can do.

timor said:
limr said:

Saw this when you posted it in another thread. It's really nice!

Click to expand...

It is different frame from that film. I didn't want to post the same image twice.
Your winter image is fine for me. Grain there feels very much alright. I know you love caffenol, maybe as an experiment should you substitute washing soda with borax. You know, the one for laundry ? 20 mule ? Borax usually promotes finer grain.