35mm Film Camera Black and White Photo Example

Project Title of Photography

Photography of the Other Side of Tokyo Japan

Series Title of Photography

Wall Series

*This category contains black and white 35mm film photographs of the “Wall” series in the “Series Title of Photography”.

Title of Photography

Bicycles placed in front of a hedge of artificial leaves in Tsukiji,Tokyo,Japan

Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location

TSUKIJI TOKYO JAPAN

*In this category, black and white 35mm film photographs taken in “TSUKIJI” in “TOKYO” in “JAPAN” in “Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location” are posted.

Shooting Data

Shooting Date：2/12/2021
Camera & Lens：PENTAX LX 35mm Film Camera SMC PENTAX-M 40mm F2.8 Lens
Film：Rollei Retro 80S 35mm Film Roll
Developer︰MQ type Developer. Increased Sodium Carbonate Ver.(High dilution and high acutance self-prepared developer)
Dilution︰15+20+215
Time︰24°C 9min
Agitation︰60/120/2
Digitize：SIGMA SD15 Digital Camera with Nikon Slide Copying Adapter ES-1

Thinking About This Photograph

 This photograph was taken in Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

 The plant, which seems to be a hedge, is actually an artificial leaf.

 There seems to be something that looks like garbage on the back side, and it seems to be for hiding it.

 The developer used is “Sakagawa-type high-dilution, high-definition developer (solution B, sodium carbonate increase)“, and it is finished in my favorite tone.

 With this test shooting, the adjustment of this self-prepared developer was completed, and the basic development data for Rollei RETRO 80S was almost confirmed.

 I personally think that it draws a better tone than the Rodinal developer that I used to love and use a lot.

 The difference from the PMK Pyro developer is that when printed on baryta photographic paper, there will be differences in the shadow and highlight areas, but in the case of digital scanning, the characteristic curve draws the same curve, so  I don’t think there is a big difference.

 If you want to finish with only digital scanning, I think that the Sakagawa developer, which is cheap, sharp and has a high edge effect, is sufficient.