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Education about the visual arts is often neglected Few days ago, I visited the Fine Art Museum of Orléans and watched how most visitors interacted with the paintings and sculptures. Many looked puzzled, like someone trying to decipher an unknown language. An it is not surprising. In school we are deeply taght mathematics and literacy, but learning how to appreciate art does not hold an…

A Rice Merchant Passionate About Photography In 1941, Zenzaburo Yoshino worked in his family’s prosperous rice trading business.But Zenzaburo was also passionate about photography: he owned many cameras (Leica, Contax, Rollei, etc.) and enjoyed studying their mechanical designs. From there, the idea of building the ideal camera slowly began to take shape in his mind. Zenzaburo Yoshino (image…

Ilford Delta (100 ISO)Ilford ID-11Format:120Exposed at:400 ISODeveloper dilution:1+3Development time:18 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions, then 4 inversions every minute A 1+3 Dilution How does Delta 400 perform at night, and are there any noticeable differences between a 1+3 dilution and 1+1? Combleux, May 2025. © Rayhan RAHIM KHAN Improved Tonality For images shot under the…

Enlargement of a medium format Delta 400 negative developed in ID-11. Ilford Delta (100 ISO)Ilford ID-11Format:120Exposed at:200 ISODeveloper dilution:1+1Development time:10 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions, then 4 inversions every minute Ilford ID-11 This fine-grain (solvent) developer is considered a reliable classic. Ilford describes it as “a developer designed for all film…

Ilford Delta 100 (100 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:120Exposed at:100 ISODeveloper dilution:1+19Development time:15 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions initially, then 4 inversions every minute Towpath, Orléans, April 2025. © Rayhan RAHIM KHAN Subtle grain that barely shows I underexposed the film by about one and a half stops, yet the results remain very good. This also helped preserve detail…

Ilford Kentmere 400 (400 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:35mmExposed at:200 ISODeveloper dilution:1+9Development time:8 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions initially, then 4 inversions every minuteLens used:Nikkor-Q Auto 135mm F2.8 No.168964 Sainte-Croix Cathedral of Orléans. Orléans. April 2025. Introduction At the same time as this roll, I also developed Delta 400 exposed at 200 ISO in 120…

Ilford Delta 400 (400 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:120Exposed at:200 ISODeveloper dilution:1+9Development time:8 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions initially, then 4 inversions every minute Statue, Sainte-Croix Cathedral of Orléans, April 2025. © Rayhan RAHIM KHAN 1+9 versus 1+19 This is not the first time I have developed Delta 400 exposed at 200 ISO with FX-39 II.The previous time, I chose…

Agfa APX 100 (100 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:35mmExposed at:100 ISODeveloper dilution:1+19Development time:17 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions initially, then 4 inversions every minute The Loire River. Orléans. April 2025. © Rayhan RAHIM KHAN An undocumented dilution I could not find any development times for this dilution. So I simply doubled the recommended development time for a 1+9…

Ilford Delta 400 (200 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:120Exposed at:200 ISODeveloper dilution:1+19Development time:17 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:8 inversions initially, then 4 inversions every minute My intentions I have often been disappointed by the lack of shadow detail I could recover when using Delta 400 at its nominal sensitivity.Spring and bright sunlight are also here, which means scenes with…

Creativity on ElectroCroissant: Human Only ElectroCroissant is a website dedicated to art. Human art. Generated images have no place here. AI doesn’t write creative content or reprocess a photo on ElectroCroissant. AI and ElectroCroissant Even if it is still anecdotal, I found it necessary to explain how AI is used on ElectroCroissant to avoid any confusion. AI is used for marketing and basic…

Ilford Delta 3200 (6400 ISO)FX-39 IIFormat:120Exposed at:6400 ISODeveloper dilution:1+5Development time:12 minutesTemperature:20°CAgitation:30 seconds of initial agitation, then 10 seconds every minute A developer not intended for high-speed films Adox states that FX-39 II is “particularly good for films up to 200 ISO”. Likewise, Adox does not even mention the 1+5 dilution used here…