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November 30, 2018

Roll 2 – Very expired gifted Ektachrome, a test.

Fellow 52roller Graham was kind enough to gift me some films recently, one of which was a reel of Ektachrome 200, expired in 1990, still sealed in the can.

Not knowing much about this film, I did a little research on the web, and after loading it into my Watson bulk loader, my first, I put about 20 frames into an empty cassette, and labeled it as 50asa. I only had a couple of hours free time last…

Well, hello again 52Rolls. Roll 1 of 2015.

Well, here we go again. I was able to complete the 2013 52rolls project, but stumbled less than midway through 2014, only getting to roll/week 18. I’ve got a lot going on right now, family responsibilities mostly, but I’m signing up again for 2015 anyway.

Most of this roll was shot back in June of 2014, but I only finally finished it at Christmas, and finally developed and scanned it just this…

Roll 18 – The Traveling Yashica

I’d been waiting patiently, almost forgetting about it entirely, but the Traveling Yashica finally arrived to me, safe and sound, last week. David Lee, in Korea, who I’ve recently followed on Twitter, was the previous user. Trying my best to get a roll through it and back in the mail as soon as possible, I decided to just get it done.

I’ve been anxious to try Ilford FP4+ with Rodinal stand…

I had to travel to Nashville last week for work, installing additional signage in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Luckily, as planned, I was able to get done a little after lunchtime on my final day, so I took the bag of cameras and film I brought with me, and set out on the town. I took three cameras and several rolls of film, not knowing what I’d be shooting or what the weather would be like.…