I can't leave Classicpan 400 alone. I think I found a better combination for developing thanks to the Digital Truth Developing Chart. I pull the film down to 200 asa, and I process in Kodak HC110 Dilution B for seven minutes and thirty seconds. Not as contrasty as Rodinal which is my favourite developer. I am going to use this for a couple of rolls to see if there is consistancy. The photos were taken in Bronte and the bottom photo is my friend Derik. The camera used was a Minolta XE-7 with a MC Rokkor 5 f1.4 and 135 f2.8 lenses.
Rollei 35, Rollei RPX 100 on the October Photo Walk
I got all three of my Rollei 35's serviced recently by @lensmedicyyc and packed the one with the 40 F3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens which is magical for black and white films. I went meta with Rollei RPX 100, because, why not? The Rollei 35 to recap is a very compact zone focus camera, first made in Germany, then production in Singapore in the early 1970s. They came with the 40 f3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens wich as mentioend above great for black and white film, the 40 F2.8 which has always been made in Singapore, made for colour film and a limited production of Schneider Xenar 40 F3.5 lens in the early 1970s. The camera due to its design is ass backwards with loading from right to left which makes scanning the negatives a treat as you have to start at the end of the roll and go to the beginning. Zone focusing takes some practice but it's not hard to get the hang, just make sure you check to see the measurement is in feet or metres, that will matter, a lot. That said, I love my Rollei 35
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