Black and White the Last Day in the Beaches Part One.

 I love ORWO UN54, it ties with Ilford's FP4 125 and Fomapan 100 (Kosmo Mono 100/Lady Grey 100) for an easy to use medium speed black and white film. Yes you can get UN54 branded as Lomo Kino Potsdam if you don't want to bulk load your own. Truthfully though, if you're this hard core about a certain emulsion, you're rolling your own to save money and buy from the source. ORWO North America sells UN54 in 100'/30m rolls for about $70 USD. 

The go to developer for me is ID-11 or D76 at 1+1 for seven minutes. I've messed around with Rodinal and Xtol in the past but never gave me what I was looking for. I plan to take a couple of rolls of UN54 up with me up to Billie Bear Resort in a week or so. 


Camera: Nikon FE2, Nikkor Ais 50 f1.8 lens. 

Film: ORWO UN 54, ID-11 1+1 



AM Seatung At Woodbine Beach Walking Down to the Water Woodbine Beach Leuty Ave Shelter August 2021 Leftover Lifeboats Getting the LIfeboats Ready Two Beaches Lifeguard Station Staffed Beaches Lifeguard Station In the Morning Sun Front Porch Decoration_ BMW 325i Cabriolet on the Street Hazel Avenue Morning Conspiring Unicorns_ Garden Gate Good Food Sign Fox Theatre Open Again Fox with Lights_ Beaches Row Houses on Beech Ave Pine Terrace Street Sign_ Cedar Ave With a Ram_ Cedar AVe Tiny Library_ Pine Terrace and a Prius in the Shade Shaded White House on the Corner Beacher Cafe on the Corner 501 and Jeep_

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