Another roll of Rollei, this time an ISO 100 box speed. This roll is comparable to Ilford FP4+, which I’ve featured several times on this blog already. I would say, before we look at any of the frames, that I am more impressed with this roll than the previous roll. In particular, there is no light leak that destroyed the first three or so frames (perhaps this was an error in getting the film leader out last time, then?) and the grain is more acceptable to (comparable to FP4+ in a way that RPX 400 was not comparable to Ilford HP5+).
Also in this roll was my attempt to fix the odd light leak from the camera body itself which seemed to consistently fog the bottom of each frame (particularly) noticeable on long exposure shots. Although this roll doesn’t have any of those very long exposure in which the problem was most evident, the fix (filling the light seals with more black felt) does seem to have mitigated the issue. Hallelujah!
Finally, in this roll I tried to diagnose an issue that keep plaguing my most recent macro shots. For some reason I could compose these frames perfectly fine, placing the focal plane on the subject, but the photograph would have a focal plane slightly further away than expected! This was most noticeable in macro shots, where the intended subject (a flower) would be out of focus compared to the intended background (the leaves). It was possible I was moving between composition and exposing the film, resulting in a systematic bias, but this roll includes some tripod shots that reveal the truth: the viewfinder and film do indeed have misaligned focal planes!!! In future, I must remember to focus just in front of the subject for macro shots.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super
Lens:
Film: Rollei RPX 100
Post Processing: GIMP
Trichromes
A set of young trees on Queens Drive. In person the leaves were a much, much more vibrant red. I tried to recreate this with a little editing, but thought the result shown here was still pretty nice.
Probably my favorite “frame” of the roll, this view of the city just came out beautifully. The various pops of color through the frame as well as the occasional ghosting across the color channels is nice. Plus, this has all the washed out colors of a film photograph. 
Another landscape over the city, but now looking north. I edited this to be a little lighter (plus, we are now looking towards the sunrise), but I think I may have over done it. Black and White
Starting with more high contrast clouds. These were simply a couple of “throw away” shots in case all of my Rollei rolls were going to lose their initial frames. 
A nice view out towards Mount Cargill, drowning in clouds. 
The same shot, but now including more of the sun and hence allowing much greater contrast. 
A friend! 
A friend of my friend is also a friend. 
Another view from the “Bench with a Great View”. I quite like the clouds here, as well as the minimal details left on the trees in the foreground. 
Here we start the photographs taken on a particularly overcast sunrise. This frame of Knox Church was taken handheld, and came out shockingly well considering the shutter was somewhere around 1/30s. 
A nice look over the city. Despite the bitterly cold wind, the harbor itself was oddly calm, even reflecting the suburbs across the water. This was nice enough to warrant a plethora of frames. 
The same as the previous shot, now at 70mm rather than 50mm. 
The first of some macro shots. This was taken with the zoom lens at 200mm. This seems to mitigate the focal plane issue somewhat, perhaps because the focal plane is already so far from the subject (some meter or so). 
The same composition as the previous frame, but now opening the aperture right up to f/4. This blurred the background nicely, but the intended subject is a little out of focus. In fairness, this could have been due to the zoom lens being… difficult. 
There was a thin wisp of fog over the northern end of the city which I was very happy to capture. 
A nice view upon the city in the early morning light. I was happy to capture some dynamics in this frame, with the car turning through the closest intersection. 
The same at 28mm. I really am not sure which I like more. Perhaps this shot, although the previous feels more… personal? 
The same composition as one of the above trichromes, but now at 50mm. I simply couldn’t resist the lovely harbor view! 
On to the macro experiments. Here was a few leaves captured at the viewfinder focal plane. 
And those same leaves captured with a focal plane just a little too close (relative to the viewfinder). Lo and Behold! 
A similar experiment now with a mushroom on a log. Setting aside the fact that I lost nearly all the detail on the mushroom, look at the focus. 
Focusing just slightly too short gives much better results. I would say that the camera itself is being a little tricky! 
