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Adventures in Medium Format

black and white

Fuji Neopan 1600

In black and white, fuji, photography on 20 January 2010 with 8 comments

While shooting a conference last November, I had my first contact with Fuji Neopan 1600, a high-speed black and white film. I decided to use it simply because I was shooting indoors most of the time, so both the high speed and the fact that it’s black and white were a good indication that it [...]

Put Some Black & White Film in Your Holga

In black and white, film, holga on 4 December 2009 with 6 comments

The standard recommendation for the seems to be to stuff some good 400 speed color negative film in it. While that’s all good and fun, looking back I’m still wondering why that Lomography Holga package I got for Christmas came with a roll of 100 speed Fuji Reala.

Anyway, it’s all autumn and almost winter over [...]

Oliv on Black and White

In black and white, coffee, everyday on 7 October 2009 with no comments

I sure enjoy going back to the Oliv. It has become one of my favorite cafés in Berlin. Last time we went there I had my Nikon loaded with Rollei Retro 100 film, and I ended up shooting most of the film in there, filling it with shots of J and Mari, and some of [...]

Offenbach

In black and white, holga, photography, travel on 9 September 2009 with 4 comments

I can’t say I’m well-travelled, but I have seen my fair share of boring places. Even though there’s always something in those cities that especially a photographer can make of. But it’s usually not much, and there’s some cities that just stand out, and not in a good way. There’s just nothing.

Nothing you can happily [...]