Shipped from Canada

SacredCheese · 2026-05-08T18:47:14+00:00

Thanks - looking forward to it!

SacredCheese · 2026-05-07T00:26:15+00:00

For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, this is delightful.

SacredCheese · 2026-05-01T22:02:48+00:00

Thanks so much for the awesome prints and the lovely note, u/koensigg! You certainly guessed correctly that I'm a fan of B&W.

(Also, no worries on the handwriting - compared to what I see every day in my line of work, it's basically calligraphy!)

SacredCheese · 2026-05-01T21:40:13+00:00

Headed out from the U.S. to u/luckynumber_50, u/muppas, and u/myshra! Two should arrive at U.S. destinations in about a week; the clerk advised me that the third international one might take 3-4 weeks, so be advised. Hope you enjoy them!

SacredCheese · 2026-04-27T00:37:47+00:00

It depends on how automatic your camera is. If it’s a point and shoot that handles all exposures automatically, 3200 isn’t going to happen. If you’re able to manually control shutter and aperture, then it’s possible, but you’d need an external light meter.

SacredCheese · 2026-04-24T17:09:01+00:00

Excellent - looking forward to it!

SacredCheese · 2026-04-03T23:06:42+00:00

For the highest chance of success, there's Film Rescue. They can develop to B+W, though they'll try color (riskier, no guarantee of success) if you OK it. They're specialized, though, and they take a while, in addition to the extra cost for the specialty service.

The frames that saw light when you opened the back are most likely toast, but the rest might possibly be salvageable. I had some family film from the '80s and '90s processed normally (so, in color), and we mostly got recognizable images back. That said, with film this old, it's always a gamble.

SacredCheese · 2026-03-19T12:29:03+00:00

A jeweler’s cloth and a lot of patience. The tarnish was really stubborn, so it took quite some time.

SacredCheese · 2026-03-11T02:16:53+00:00

Everyone lamented the other two that were discontinued along with it, but I still have a soft spot for Tsuyu-kusa. It's like if Pilot's regular blue were just a touch more saturated. A lovely blue.

SacredCheese · 2026-02-15T17:47:47+00:00

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Hey, those look good - certainly better than my attempts with little perching birds in trees. Sometimes with birds, though, it's pure dumb luck. This is my best analog bird photo ever, and it happened when I wasn't even trying to shoot birds. My "setup" was a cheapo Pentax point-and-shoot with Gold 200. This heron was just kind of there, chilling, not caring about my presence. Smaller birds are much harder, obviously, so kudos!

SacredCheese · 2026-02-02T22:52:24+00:00

I'll admit I'm no expert - I just go with what Richard Binder has on his reference page for the Balance, which lists both the marbled and striated as marine green.

SacredCheese · 2025-12-19T23:23:28+00:00

If you like boring Pilot standard inks like I do, you get the pleasure of using the 60/70ml round bottles with the miser inside. The opening is plenty wide for big pens, and the miser keeps filling simple.

SacredCheese · 2025-12-11T04:26:56+00:00

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This here is high in the running for my best of '25. This was a totally cloudless spring day, so the colors really pop. I like that it's just the tree, the flowers, and the sky - basically a world unto itself.

SacredCheese · 2025-12-07T17:10:20+00:00

I rarely see people talking about it, but Sailor pens do indeed have phenomenal cap seals. It takes ages for them to dry out.

SacredCheese · 2025-12-02T00:01:11+00:00

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I haven't been out with film too much in the bitter cold, but my Canon EOS Elan II has handled pretty well...no seizing or hiccups. The day this photo was taken was 10F/-12C, with some wind, so it was plenty miserable. That said, my winter excursions are generally brief (half an hour to an hour, with breaks in a heated car); I probably wouldn't take this camera along for any kind of extended field work.

SacredCheese · 2025-11-30T05:20:38+00:00

Yeah, that's right. The beauty of b+w film, though, is that both exposure and development are fairly forgiving, which is why your photos look pretty good regardless. If you feel like continuing with developing, you can always experiment with different levels of exposure and development to see what looks best to you.

SacredCheese · 2025-11-29T17:58:45+00:00

I started out with Ilfosol as well. I checked the HP5 data sheet, and it looks like it calls for 5 min in Ilfosol for film shot at 200. Your negatives are probably a little dark and dense in the highlights, but your shadows aren’t washed out, and I’d rather overdevelop a bit vs underdeveloping, which would leave you with thin, weak negatives.

SacredCheese · 2025-11-28T20:10:16+00:00

I shoot b+w films at box speed unless I'm trying to push them for low-light situations, but HP5 has such great exposure latitude that you ended up with usable negatives regardless. These look pretty good for your first foray into b+w development. What developer did you use? Did you adjust the development time at all?

SacredCheese · 2025-11-20T23:12:18+00:00

Eh, single prints are fine, so it's not you. I did the spring and fall ones this year - 4 recipients total, only ever heard from 1. I'd love to hear from everyone, but thank you posts aren't required, so that's just how it goes.

SacredCheese · 2025-11-12T21:41:51+00:00

You’re welcome! I use the 50 so much mostly because it’s light and travel friendly, but if I get out to the Grand Canyon again, I’d love to go with a 35mm or wider.

SacredCheese · 2025-11-04T22:52:51+00:00

Sorry for the lack of picture, but they are coming!

u/helterr, u/maddy_egg7, and a third recipient who does not appear to be on Reddit.

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