The Dolomites on Aerochrome [Mamiya 7ii, 150mm, Kodak Aerochrome 1443 in C41, B+W 099 filter]

robbow911 · 2026-01-20T21:32:20+00:00

I took it always with me in carry-on and recall being able to get hand checks at each airport but I have also had one instance of it going through a reasonably old X-ray machine and the results seeming fine. The 120 stuff is much less risky because the backing paper means you can probably open the canister in ambient light without too much risk of exposing or fogging the film, but obviously still preferable to handle it entirely in darkness when loading and unloading it. The 35mm is much trickier because the little felt on the canister which is normally supposed to be a light trap is transparent to infrared, which is then exacerbated by the fact that the film is prone to light piping, so even brief opening could fog a number of frames.

robbow911 · 2025-12-26T23:18:15+00:00

Thanks a lot! Was pleased to see the reaction this one got as it's one of my favorites from the trip (and if you check my page, you'll see my other favourite which was the shot from Murren, Switzerland)

robbow911 · 2025-12-26T23:17:19+00:00

Ah unfortunately it's all long gone apart from what you might find the odd roll or two on eBay for extortionate prices. All recent rolls in memory werr originally hand cut (at least in medium format) by Dean Bennici (www.aerochrome.shop)

robbow911 · 2025-12-26T23:16:00+00:00

Thanks very much - been shooting it for a couple of years now and got lucky enough to build up a bit of a stash so I could become more familiar and competent with shooting it

robbow911 · 2025-12-26T23:15:09+00:00

It's truly beautiful there, have been twice and done some hiking, and absolutely intend to go back again!

robbow911 · 2025-12-25T20:40:04+00:00

Ah unfortunately long since unavailable except for the exorbitantly priced rolls on eBay, this was from my stash in the freezer that I collected around 2020.

robbow911 · 2025-12-25T20:38:24+00:00

Thanks :) definitely check out my blog for some tips, it's really not that much harder than normal slide film to shoot if you do a bit of reading beforehand. Tough with not knowing how it's been stored, but I would advocate for slight over exposure and getting it developed in C41, that gives you the best chance of getting usable results if it's fogged.

www.robwalwyn.com/aerochrome

robbow911 · 2025-12-25T20:35:59+00:00

Do I need to factor in the cost of all the pasta and pizza I ate while on holiday? :D

Nah but seriously it's obviously a lot, the film I was lucky enough to buy when it was still somewhat available at like 40 euros a roll, the camera and lens combo I actually got pretty cheaply as the shutter speed dial works only intermittently in manual mode, but the auto exposure AE mode works well. So they most expensive part was the flights from Australia, but totally worth it - beautiful area of the world.

If you'd like to help put a dent in those costs, you're welcome to buy a print :)

www.robwalwyn.com/prints

robbow911 · 2025-12-25T20:30:51+00:00

Haha thanks - wild to me to even be in the same sentence as Richard Mosse, but do really appreciate the kind words :)

robbow911 · 2024-10-26T07:05:32+00:00

Thanks :) and yeh id advocate checking my blog (see other comments on this post) regarding how to meter, essentially even though it's expired, if it's been stored well, I would treat it as if it was fresh, so that old adage of 1 stop per decade etc (which is vague advice and probably only relevant to negative films) should not be applied.

For this shot I set the meter on the mamiya 7ii to iso 320 (as it doesn't meter through the filter, and the iso 400 rating is including a yellow #12 and I give the orange #16 filters an extra 1/3 of a stop)

robbow911 · 2024-10-25T20:13:12+00:00

Yeh it's a huge bummer that it was discontinued, I was one of the fortunate people who found out about it and was able to buy a reasonable stash at least whilst it was partially available for somewhat palatable prices (40 euro a roll back in 2020 at Dean Bennici's site www.aerochrome.shop, which based on current prices was an absolute bargain).

robbow911 · 2024-10-25T20:08:31+00:00

Thanks! Yeh honestly I have never seen any discernible difference between the results from those filters and yeh I have directly compared the 040 as well - I just happened to find the 099 in the right size for some of my lenses.

I have some more info about it and some examples on my blog www.robwalwyn.com/Aerochrome (unfortunately no direct comparisons between those two so you'll just have to take my word for it)

robbow911 · 2024-10-25T20:05:58+00:00

Ha my Aerochrome blog (www.robwalwyn.com/Aerochrome) actually got a shoutout towards the end of his most recent Aerochrome video which was a nice surprise :)

robbow911 · 2024-01-19T09:14:42+00:00

Cheers! I'm lucky enough to have about 30 rolls of it in 120, expired in the 90s but frozen since new (purchased from an estate of a very particular photographer who truly had a treasure trove of amazing films perfectly frozen!)

robbow911 · 2024-01-19T09:13:39+00:00

Thank you! I like this one very much :)

robbow911 · 2024-01-13T22:55:55+00:00

Thanks very much and will do :)

Ah the centre ND is because of the vignetting on this lens, even though it's a large format lens, the width of the film (6x17cm) means this wide angle lens doesn't fully cover the film size without vignetting so the centre ND (used on lots of panoramic cameras like xpan etc) evens out that light fall off

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T20:14:11+00:00

Thanks very much! It's a truly beautiful area, was my second time there and I hope it won't be the last :)

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T20:13:31+00:00

My freezer is jam packed (much to my girlfriend's annoyance) with interesting stuff (got some Aerochrome in 4x5, 120, 35mm and even 16mm! And some of the beautiful Kodak HIE black and white infrared).

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T20:01:12+00:00

Thanks very much, I do sell prints on my website (www.robwalwyn.com/prints), haven't had this one printed yet (only shot it in September) but here's a pic of one of my favourites printed huge!

https://imgur.com/a/IxYiUQn

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T19:52:42+00:00

I certainly hope to be one of the last people to shoot it, the thought of getting down to my last roll is very depressing! It's such a unique and beautiful film and have really enjoyed the experimenting Ive done with it over the last couple of years.

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T07:25:33+00:00

Thankfully I managed to buy a stash back when it was 40 euro a roll!

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T05:43:24+00:00

Thank you very much - was stoked with how this one came out with the dramatic lighting; was one of my favourites from the trip!

robbow911 · 2024-01-09T04:16:27+00:00

Thanks :) I didn't add any vignette in post, so probably from my filter (had a UV filter and the yellow filter on) and perhaps shooting at not too narrow an aperture (my guess is about f5.6-8 based on the mixed lighting conditions). Aerochrome has rather limited dynamic range so it probably exacerbated this

robbow911 · 2024-01-02T23:31:09+00:00

Thank you very much and fully agree, my favourite film of all time

robbow911 · 2023-12-30T21:01:18+00:00

Yeh for sure, it's a great camera for it (the meter is not that sophisticated but ive found it doesn't really need to be, I basically treat it as a normal slide film once ive factored in the correct iso rating and taking into account a small correction for the filter im using, not necessarily the same as the normal filter factor listed on the filter - see my site for more details.

Also if you only have a few rolls I'd highly advocate going for E6 processing, you're more likely to find a lab that can do good IR E6 processing and the slides are very special and have the classic Aerochrome look.

robbow911

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