Hello from Ottawa, Canada!

[raspberrypatch]

Welcome, I live outside Ottawa (past Almonte), and slowly re-entering photography with film. I was going with Bergger and Adox CHS II for film. RPX look great, but selection in sheet film is less than in roll film.

[bobbotron]

Welcome, I live outside Ottawa (past Almonte), and slowly re-entering photography with film. I was going with Bergger and Adox CHS II for film. RPX look great, but selection in sheet film is less than in roll film.

Cheers rasberrypatch! I just ordered some RPX 25 from argentix. Agreed, not a huge selection, but I think you can't go too wrong with such a huge negative?

[Andrew O'Neill]

Freeze thaw. You're preaching to the choir. I'm from Saskatoon!

[bobbotron]

Pretty good potholes here too...

[Fred L]

yeah, the Rideau bump is definitely a rim killer. Have they finally poured enough concrete into the hole to fix it up ? I'd move to Ottawa in a heart beat. Have yet to go to Elgin St Diner but friends usually drag me to The Manx.

[bobbotron]

So I finally shot and developed some Arista 400 ISO film with my 4x5. So far my results have been pretty poor. I'm sure due to my own technique but I think it's possible something is off with my development process, I think it's time to buy a new bottle of fixer.

Anyway, good fun, it's an interesting process!

Here are two that turned out - the light leaks are from my poorly set up "scanner".

[docw]

It looks like your exposure is ok for the most part. You got results! If you want to talk about LF and processing etc., let me know. I am in Ottawa and love to chat over a cold beer on a patio. Ari is around too, I think.

[bobbotron]

It looks like your exposure is ok for the most part. You got results! If you want to talk about LF and processing etc., let me know. I am in Ottawa and love to chat over a cold beer on a patio. Ari is around too, I think.

Thanks!

I may take you up on that at some point! The first of the two was definitely a bit thin, the second was pretty nicely exposed. My second batch was a semi stand development, I think I both over cooked and under fixed it. Detail was pretty poor, I'm definitely going to have to try harder next time. I think these hot days in Ottawa are throwing off my development temperatures.