My last two or three posts have highlighted images shot with
a digital camera. Enough already! Its time to get back to film – which is after
all, what this blog is supposed to be all about.
Recently I was bemoaning the absence of a good black &
white film available for my 127 roll film cameras when I heard about Freestyle
Photo starting to carry Rera Pan 100. I had never heard of it but decided to
try it anyway. The results from my first roll are spectacular.
I hate to make sweeping endorsements based on only one roll of
film but if my results are typical of what to expect, it is an awesome film. Black “blacks” like my all-time
favorite black & white film, Tri-X. Plenty of rich grays with lots of
detail everywhere, and all this from a Beacon II which is essentially a really
cool looking, 127, bakelite, box camera from the late 1940’s.
I’ll talk more about the Beacon II in a later blog post.
The shot above was taken at the old state capital in Baton
Rouge of one of my favorite subjects, a fire hydrant sitting unnoticed right
out front. Processing and scanning were done by The Darkroom.
I couldn't find much information on Rera Pan except that is a
traditional fine grain black & white film from Japan that can be processed
with the usual black & white chemistry but I think I’ve seen what I need to
see. I will definitely be shooting this film again!
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