Street portrait

Fujifilm Acros 8×10, Rodinal 1+25 9m drum processed, Globe portrait lens (1880s), Fuji TONE Gaslight Contact Printing Paper I was shooting from the footbridge when this lady got curious. I let her look on the GG and eventually asked to have her picture taken. Her mother is ill and she wanted to send this to her. Print on its way (hope I can find... 

Richard

Fujifilm Acros 8×10, Rodinal 1+25 9m drum processed, Globe portrait lens (1880s), Fuji TONE Gaslight Contact Printing Paper Unfortunately the negative has a flaw, you will see it looking at the nose area: a vertical stripe. Not sure what caused it, but suspect processing. Focus is not on the eyes, but just about works. Lens to subject distance... 

東上野/Fuji HR II Minicopy

Daido, c’est moi. I am enjoying this film at the moment. ISO 6 and the high contrast makes some interesting shooting and processing. Full set here. ... 

Rainy day

Some cheap digital trickery with a borrowed 5D and my old trusty (crappy) 28-105 ... 

Fujifilm 利根 WP/Gaslight Paper

  Finally I found the Fuji TONE WP printing paper for contact printing. I have to add that I have not wet printed for a long time and especially never with the Fuji materials (paper developer today was Fuji Super-Korectol-L).  First things first: it is an RC paper, medium weight and it is glossy. That probably violates several commandments of the... 

Fujifilm 利根 WP/Gaslight Paper

We have added Fuji TONE WP printing paper for contact printing to our selection. This is an RC paper, medium weight and glossy. Its long exposure times make it an ideal choice for large format contact printing as it allows manipulation of exposure over a period of 60-100 seconds (depending on your setup). The paper has rich blacks and nice grey tones.... 

Ohba Closed

As perhaps the archetypical oyaji camera shop they were certainly never the friendliest, but had a solid selection of used cameras in all formats including large format at reasonable prices. This is like Shinbashi itself. No visit to the area would be complete without a quick browse at Ohba Camera. After 60 years in business, they are no more... 

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