The Helper

This mural is located in Marion, Illinois. They are sporting several murals all over their town and it really improves the looks of their city.

This was taken with an old Kodak Instamatic camera. I reused an old 126 film cartridge and reloaded it with modern 35mm film - 35mm and 126 film are the same size, just different perforations.

Camera: Kodak Instamatic 104 (Camerosity code CAOO – made in period 12/66)
Lens: Plastic 43mm Meniscus
Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (expired on 10/2018 and reloaded into a 126 cartridge)
Shutter Speed: 1/90
Aperture: F/11
Date: March 7th, 2023, 2.02 p.m.
Location: Marion, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

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