Beatles '24

The picture for the first month of my 2024 Beatles calendar. I've been getting the new one every year for forty years or so.

I took this shot, developed the film and posted it - all in under six hours! Plus, I developed two other rolls of film during that time as well. The film was expired for about 20 years, but it seems to have been all right. Especially since I exposed it two stops below the box speed of 400.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Fuji Film Superia X-TRA 400 (long expired and shot @100)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/16
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 8 seconds
Date: January 13th, 2024, 6.42 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. 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 PhotoFlo200: 1 minute

Konica TC-1 Superia X-TRA 400 2024 02ff