Minolta-16 II

My little Minolta-16 II "spy camera." I need to be shooting that film pictured. It expired in March 1973.

This is the view across the street to my neighbor Tony’s house. I was testing out my tiny Minolta 16mm camera, so it was a handy subject. This is the way it looked right out of the camera – I didn’t use PhotoShop at all. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 1 second Date: November 4th, 2019, 4.40 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 18 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand Ilford Hypam Fixer, 9 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 2019 02df

One of the old headstones located at Ebenezer Cemetery, about a mile from my house. The horizon is tilted because this headstone is so heavy, it's sinking. Camera: Minolta-16 II 16mm subminiature camera Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/60 of a sec. Date: November 5th, 2019, 4.39 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 15 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 2019 03ff

My spice rack photographed with the No. 2 close-up lens attached. It was a distance of only 26 inches. The aim was a little off, but this is the full, uncropped image. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 4 seconds Date: November 6th, 2019, 8.10 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 18 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 100 2019 04cf

An old-fashioned barber pole – you don’t see many of these anymore. Taken with the No. 1 close-up lens attached to my tiny Minolta 16mm camera. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a sec. Date: November 7th, 2019, 3.09 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 15 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 9 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 2019 05df

Looking up through some of the trees in my backyard. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a sec. Date: November 8th, 2019, 3.38 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 20 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 10 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 100 2019 06cf

A memorial plaque that was for my late Mother. Dad picked it out special because they were married for 50 years. Taken with my little Minolta-16 using the No. 1 closeup lens. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a second Date: November 10th, 2019, 2.09 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 16 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 100 2019 08cf

The second floor of my house. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/60 of a second Date: November 10th, 2019, 2.57 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 16 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 100 2019 11cf

Our first, appreciable snow of this Autumn. Geez, it’s not even Winter, yet! I was trying an experiment with this supposedly one-shot Adox Adonal Rodinal-clone developer. I used it for a total of 7 different days over a 9-day period and it kept chugging right along. This last time I used it, it seemed to have gotten much darker, so I dumped it. But it worked fine to develop this last cut-down negative in my Minolta-16 II subminiature camera. Camera: Minolta-16 II Lens: Minolta Rokkor 22mm, f/2.8 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired on 06/2015) Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a second Date: November 12th, 2019, 8.58 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 20 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand Ilford Hypam Fixer, 8 minutes 1 minute water rinse Minolta-16 Fuji Acros 100 2019 17ef