Kodak Tri-X 400

Another shot of the rusting Oldsmobile I found the other day. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Film: Kodak Tri-X, B&W 400 ISO Aperture: F/11 Shutter speed: 1/500th sec. Date: May 8th, 2014, 3.05 p.m. Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 4 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Pentax Tri-X TSC 16df

For The Sunday Challenge group who's theme this week is "Monochrome." This old sedan has seen better days. For a look at this car in color, check the note over the hood emblem. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Film: Kodak Tri-X, B&W 400 ISO Aperture: F/11 Shutter speed: 1/500th sec. Date: May 8th, 2014, 3.00 p.m. Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 4 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Pentax Tri-X TSC 15of

This is a 1:64 scale 1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, made by Greenlight. All metal and a really nice piece. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Tele-converter: Sears 2x Tele-Converter Film: Kodak Tri-X, B&W 400 ISO Aperture: F/22 Shutter speed: 2 secs. Date: May 9th, 2014, 1.05 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 4 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Pentax Tri-X TSC 28if

This is a 1:64 scale A-Team van, made by Hot Wheels. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Tele-converter: Sears 2x Tele-Converter Film: Kodak Tri-X, B&W 400 ISO Aperture: F/22 Shutter speed: 2 secs. Date: May 9th, 2014, 1.02 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 4 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Pentax Tri-X TSC 27gf

My house, from across the street. Taken as an experiment using a Minolta XD11 converted to be a pinhole camera. This image has not been subjected to any post processing sharpening. But, you could tell that because it's so crappy. It also hasn't been cropped. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Pinhole taped over lens thread Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film Exposure length: 5 secs. Date: September 15th, 2010, 5.33 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees): D-76: 6 3/4 mins. (1:1) Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

This was my fourth attempt at getting a usuable image with my little homemade Kodak Trix-X film box pinhole camera. Finally, it worked! The frame was the average height of a regular 35mm negative, but the width turned out to be like a panoramic camera. I wasn't sure of the focal length, but the equivelant image I took with a digital camera translated to be 18mm. So, that would lead me to believe this film box camera was 18mm also. I'm still not certain what is causing the little arc of exposed dots along the bottom of the frame. This glitch also turned up in the last shot I took with this camera, but that one had a different pinhole piece than this one, so it wasn't an imperfection in my pinhole. (Or maybe I recreated the exact same imperfection?) If anybody recognizes this aberration or what causes it, please let me know. I'd really like to be able to correct this and get one really good shot. Camera: Film Box Pinhole Camera Lens: Pinhole (approx .051mm) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film Exposure length: 2.2 secs. Date: September 25th, 2010, 15:07:26 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees): D-76: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

Taken with my Flocon RF 222 Diana-clone 120 camera. This camera is almost perfect - the viewfinder is exactly what you see and no light leaks showing! Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 12 ft. to infinity Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 3.22 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

Tank batteries dot the landscape of Southern Illinois. Oil is a way of life to the workers around here, and in my career, I've even been employed in the oil-related industry found here. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 6 ft. to 12 ft. Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 2.58 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

Taken with my Flocon RF 222 Diana-clone 120 camera. This camera is almost perfect - the viewfinder is exactly what you see and no light leaks showing! At least not in this shot. I got a light leak at the very top center of a few others that was likely due to it coming in from the tab on the bottom of the camera you twist to take off the back to load the film. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 12 ft. to infinity Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 3.25 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

This is the back of my old high school, taken with my Flocon RF 222 Diana-clone 120 camera. This camera is almost perfect - the viewfinder is exactly what you see and no light leaks showing! At least not in this shot. I got a light leak at the very top center of a few others that was likely due to it coming in from the tab on the bottom of the camera you twist to take off the back to load the film. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 12 ft. to infinity Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 4.02 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Flocon 16ef

Taken with my Flocon RF 222 Diana-clone 120 camera. This is the graveyard that sat beside Ebenezer Methodist Church, before the building was raized in the early 1980's. The aim on this camera is perfect - which is an extreme rarity with these cameras. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 6 ft. to 12 ft. Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 3.04 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

Aberations in the cheap, plastic lens of a Diana-clone camera. Taken with my Flocon RF 222 Diana-clone 120 camera. This camera is almost perfect - the viewfinder is exactly what you see. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 12 ft. to infinity Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 3.47 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Flocon 12df

One of the really old headstones found in Ebenezer Cemetery. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 120 film Aperture: F/19 Focus distance: 12 ft. to infinity Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 3rd, 2010, 3.07 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

With this frame, I think I got everything at optimum in a developing chemical test I did. I used a Konica Autoreflex TC with a Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F/1.7 lens to shoot it with. The film was Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA and I pushed it to 1600 ASA, or two stops. I then processed it in D-76 at 68 degrees and at a 1:4 dilution for 15 minutes. It wasn't as grainy as before. This equation has a much more even tone to it. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F/1.7 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA black and white 35mm film (pushed to 1600) Shooting program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/500 Date: February 20th, 2011, 3:17 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees): D-76 (1:4): 15 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins.

Grain is good. Camera: Keystone 470PM Focus Free Message Camera Lens: Japan Optics (Plastic) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film Date: February 15th, 2011, 1:40 p.m. Location: Union County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 1/2 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 9 mins. Water Rinse: 1 min. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Keystone 02gf

This is a Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash, with the contacts to attach a flash unit. I have another Holiday, but it doesn't accept the flash unit. Taken with my Pentax MV. Camera: Asahi Pentax MV Lens: SMC Pentax-M 50mm, f/2 Filter: Asahi Pentax L39 UV filter SMC Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO black and white 35mm film Exposure program: Bulb "B" Aperture: F/22 Exposure length: 15 secs. Date: February 12th, 2011, 1.44 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 1/2 mins. (1:1) Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water rinse: 1 min.

I had loaded this film in another camera, but didn't use it. As you can see, it had some serious light leak issues and when I used it in this camera, this is all I got from this frame. But it turned out kind of old and spooky looking. Camera: 35mm Camera (unknown manufacturer) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm film (cut down to half a roll) Aperture: f/8 (fixed) Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec. (fixed) Date: June 15th, 2016, 1.01 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals and times: Adox Adonal (1:150): 1 1/2 hours stand developed Water Rinse: 30 secs. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam Fixer: 8 minutes Water Rinse: 2 minutes. 35mm Camera Tri-X Test 18-2ef

Two cow statues in somebody's yard near my house. This was all that was usable in this frame - the rest was all white, overexposed due to light leak. But, then it was at the beginning where this area of the film had already had two chances to be exposed normally. The camera I used was so cheap, the manufacturer didn't even bother to name it or list who manufactured it. The camera is simply called, "35mm Camera." I did pick it up for $1 and it was brand new and never been opened or used - and it works pretty good, considering. I had attempted to use this half roll of cut-down Tri-X on Monday and Tuesday in a Kodak 154 Instamatic 126 camera, but issues prevented the film from winding correctly, so no frames were exposed but the first one. I'm certain that's where the light leaks originated from. Stand developing it for an hour and a half really helped to lower the grain. That was my first time trying such a long developing time, so I'm definitely going to have to try it again. Camera: "35mm Camera" (unknown manufacturer) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm film (cut down to half a roll) Aperture: f/8 (fixed) Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec. (fixed) Date: June 15th, 2016, 12.58 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals and times: Adox Adonal (1:150): 1 1/2 hours stand developed Water Rinse: 30 secs. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam Fixer: 8 minutes Water Rinse: 2 minutes. 35mm Camera Tri-X Test 17-2ff