Kodak Ektar 100

Kodak Ektar 100 is one of Kodak's "professional" color films. It's so expensive and that's the reason I don't shoot a lot of it.

Camel Rock, located at the Garden of the Gods park in the Shawnee National Forest. This formation is supposedly millions of years old and was formed when this area used to be beneath water. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/14 Shutter Speed: "O" (1/100th of a sec.) Date: October 23rd, 2015, 12.39 p.m. Location: Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 13ff

Working on my film noir technique -- originally taken in color and converted into black and white with post-processing. The title of the image was the name of an old film noir movie. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Vivitar MF Zoom MC 28-210mm, f/3.5 @70mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 14 secs. Date: February 16th, 2016, 2.36 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 20mf

My first camera, a Kodak 35 RF. I got it in 1976. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @ 28mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb), 5 seconds Date: October 24th, 2020, 1.10 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 36ff

Sunset at my local reservoir. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a second Date: October 21st, 2020, 5.32 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 31df

The sun setting behind my Fall tree. The year was 2020. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 of a sec. Date: October 21st, 2020, 5.140 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 28ef

An old Kodak instamatic camera I picked up a couple years back. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/22 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 4 secs. Date: June 24th, 2016, 3.29 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 35ef

This is an old shed in my neighborhood on a misty Monday afternoon. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Aperture priority +2 Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/500th of a second (1/125th in reality) Date: June 20th, 2016, 2.05 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 18ef

Stuff in my shop. It needs a good cleaning. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 2 620 camera (Made in YCRA - 01/52, January 1952) Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 09/2014) Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec. Date: December 3rd, 2021, 12.37 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute KBHF-2 Kodak Ektar 100 2021 02gf

This was a nice looking Ford Maverick race car at the shop for what looked like repairs. The engine was out of it. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 2 620 camera (Made in YCRA - 01/52, January 1952) Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 09/2014) Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec. Date: January 4th, 2022, 1.43 p.m. Location: Eldorado, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute KBHF-2 Kodak Ektar 100 2021 10ff

My Uncle Jeryl, my late mother's brother, holding up the Christmas treats I brought to him and my Aunt. The 70 year old camera I used still works pretty good. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 2 620 camera (Made in YCRA - 01/52, January 1952) Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 09/2014) Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec. Date: December 20th, 2021, 1.47 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute KBHF-2 Kodak Ektar 100 2021 04ff

If it wasn’t for truckers and delivery drivers, you wouldn’t have anything. Who do you think delivers everything? That's why I'm following the Trucker Convoy protest in Canada. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 2 620 camera (Made in YCRA - 01/52, January 1952) Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 09/2014) Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec. Date: February 18th, 2022, 2.25 p.m. Location: Norris City, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute KBHF-2 Kodak Ektar 100 2021 12ef

A nice gazebo over in neighboring Carmi, Illinois. They have concerts here inside it. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 2 620 camera (Made in YCRA - 01/52, January 1952) Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 09/2014) Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec. Date: January 3rd, 2022, 12.43 p.m. Location: Carmi, 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute KBHF-2 Kodak Ektar 100 2021 09gf