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3 Mailboxes

by HaarFager
Some mailboxes down the street from my house. This Yashica-44a is a TLR and it takes 4 cm. x 4cm. square images. From a 100 foot roll of expired Konica film, I cut down enough to make a roll. With some old backing paper, I respooled it and got 12 square images just like the original rolls used to have.

Camera – Yashica-44a (made in 1959)
Lens: Yashikor 60mm, f/3.5
Film: Konica 160 (127 size, expired 03/2006)
Shooting Program: Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/100 of a second
Aperture: f/16
Date: December 11th, 2019, 1.41 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

Scanned with an Epson Perfection V500.

Yashica-44 Konica 160 First Roll 04gf
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20 comments

Marta Wojtkowska said:

Excellent colors from an expired Konica!
5 years ago ( translate )

Frank J Casella said:

Very interesting photograph, light and shadow, and use of square. And ... what Marta said.
5 years ago

polytropos said:

Interesting technique!
Great job!
5 years ago ( translate )

Karen's Place said:

Well, that's an interesting choice for this challenge and a little piece of Americana.
5 years ago

Chrissy said:

der erste Briefkasten macht wohl Winterpause
5 years ago ( translate )

Annaig BZH said:

très belle idée et joli paysage
5 years ago ( translate )

neira-Dan said:

original et drôle ;;; ces boites aux lettres ont des problèmes
5 years ago ( translate )

Ulrich John said:

Another view to America ! Very well seen and taken, Kenny ! And: I’m very impressed of the technical details of the making !!!
5 years ago

HaarFager replied to Ulrich John:

Thank you very much for saying so! I like to be challenged.
5 years ago

Diederik Santema said:

I guess someone doesn't want to get mail...
5 years ago

Wierd Folkersma said:

lovely picture
5 years ago ( translate )

Xata said:

Does the owner of the green one receives mail?
5 years ago

HaarFager replied to Xata:

I don't know which is the green one - I can't see colors. But you probably mean the one on the ground. No, they moved away and then the people next door to them bought that house and now it's vacant. So, nobody lives there to get any mail.
5 years ago

Valfal said:

A good find and excellent capture especially for expired film!

P.S. It appears you have neighbors who don't take pride in their homes, lol!
5 years ago

Esther said:

Oops!
Now that's taking the square format seriously.
5 years ago