It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

A candle sconce located in my living room; taken with no lights on, just the candle burning. This was taken as a test with my second Minolta XG-9, which came in the mail on Wednesday evening.

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 2
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 @110mm
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1 second
Date: November 14th, 2025, 3.38 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-2 Fuji Acros 100 First Shots 2025 15df