These next posts represent the last of 9 rolls of film developed over the last several days. After panning this film I used a camera that hits its sweet spot. The Holga is ready made for shooting this film in bright sunlight. I made a few accidental double exposures leading to funky shading but I really like the results, especially of the children basking in the giant pool of bubbles. The glass lens on my Holga can produce pretty sharp images in the center. The edges of these scans is out of focus from the film not being flat during scanning, or from my camera not being level, or some combination of both. But it’s ok after all, it’s a Holga! All shot at the county fair in Wisconsin. Many thanks again to Tracey Nixon Bos for giving me an ample supply of this film. It will be Holga dedicated from here on out…..Great fun.
I have to give compliments to the Argo Film Processor. For color film it makes the process immeasurably easier. Most important, the Blix gassing and odors are minimized to a great degree. I have no issues with leaking chemicals, a huge problem with hand processing using color chemicals. The results are very consistent. The best feature is the Argo’s automatic regulation of development time according to the temperature of the chemicals. For color, I overheat the chemicals a few degrees to 104F. The ARGO gives an initial alert the chemicals are out of range and the unit shows a shorter development time. But as the chemicals cool the time returns to the normal 3:30. The Argo is a tad on the expensive side but one uses less chemicals in rotary processing so there are some cost savings and less depletion of the chemicals. I did not adjust the exposure times for these 9 rolls. For developing color film at home, this is the ticket. If I had taken these 9 rolls to the lab for development and scanning, the cost would have exceeded $100. That is the big cost saving, justifying the Argo on its own.