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Lincoln Cathedral on my first roll of Kodak Pro Image

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I mentioned the other day about posting some colour medium format pictures from my trip to Lincoln. Those are still to come, but I almost forgot about the partial roll of colour 135 shots I took as well!

These are shot on Kodak Pro Image film – the first time I’ve ever shot this stock. I bought a pro-pack of five rolls a few years ago – long enough back that they’re now expired. Luckily, they’ve been cold-stored since I bought them and so show no signs of age.

I was very pleasantly surprised at the results I got. They converted very nicely in Negative Lab Pro, producing good results from the off with little tweaking required. I like the colours too, nothing brash, just nice, slightly pastel tonality. Some of the later shots from the roll were shot on an overcast day and those look nice too.

I took another roll of the film on my recent holiday in Spain, so it will be interesting to see how those turn out when I get them back from the lab, but overall I’m happy with the film and will probably buy more when my existing colour stash runs a bit drier.

Lincoln cathedral
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Lincoln cathedral-3

Olympus OM-10, Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8 & Kodak Pro Image. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted using Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 1 March 2025

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Narrow street (and post holiday thoughts)

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Today was my first day back at work after a week’s holiday in Spain. I did have yesterday as a buffer between the travel and the resumption of working life, which I’m thankful for, but I’ve felt pretty tired all day. I thought holidays were supposed to leave you feeling refreshed?

Thankfully, my usual post holiday blues didn’t last very long, perhaps because we were only away for a week, or maybe because I’m growing out of that particular sadness as I get older. I’m glad about that too – it used to affect me pretty badly when I was younger and leave me feeling a profound sense of loss for several days after a trip. This time, however, it only took a couple of hours back at work to pretty much erase any sense I’d been on holiday at all! Still, I’ve a couple of rolls of film and some digital photos to remind me of the trip when I get them developed / processed. I’ll post some of those here, of course.

Another picture from my Lincoln trip today – there’s probably only one more shot that I’ll post from this roll of 135 Agfa APX 100 – but I do have a bunch of colour medium format pictures still to come…

Where the roll of film ran out

Olympus OM-10, Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8 & Agfa APX 100 (@400). Rodinal 1+100 (+2ml) semi-stand 1 hour @ 20°

Taken on 1 March 2025

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Timelessness

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This picture was taken half way up Steep Hill in Lincoln. I really like the timeless feel it evokes. Maybe the cyclist’s helmet gives it away but, apart from that and the lone cable (and possibly the bike, whose evolution I’m not familiar enough with to say how it might date the image), it feels like it could have been taken any time in the last century.

Halfway up Steep Hill

Olympus OM-10, Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8 & Agfa APX 100 (@400). Rodinal 1+100 (+2ml) semi-stand 1 hour @ 20°

Taken on 1 March 2025

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Water tower and streetlamp

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You may have noticed, but I’ve been posting a bunch of pre-scheduled stuff for the last week because I was on holiday. I’m back now and will resume the usual manual posting from tomorrow (although I guess this counts too). For anyone who’s commented on my posts and I haven’t replied yet, I will seek to do so soon.

I bet you’re bored of this water tower by now (even though it’s quite a photogenic subject, I think)… 🙂

Lamp and water tower

Olympus OM-10, Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8 & Agfa APX 100 (@400). Rodinal 1+100 (+2ml) semi-stand 1 hour @ 20°

Taken on 1 March 2025