I’ve now shot two rolls of Kodak Ektar 100 film. I love this film. The warmth and saturation of the colors is just wonderful. It reminds me of the tone and texture of Kodachrome shots I see in my old National Geographic magazines, though probably not quite as saturated.
After the first roll, I bought three more online, but decided to run this through my Pentax (the auction-bought camera that started me on this film binge).
The meter in the Pentax doesn’t work, but a week or so ago I found an old Weston Exposure Meter in a local second-hand shop. $7.50 later, I had myself a very serviceable light meter.
I decided to use the Pentax because I started having trouble with my Nikkormat. After some shots, after I cocked the film advance lever, the shutter still wouldn’t fire, causing me to cock it again and wasting a frame of film.
Meanwhile, I sold two old iPhones and a used Droid phone and a couple of other items on Ebay, putting nearly $500 in my PayPal account. I spent that money on a Nikon F and Nikon F4.
The F4 arrived today and I’ll do another post shortly of some shots from the first roll I ran through that camera.
Form this Ektar roll in the Pentax, I have 10 shots worth of consideration for publication on VuFindr. I present three here and more may or may not appear on VuFindr.
Leaf in Bark
Austin Park Bench
