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Labor Day on Coney Island

Shot my first few rolls with a new Konica IIIA. Really enjoying this camera so far.

I’ve recently picked up a Konica IIIA with a 48mm lens. Very impressed with it so far, it’s a beautiful camera. The double stroke film advance on the front of it takes some getting used to, but once you’re warmed up to it everything flows seamlessly.

I’ve only ever had trouble with the reusable plastic ones. Never tried the old metal ones, I’ve heard they’re slightly better, but honestly it’s so much easier to just reuse old cassettes and, on the odd chance I can’t grab them for free from my local shop, they’re incredibly cheap.

Kentmere 400 developed in Tmax and taken with a Pentax k1000.

Pentax K1000, Kentmere 400, developed in TMax for 5.5 minutes with agitation for 5s every 30s.

Bought a bunch of empty film canisters with some tongue for bulk loading. I bought of some of those plastic reloadable ones with the screw tops at first and had nothing but problems with them. Caps coming off and exposing whole rolls, felt coming off and getting into the camera or scratching the...

Pentax K1000, 50mm f2.0 lens. This was my first time developing Kentmere 400 in TMax. I’ve been trying to find a reliable developer for it since it’s such a cheap stock. It was a little grainier than I would’ve wanted, but overall I liked the results.