what was the last camera you used, last film and how was it developed

NB23

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Rolleiflex T, HP5, ilfotec-HC 1:32
 

George Mann

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The last camera I used was my Nikkormat FT2 (loaded with Ektar).

Last film developed was Ektachrome E100 thru a commercial service.
 

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Last camera used? Well.....okay
Last week I used my homemade 4X5 using a 110mm single element plastic lens from a 'Jollylook' instant camera (Failed Kickstarter project, camera was junk, but I saved the lens.)
The lens was stopped to f45 and focus fixed at infinity.
The 'film' is Ilford MG4 RC photo paper exposed at ISO 6 and developed in Ilford Multgrade paper developer.
 

Donald Qualls

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Last camera used... Discovery Channel (rebrand) 35mm stereo camera (appears to be the same camera as this "Argus"), Superia X-Tra 400, still in camera.

Simple point and shoot camera, pop-up flash (works), low-light warning (built for ISO 200, so I can get away with a little warning on 400 film), might be fixed exposure or adjust shutter speed based on meter cell reading (but fires with no battery). Runs on 2xAA. Uses mirrors to widen the stereo, similar to the Loreo lens add-ons sold for various cameras or lenses, puts two half-frame images side by side on 35mm film. I'm looking forward to seeing the results -- this is the first actual stereo camera I've run across at a reasonable price ($40 plus shipping on eBay). Also looking forward to being able to make actual stereo prints (print both sides of the frame to the correct size, view with a hand held viewer).

Edit: apparently the camera itself is actually made or sold by Loreo -- they're (seemingly) still available new, but generally go for $100+ in working condition. Mine might have been cheaper because it had some battery leakage, but that cleaned right up with vinegar.
 
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Mr Flibble

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Contax IIa with a pre-war 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar on it, loaded with Kodak Double-X
Film was developed in HC-110, dilution E, 8 minutes at 20C)

 

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Nikon F2AS (Soverized) with a roll of HP5+ (EI200) alternating among a 28mm F2, 50mm F1.4, and an 85mm F1.4, Into the freezer until I accumulate enough of a backlog to spend a few hours processing.
 

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Fomapan 400 in my Olympus XA2, developed in ID11 1+1 11 mins. One from a recent visit to Edinburgh and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. There are several figures by Anthony Gormley (most famous for his Angel of The North sculpture) dotted along the Water of Leith near the museum:
 

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Nikon FE, Nikkor 35/2, yellow filter
Mysterious, unidentified document film*
Exposed at EI 0.4 and developed in Caffenol C-L with normal agitation

Leica M3, Summicron type 1 50/2, yellow filter
Kodak 2378e Sound Recording Film
Exposed at EI 25 and 12 and developed in Caffenol as above (in the same tank)

Kodak Retina IIa, yellow filter
T-Max 400 expired in 1991 exposed at EI 100
Developed in Rodinal 1+25

*This film, about 75’ of it, was a gift from fellow member Gorbas. It has no edge markings, no anti-halation coating and an absurdly low ISO (somewhere below 1 but my tests haven't been very scientific. I think it’s somewhere around .2 or .4). Neither of us has the slightest idea what it really is and we’ve been jokingly referring to it as the Magical Mystery Film, or MMF, for over a year. I have seven or eight rolls left and I’m only just getting it dialed in. I’ll probably never find out what stock it actually is.
 

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Burke & James 5x7 view camera with 8.25" f9 Goerz Red Dot Artar...One sheet Velvia 100F, one sheet Portra 160.
A test of expired films.
Not developed yet...will be sent to lab.
 

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Leica M6 w/50mm Summilux ASPH and a roll of Tri-X (EI 200) early this afternoon, down at Jericho Beach. Spent almost two hours loitering about, photographing crabbers, kayakers, and assorted folks strolling the beach. A pleasant end to a year I hope never to be repeated. Film logged, and then into the freezer; processing shortly (maybe in a week or so)...
 
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Some table top photo's with the Sinar Norma 13x18cm and a Schneider G-Claron 210mm on Ilford Delta 100 13x18cm sheet film processed in E-76 (Chris Patton's formula).
Here is one, scanned and in 1x1: Budha's Hand

 

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Minolta XD-11, 45/2, yellow #8
Kodak 2378e Sound Recording Film @ EI 32
Beutler 1+1+10

Not sure I’m going to keep trying this film with Beutler. Contrast is still too high even with the 1+1+10 dilution.
 

Donald Qualls

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Kodak Pocket Instamatic 60, improvised battery (3xS76, electrical tape, and aluminum tape), Lomography "Orca" ISO 100 B&W. Will get processed in Xtol replenished today.
 

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Cinestill 800T in my Olympus XA2-started the roll on NYE 2020 and finished it off in the very smallest hours of 2021. Posted it off to Peak Imaging in Sheffield today, Hopefully some will be good enough for a future Postcard Exchange.
 

Andrew O'Neill

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RB. Acros. D-23.
Some 8x10 I shot 7 years ago that I had stored away and get to eventually... Developed in Xtol. They'll aid in seasoning the developer for replenishing.
 
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