A day of moody fog photography is the best use of black and white film I can think of! Gloomy days offer an excellent pallet for any kind of black and white shooting. Regardless of whether you using digital or film, a day of mood photography is always good for the soul!

For this outing, I chose Kentmere 400 speed medium format film in my Mamiya M645 camera with an incredibly sharp 55-110mm Mamiya C zoom lens. I hand-developed the film in Cinestill DF96 Monobath developer (no fixer needed).

Today was a good day of medium format photography. It's a been a long time that I've wanted to be able to say that, and now I can, thanks to my low-budget Mamiya M645 and Mamiya 55-110mm f/4.5 zoom. The camera is a basic model, and easy to operate. Fortunately, the levers, buttons, latches, crank and shutter all work as expected, and the lens is tact sharp.

I shot two rolls of Kentmere 100 on a day featuring dull, grey skies. This didn't stop me, however, as I had the urge to burn through these rolls and test the camera and film, and get them developed all in the same day in Cinestill DF96 Mono Bath (no fixer required). This, regardless of the actual photos, was a success.

My first roll of Kentmere 400 medium format 120 film in my new-to-me Mamiya M645 medium format camera was the recently released Kentmere 400 black and white pan film. I've come to love this film with my 35mm shooting, and see no reason so far to change that opinion with this first roll of medium format size.

I wander the streets of Indianapolis in search of 15 quick frames of images (and they do go quick!) that I could run through the camera, then get home and hand-develop the roll in Cinestill DF96 mono developer. I will have an upcoming video on this developing process, which I also love!

In this video I review an inexpensive, yet sharp and effective budget zoom lens that works great for general photography with the Fuji X-T1. This mid-level budget system is all you need for everything from personal/family photography to paid photo sessions.

While this prime lens lacks the high-quality glass of some of it's big brothers, it's still worth every bit of it's price (under $150 used), and I see no reason to upgrade unless I need a longer zoom.

I take my Minolta SRT101 into an urban area of Indianapolis, Indiana with a roll of black and white AristaEDU 200 film that I hand developed at home after the shoot.

I also use a 28-80mm Minolta lens, as I find the flexibility of a zoom in urban areas worth the potential loss of glass quality. It's film people, who cares how 'perfect' it is!? One of my most enjoyable experiences with photography usually comes from film, although I enjoy and work a lot with digital, it's the film process/developing/scanning that I find very fulfilling.