Finding the Best Black & White Photo Locations with my Mamiya M645 and Kentmere 100 Medium Format Film

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.

Why do we shoot analog film photography in the first place? I don't do it because I don't like it ... I do it because I do like it! I love the process and the satisfaction of producing photos from film, just like I did in high school in the mid-80s. The process has become a lot easier now that there are Monobath film developing options like Cinestill DF96 that do not require a separate fixer. This saves not only time, but the smell and flushing of nasty chemicals.

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There may be some sacrifice in development quality of the negatives (I haven't seen it or don't know the difference apparently), but I wasn't necessarily getting the best results out of my Kodak HC-110 with fixer before using the DF96. At about $1 per roll, it's monobath developing for me now, and in the future.

All images scanned on my Epson v600 scanner, producing tif files straight from the scanner, no Negative Lab Pro used for these images. Again, I was extremely satisfied with the photos, and plan to shoot a lot more Kentmere in the future.

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