Minox time

[Julian Tanase]

Some examples of recently seen architecture, shot with Minox IIIs and Ilford HP5 400

 

[Gianluca Drago]

A nice trip back in time. Exquisite.

 

[Gary Ayala]

I see a thin dark band going across the top about 1/4 of the way down.

 

[Charlotte Ortelli]

Very nice! Do you cut these down yourself?
I have a Minox EC, but I've never been brave enough to try cut down my own film and find reels for it...

 

[Julian Tanase]

A nice trip back in time. Exquisite.

Thank you, Gianluca !

 

[Julian Tanase]

I see a thin dark band going across the top about 1/4 of the way down.

My scanner, Gary. This appears whenever I scan above the 3600 resolution. It gets older

 

[Julian Tanase]

Very nice! Do you cut these down yourself?
I have a Minox EC, but I've never been brave enough to try cut down my own film and find reels for it...

Yes, I cut the film myself, been doing this for the last 25 yrs. Not a hard thing to do. Minox EC are excellent cameras, perhaps you should try it with film

 

[Charlotte Ortelli]

Yes, I cut the film myself, been doing this for the last 25 yrs. Not a hard thing to do. Minox EC are excellent cameras, perhaps you should try it with film

Do you have a specific tool for cutting it to the right size, or does it just come naturally?

And its crazy to think you've been cutting down Minox film almost as long as I've been alive, wow!

 

[Julian Tanase]

There's a tool for that, of course. It is called a film cutter/slitter, you can see it in various formats here on my website:

https://juliantanase.com/category/accessories/minox-film-cutters/

 

[Shlomi Ofir]

Very nice set, looks like a cool little camera

 

[Julian Tanase]

Very nice set, looks like a cool little camera

Thank you, that it is.

 

[Beth Anthony]

love the sanity truck parked behind the closed gate in the first one. great set of photos, love the local architecture.

 

[Gary Ayala]

You know ... in my younger days ... owning a Minox automatically made you a spy ... a la "The name's Tanase, Julian Tanase" and "I'll have a vodka martini - shaken, not stirred" ...

 

[Tony Warren]

Nice results Julian and impressed with the grain, or lack of it, from HP5. What developer do you use? The slight softness suggests you might also be doing something with noise reduction maybe to reduce it.

 

[Julian Tanase]

love the sanity truck parked behind the closed gate in the first one. great set of photos, love the local architecture.

Thank you, Beth; that building (with the truck) is owned by a medical company now.

 

[Julian Tanase]

You know ... in my younger days ... owning a Minox automatically made you a spy ... a la "The name's Tanase, Julian Tanase" and "I'll have a vodka martini - shaken, not stirred" ...

Can't really answer that, Gary. It's a hush-hush thing, nose tapping and all that.

 

[Julian Tanase]

Nice results Julian and impressed with the grain, or lack of it, from HP5. What developer do you use? The slight softness suggests you might also be doing something with noise reduction maybe to reduce it.

This negative was developed in Pyro 517 for 8 mins. Re de-noise processing, I do not use it, because using one such software would make things worse, in my opinion. It destroys the acuity, I guess.