kodak bw400cn + adox adonal = a lot of work in post.

so i temporarily fixed the light leak in the nikon fg yesterday. to test it, i shot a roll of kodak bw400cn and developed it semi-stand in adox adonal 1:100 for an hour. if you do a straight scan all your highlights are completely blown out and it looks like straight crap. but with some level adjustments in photoshop it can be somewhat corrected, and you end up with a very grainy and high contrast image. 

this will be my second time using this film/developer combo, both times i shot the film at iso 320.

here's a few examples using a pentax me, without any work done in post:

here's a few from the nikon fg, that needed a lot of work done in post. however, the light leak is temporarily fixed.

yep, just like it says.

so yeah, not the best film/developer combination but it works in a pinch. (or if you're just too lazy to bring your color chemicals up to temperature.) i'm going to do further testing with the fg as i'm probably just going to sell it. though it does have a damn good lens on it, in my opinion. (tokina 35-70mm macro zoom) 

by the way, did i mention that 35mm isn't my forte?

well, that's enough of a me-centric post for now. if you somehow found our blog, thanks for looking!