Stallion

They were setting up rides for Norris City Dairy Days, our annual street fair that starts tomorrow. This was one of the horses on the merry-go-round.

I shoot a lot of expired film and sometimes it comes out pretty grainy. Surprisingly, this roll that has been expired for almost 20 years turned out pretty good. I guess shooting it at 3 stops below box speed was the trick.

Camera: Minolta XD11
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5
Film: Konica VX400 (expired 12/2004, shot @50 ISO)
Shooting Program: Manual (Of course! No batteries)
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: “O” (mechanical 1/100th of a sec.)
Date: September 23rd, 2021, 2.58 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Minolta XD11 Konica VX400 2021 00ef