Konica Autoreflex TC No. 3

I shot with a camera just like this back in the 1970's as part of my school's yearbook staff. I had such a fond remembrance of that camera that I got me one after all those years. (Well, actually three of them. This is the one that works the best.)

I used one of these in high school when I was on the yearbook staff. I remembered liking it so well that I found one recently and added it to my arsenal.

With this frame, I think I got everything at optimum in a developing chemical test I did. I used a Konica Autoreflex TC with a Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F/1.7 lens to shoot it with. The film was Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA and I pushed it to 1600 ASA, or two stops. I then processed it in D-76 at 68 degrees and at a 1:4 dilution for 15 minutes. It wasn't as grainy as before. This equation has a much more even tone to it. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F/1.7 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA black and white 35mm film (pushed to 1600) Shooting program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/500 Date: February 20th, 2011, 3:17 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees): D-76 (1:4): 15 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins.

This is a shot from the first test roll I ran through my Konica Autoreflex TC. I was also using Fomapan Classic film for the first time and developed it myself. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fomapan Classic, 100 ISO black and white film Filter: Hoya Skylight 1B Aperture: F/1.7 Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Date: February 9th, 2010, 2.50 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developer: Kodak D-76, for 6 minutes Stopbath: Ilford Ilfostop, for 4 minutes Fixer: Kodak Fixer, for 6 minutes And I finished the developing process by soaking the negatives in Kodak Photo-Flo 200 for about 1 minute with moderate agitation.

Another test shot taken with the Konica Autoreflex TC. This one is so grainy, it's awful. But, I left in some of the surrounding unexposed area of the negative to just make it more interesting to look at. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fomapan Classic, 100 ISO black and white film Filter: Hoya Skylight 1B Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Date: February 9th, 2010, 2.39 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developer: Kodak D-76, for 6 minutes Stopbath: Ilford Ilfostop, for 4 minutes Fixer: Kodak Fixer, for 6 minutes And I finished the developing process by soaking the negatives in Kodak Photo-Flo 200 for about 1 minute with moderate agitation.

Another shot with my Konica Autoreflex TC. Just like a camera I shot with while on the high school yearbook staff. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fomapan Classic, 100 ISO black and white film Filter: Hoya Skylight 1B Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec. Date: February 9th, 2010, 2.46 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developer: Kodak D-76, for 6 minutes Stopbath: Ilford Ilfostop, for 4 minutes Fixer: Kodak Fixer, for 6 minutes And I finished the developing process by soaking the negatives in Kodak Photo-Flo 200 for about 1 minute with moderate agitation.

Another grainy, crappy shot from the first roll of Fomapan Classic I ran through my Konica Autoreflex TC SLR. But the film wasn't at fault - the graininess was caused because some of the negatives, all the shots I took outdoors, were overexposed by snow and bright sunlight and to get the scanner to see them, I had to really adjust it. Doing so picked up all the grain. Most of these shots turned out terrible like this, but they begin to grow on me a little.... Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fomapan Classic, 100 ISO black and white film Filter: Hoya Skylight 1B Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Date: February 9th, 2010, 3.18 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Chemicals were all at 68 degrees: Developer: Kodak D-76, for 6 minutes Stopbath: Ilford Ilfostop, for 4 minutes Fixer: Kodak Fixer, for 6 minutes And I finished the developing process by soaking the negatives in Kodak Photo-Flo 200 for about 1 minute with moderate agitation.

At the downtown park in Carmi, Illinois. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak 100 color film Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec. Date: April 12th, 2012, 3.04 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 02d

A Civil War-era cannon in the downtown park of Carmi, Illinois. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak 100 color film Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec. Date: April 12th, 2012, 2.59 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 01cf

A customized truck used for advertising locally. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/125 Date: August 29th, 2014, 10.13 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 - 8 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer - 7 mins. Konica Neopan Acros 11ef

What happens when a developing goes badly wrong. I don't really know what happened to make it turn out like this. This was the only shot I took of this tomato with this camera, so there aren't any better views, unfortunately. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 sec. Date: August 25th, 2014, 8.41 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 - 8 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer - 7 mins. Konica Neopan Acros 06ff

Cattails at the local reservoir. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec. Date: August 29th, 2014, 10.38 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 - 8 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer - 7 mins. Konica Neopan Acros 13ff

My piano. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm Aperture: F/1.7 Shutter Speed: "B" 1/4 sec. Date: August 30th, 2014, 6.27 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 - 8 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer - 7 mins. Konica Neopan Acros 19lf

It was foggy one night, so I got out in it and took some shots. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 3 Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Konica VX400 Aperture: F/11 Shutter speed: "B" 3 secs. Date: February 16th, 2016, 1.58 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Autoreflex VX400 12-2df

A great-grandson of a friend of mine. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, expired) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Date: November 30th, 2018, 11.48 a.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. 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 Konica TC No. 3 Super G 09df

An interesting sunset I saw from the vantage point of my next door neighbor's back yard. I had been raining earlier. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 Date: December 1st, 2018, 4.18 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. 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 Konica TC No. 3 Super G 11ef