Some Experiments with Film Washi F

I originally set out to try some long exposures with my Skink f/46 zone plate mounted on the Leica Ic. I had previously loaded a roll of ISO 100 Washi F, so that's what I used for these experiments.

Not many of the zone plate shots came out to my liking, although a couple are possibly "interesting". These shots were between 4 and 8 second shots. At least my estimate of what 8 seconds is. I had the camera on 'bulb' and was just counting out seconds.

I shot the rest of the roll with my most compact lens, the Chroma Double Glass, fixed focus fixed aperture f/11 lens. The interior shots were mostly a second or two. Most of those aren't exactly remarkable either.

I think I'm just not bonding very much with Washi F, it's a film that's probably great for something, but to my eye, it appears reminiscent of poorly exposed Fomapan.

I have taken some zone plate shots in the past that I didn't think were awful, I'll give it a try with a different film at some point in the near future.

Sorry to post such a group of not very handsome photos, but I think it's important to present both successful and failed experiments.

These were developed in D-76 1+1 for 11 minutes at 20° C.

P.S. Observant readers might notice that in the shot of the Leica wearing the Skink pinhole mount, that f/110 is penciled in on the mount, nonetheless, it really was holding an f/46 zone plate.

P.P.S. These shots were all hand held. For the longer shots, I cheated as much as possible by setting the camera on stable objects. I myself not being a stable object.