Picked up that Ricoh AF-5 at the thrift shop, and hey look, it works great! Shot on Ilford HP-5 black and white film, ISO 400.
Shoutout to Raerae “Always There” Gelman for hosting this special event, and happy b-day to Jesse #pleasedesignmydreamhousetoo. Special props to Lulu, that giant St. Bernard, and the cutest little black lab running on the slopes. Snow dogs forever.
(On a technical note: moving forward, I might shoot the next few rolls of Ilford at ISO 800 to increase the contrast. I imagine this old lens might perform pretty well at the lower apertures too. The sunny examples below are pretty sweet. At the same time, in the snow, the auto-exposure on the Ricoh meant that a lot of the shots were underexposed. I should have forced the meter up a couple stops by pretending it was ISO 200 or less. Alas, regrets. There was also a bit of weird light leaking stuff happening at the end — could be that storing my exposed rolls in my pockets while skiing wasn’t such a great idea. Duh. If not that, I’m not sure. It’s almost never the lab though. #loveyourlab)
