Spidersnaps: Rolling with Rollei
Jun. 11th, 2023 09:41 pmIn my continuing attempts to venture beyond the typical film brands (at a reasonable price, of course) I ordered myself a roll of Rollei RPX 400 for THB282 (USD8.15, since raised to THB325 or USD9.40) for my Kodak M35 in the same batch as my first roll of Fomapan 400... Rollei is of course more famous for its cameras, including their legendary Rolleiflex TLRs, but these days they're putting their name on various models of black and white film and developer chemicals... According to Analogue Wonderland, RPX 400 is the most flexible of the popular black and white RPX emulsions and is famous for its rich tones and shadow detail, but it seems like that's as long as you expose it well enough (and it looks a bit contrasty as well)... Enough about that, let's check out what came out :-)

Camera and film

Sound of the Northeast

Pigeon walking at uni

Promotional event for a Star Wars branded ice lolly

View from my local pier

Squirrel!

Little Buddha on a big table

Pigeon at a pond

A slightly blurry shot of my parents' faculty


Shot of the Noble Pearl building from across the street (plus 100% crop)

Peekaboo cat


Athletics action at the uni personnel sports festival, showing a decent outdoor performance for this film...


...in contrast to these indoors shots of chairball and takraw practice at the indoor stadium, looking underexposed despite using flash (a shot of a badminton game came out even worse)

Black cat near one of the venues for the uni personnel sports festival

Chess, looking slightly better due to being held in a smaller room than the indoor stadium

Soccer practice

Promotional event introducing the Chang U-Champion Cup soccer tournament for university teams

More underexposed sports action at the indoor stadium, this time with a sack relay racing tag thing

Bird with a mohawk (we have plenty of these at uni)

Action from the Chang U-Champion Cup

Early morning at a street food breakfast festival

Camera and film

Sound of the Northeast

Pigeon walking at uni

Promotional event for a Star Wars branded ice lolly

View from my local pier

Squirrel!

Little Buddha on a big table

Pigeon at a pond

A slightly blurry shot of my parents' faculty


Shot of the Noble Pearl building from across the street (plus 100% crop)

Peekaboo cat


Athletics action at the uni personnel sports festival, showing a decent outdoor performance for this film...


...in contrast to these indoors shots of chairball and takraw practice at the indoor stadium, looking underexposed despite using flash (a shot of a badminton game came out even worse)

Black cat near one of the venues for the uni personnel sports festival

Chess, looking slightly better due to being held in a smaller room than the indoor stadium

Soccer practice

Promotional event introducing the Chang U-Champion Cup soccer tournament for university teams

More underexposed sports action at the indoor stadium, this time with a sack relay racing tag thing

Bird with a mohawk (we have plenty of these at uni)

Action from the Chang U-Champion Cup

Early morning at a street food breakfast festival