Spidersnaps: Rolling with Rollei

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In 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