The fall is rapidly approaching here in upstate New York. I looked out at the trees this morning and saw touches of bright paint through the steam of my coffee. I was up early, the cat having decided to wake me, so from 4AM on I was able to write a fair amount of a paper on 20th century Yugoslavian unification. I am almost finished. I am also finished with many of the images from those travels, especially the Roma pieces–they are relegated to the past…but did I already blog that news?
I have purchased a used Contax G2. It is an automatic rangefinder form the mid-1990s and has been given good marks. For me it is almost too complicated without being a digital. The focusing is awkward, I think, but we shall see…The plus side is that it comes with a Carl Zeiss 28mm lens. Very nice. It’s all about the glass. I’ll shoot on automatic exposure for a while and try it out.
Once this paper is finished, I can really get down and finish the darkroom work. I have to go through negatives and contact sheets and find 24 images that support a consistent vision and then print them all on paper. Damn…the phone just rang and now I have lost my train of thought after a short conversation…Oh, yes…FA-1027.
I ordered some new chemistry from Fine Arts Supply in Montana. It is a concentrate called FA-1027 and supposedly takes care of all the problems associated with Ilford film and Ilford liquid developers, i.e. foggy negatives and so forth. When will it arrive? I don’t know but it has been 2 weeks since I ordered it and it is still not here…
More will be revealed.
JDCM
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