Michael Fioritto

Archive for October 2008

Fuji Neopan 1600 and Xtol

This is from my first roll of Fuji Neopan 1600. I processed it in Xtol 1:1. This was shot with the 40mm 1.4 lens, wide open, on my rangefinder. I don’t remember the shutter speed, but we were in a dark corner of the Beer Bistro so it was in the “hail Mary” range I’m [...]

Elegant photographs

I have been spending more time on Flickr looking at various photographers work. I have been drawn to several photographers in Japan including Tommy Oshima, Clarice and D.Fujio. They all see things in a way that I find unique and appealing. I wanted to point out a few photos from a photographer named Ta (at [...]

Xtol and Kodak Tri-x development test

I processed my first few rolls of Tri-x with Xtol and so far I am happy with the results. I processed Tri-x exposed at 400 for 8 minutes in Xtol diluted 1:1. Here are a few samples. You can find more as I shoot and process them on my Flickr account tagged with Xtol.

Rodinal and Tri-x film developing

Since I started developing black and white film again I have been using Rodinal. I chose this developer after seeing several examples of it in use on Flickr; primarily Bud Green’s photographs of his family. I have tried various dilutions including 1:50, 1:100 and for the last few rolls I tried stand development (1 hour).
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A new pandemic? XDR-TB

The photographer James Nachtwey writes, “I have been a witness and these pictures are my testimony” in the opening frame of a video, highlighting his work to bring awareness to a drug resitant strain of TB (XDR-TB).

You can read more at the XDR-TB website.