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Chad Hill
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Archaeologist, photographer, dilettante. Primarily posting nerdy analogue photography BS: 110-8x10. Photography = catharsis. Co-Winner, 2022 #ShittyCameraChallenge - InstantRegret (Avatar is the dad from the awesome kids book “Pokko and the Drum”)
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The “Queens Bath”, Hampi, Karnataka, India 2025

Trichrome with Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Dragonfilms no. IV (Svema 42l)

#Fieldwork #BelieveInFilm #TrichromeParty
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Yup, very unloved. Very nice cameras.

Couple of my favs.

(The grips mean they are professional. 👍)
Will do! Coming shortly.

Trichromes from this roll came out great but the super thin pet base was really quite annoying. Hard to load on reel, hard to not drop repeatedly(!!) because it is so light and so delicate. 😅🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
Can’t go wrong with ilford! Though also fun to experiment with other option. 😅

Dragon films is one of many small companies that have popped up to respool and sell various weird or rare emulsions that are otherwise hard to find . This one is respooled outdated Ukrainian aero film. 😅😅
Hmmm, this should be easy to fix in a feed setup. I just whipped up a new one to search up to 7 days into the past and then "remember" posts beyond that now that it is running. It's just searching for "photochat" and "#photochat". May take a bit for it to be fully up: bsky.app/profile/did:...
I love my neighbors (cont’d), Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

We didn’t get out for too long, so these shots were all from just one pass around the whole area. It was great to see many friends here.

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
Thanks!

Photography in general? 😬😬😬 Um, many many years, now. 😅
"Chad's 1-hour Photo" 😅🤷‍♂️
I love my neighbors (cont’d), Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
While l prices are low, I got mine specifically for this lens combo. I don’t shoot other m39 lenses because it doesn’t have a rangefinder and I hate zone focusing.

The T also goes for much less than an R, and If I were buying again I’d probably try to get a T instead so I could use my other m39s.
I LOVE this particular combo with the L, because the Chroma double glass is fixed focus, and fixed aperture. You can set the exposure by looking at the external light meter before you bring the camera to your face. So it’s extremely quick! And I love the way this lens renders an image.

BUT…
Awesome!

Yeah, I wish I’d been able to spend more time there. I’m usually rushing to get to our fieldwork project, so mostly only manage to stay in Bengaluru for a night at a time and often only by the airport! 😥
I love my neighbors (cont’d), Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
I love my neighbors (cont’d), Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
I love my neighbors (cont’d), Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
I love my neighbors, Mt Airy, Philadelphia 2025

Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm, Fuji 200

A small local gathering instead of the bigger one downtown.

#BelieveInFilm #NoKings
🤞🤞for light lens lab...
Playing “is it pictures?” with some dragonfilms no. IV.

It’s pictures, but it’s a little thin. And by thin I mean both the negatives and also it’s a crazy thin PET base! Apparently Svema 42l aerial film.

#BelieveInFilm #IsItPictures #Pyro510
Around the lab, Ashoka Siddapur, Karnataka, India 2025

Ricoh GR1, Motipix 50d

This building serves as a field lab and storage for our project.

#Fieldwork #India #BelieveInFilm
The days after, Philadelphia 2024

17x25 van dyke brown print on water color paper.

Apropos of nothing, revisiting this series from the fall.

#nokings #believeinfilm #printparteh
Ohh, awesome. Would love to see!