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DrMundane (PhD: no, mundane: yes)
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Sometimes I write stuff. If not I’m hiking, photographing, sewing, or computering.

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Abstract #1 - Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax MX - SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7

#film #filmphotography #pentax #kodak #abstract
an abstract photograph, with two indistinct masses at the top right and bottom left corners (chairs? street sign? plant?) and distinct lines that cut across the frame at a 45 degree angle.
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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The Loading Dock - Kodak Retina IIa - CineStill 800T

to finish out my exploration of this random hotel, here's where the alley led. i gave it the beans, exposure wise, my mental exposure program drifted...

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #cinestill
A loading dock, with a distinct yellow bottom and yellow text (printed in forward and reverse, so it shows up as readable in mirrors, with the forward on top and reverse on the bottom) reading "WHEELS MUST BE CHOCKED".
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The Walkway - Kodak Retina IIa - CineStill 800T

i, of course, had to explore inside and see what that walkway was like!

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #architecture
The inside of a glass walkway over an alley, with windows surrounding the whole thing. Shadows from the window frames stretch across the floor.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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"Maximum 10FT - No Trucks" - Kodak Retina IIa
CineStill 800T

on the last stretch of my Canada photos, this time from the Retina IIa.

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #architecture
An overpass/walkway for two buildings over an alley to a loading dock. A sign reads "Maximum 10FT - No Trucks". A tree stretches out in front of the walkway and above the alley.
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Running some Kodak Gold 200 through the Yashica-24 this morning, since there’s some fresh snow!

The XA was also alongside (plus an Olympus AM-100 for the shitty camera challenge)

#film #filmphotography #yashica #kodak #hiking
A photo looking down into a TLR viewfinder, with snow in the background and a hand holding the camera strap to the right. The camera is clearly hanging from a neck and is at waist level. The viewfinder shows a composition of some dead or dormant plants and a snowy footbridge.
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Neat Building - Kodak Retina Ia
Expired Kodak Max 400 (shot at ISO 64)

this is just an out of place sort of building, it feels like it was built in 1904 and just lasted.

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #architecture
An older brick building with a large coupla-like structure sits in front of a large reinforced-concrete parking garage. Two buildings in the foreground frame the building, seen via a parking lot. Old wooden stairs lead to the 2nd level, with a very unsafe porch - the railing has fallen or been laid back onto the porch.
December 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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No Smoking | No Parking - Kodak Retina Ia
Expired Kodak Max 400 (shot at ISO 64)

ok so no parking, no smoking. what am i allowed to do at this loading dock, exactly? take pictures of course.

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #urbanlandscape
A concrete staircase for a loading dock with a sign reading 'NO SMOKING". Sunlight illuminates the staircase, but large ventilation grates on the wall are partly in sun, partly in shadow. A loading dock with two signs prohibiting parking, but which also seemingly has two parking spaces painted in front of it. (yes i know this is for the trucks, but let me feel like there is some irony here, please!)
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The cat at 103... on Film! - Kodak Retina Ia
Expired Kodak Max 400 (shot at ISO 64)

the Ia viewfinder kills me, especially with glasses on

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #caturday
An orange and white cat sits looking out the window of a black door, which is indicated as '103' in a stained-glass window above.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Dauphin County Court House - Kodak Retina Ia
Expired Kodak Max 400 (shot at ISO 64)

Was looking through photos and found that i did not upload any Retina Ia scans, so let's do that!

#film #filmphotography #kodak #retina #architecture
A photo of the Dauphin County Court House, with a cloudy blue sky above.
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Lilly - Olympus E510
F.Zuiko 50mm f1.8 (at 1.8)
ISO 1600 1/100

straight out of camera JPEG

i don't usually go in for posting the photos of me, although this mirror draws me in to taking a snap at least weekly...

#digitalphotography #photography #olympus #b&w
Lilly (your intrepid photographer, one DrMundane) takes a photo of herself in the mirror of the curio cabinet. The entire photo is a purple tinted monochrome photo. The top third of the photo is a reflection on the next glass shelf. Her face is very much covered by the camera.
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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String of Pearls - Olympus E510
Olympus Digital 14-42mm (at 42mm, f5.6)
ISO 200 - 1/250

i was going to try the 510 for the shitty camera challenge, but honestly it is too good. i tried out the B&W mode and have taken a liking to the purple tint one!

#b&w #photography #olympus #digitalphotography
A string of pearls in a planter box by the window. Shadows from outside cut across the frame diagonally, and the pearls are splayed out in all directions. The entire photo is in monochrome, with a purple tint.
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Decorating - Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax MX - SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7
Scanner: Minolta DiMAGE 5400

i've got my tree up, but have yet to finish the ornaments!

#film #filmphotography #kodak #ultramax #pentax
The top of an aluminum tree, with a string of lights and a window in soft focus in the background. Each LED is a small hexagon, owing to the aperture of the camera.
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Sheetz - Kodak Ultramax 400
Pentax MX - SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7

One of those shots where you have the thought 'this is meaningless faff photography', but the light forces you to take advantage. Glad i ignored that feeling.

#film #filmphotography #pentax #kodak #ultramax #sunset #sliceoflife
A photo of a Sheetz gas station service island at sunset. In the background is a sign for a dollar general and many leaf-less trees. A truck is parked at the diesel pump at the far end, the only vehicle visible.
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Queueing - Fujichrome Provia 100F
Pentax MX - SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7

#film #filmphotography #pentax #slide #fuji
A long queue of people snakes around a concrete walkway which is curved. A large, plain concrete structure rises above them, without much adornment or architectural treatment. I can’t say if it is brutalist by intent or simple downstream of the structure starting its life as a utilitarian sort of building.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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i was loading my XA this morning and suddenly wanted to ask the internet people: how do you load your film?

i’ve seen folks in youtube videos and the like wind on a frame with the back open, but that always strikes me as wasteful.

i just stick the leader in and tension the film.

#photography
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Preparation - Fujichrome Provia 100F
Pentax MX - SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7

#film #filmphotography #slide #fuji #pentax #street
Two outdoor areas are stacked on top of each other, one a walkway on the top, the other a seating area for a restaurant. The walkway has people walking on it, while the seating area has two clusters of people at either end. In the middle is a line of cleared tables, the last of which is being cleaned by an employee.
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Please Stay Back! - Fujichrome Provia 100F

Pentax MX - SMC Pentax M 50mm f1.7

#film #filmphotography #slide #fuji #pentax #frame1

My slides from Canada have finally arrived! and i’ve scanned them!

loaded my slide film at the bus stop, spent the first exposure on this.
A photograph of a sidewalk next to the road at a bus stop. A yellow line and the words PLEASE STAY BACK are painted on the sidewalk. Shadows of trees break up the monotonous sidewalk and road areas.
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Light - Fujichrome Provia 100F

Olympus XA - Scan: DiMAGE 5400

#film #filmphotography #fuji #slide #olympus
A light (in a bar shape, LED or fluorescent) reflects off a ceiling made of concrete in a lattice shape. A larger outside frame is made from the surrounding ceiling work.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Eastbound and Down! - Olympus XA - Fujichrome Provia 100F

Scan - Minolta DiMAGE 5400

it was a free crt! so i met my brother, we loaded it up, and i drove it back for him. took this as I stopped for gas and to check straps.

#film #filmphotography #Fuji #slide #olympus #roadtrip #crt
a large (30”) CRT sits in the back of a red truck, along with its stand. Both date from 2004 or so, and are secured with orange ratchet straps.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Blue Neon - Olympus XA - Fujichrome Provia 100F

Scanned with the Minolta DiMAGE 5400

#film #filmphotography #Fuji #slide #olympus #architecture
A shopping center with a high glass roof, visible canlights in a lower ceiling, and finally a distinct blue neon stripe along the lower right of the frame. Some traditional mall trees and plants are visible on the 2nd story/floor.
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Fountain - Little Buffalo State Park
FP4+ at 125 - f11 and 2/3 - 1/4 Sec.
Speed Graphic with Fujinon 135mm f5.6

The scan should be better, but the E-M1X refuses to do the high resolution multi shot mode suddenly, plus tripod shake.

#folderweek #ilford #fp4+ #speedgraphic #largeformat #film
A black and white photo of a hand pumped fountain that appears to be missing the pump handle, and that can also discharge into a concrete basin below the top basin. Young woody vegetation is in the background and is loosing leaves
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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made tonight a busy one trying to get some film developed. my favorite exposure came out great, the rest all have some sort of problems, but we will see. 2 more to develop and my #folderweek shots will be done.

HC110 dil. B, 7min 15 sec, fp4+ (+ 1 acros 100)

#largeformat #b&w #film #ilford #fp4+
four 4x5 black and white negatives hanging from a laundry rack, drying.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Hazel, my beloved - Pen FT - Fujichrome Provia 100F

nice of the neighbors to share their cat with the rest of us... me in particular.

#film #filmphotography #Fuji #slide #Olympus #PenFT #halfframe #photography #cat
A cat sits on a low stone wall in shade on a sunny day.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Neighborhood Diptych - Pen FT - Fujichrome Provia 100F

#film #filmphotography #Fuji #slide #Olympus #PenFT #halfframe
A diptych, with the left frame being a porch with a small windmill and some ivy, and the right frame being two yellow trashcans behind a wire fence.
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Architectural Exposures - Pen FT - Fujichrome Provia 100F

not loving the double exposures from the Pen on this roll, a worrying sign. this one worked out though. i love the house on the right, an actual lustron house.

#halfframe #film #filmphotography #fuji #slide #olympus #PenFT #photography
Three half frame exposures over the space of one frame. The Left frame is a window and fire escape, the middle frame is a brickwork square (under the fire escape) and the right frame is of a lustron house.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM