Testing out my freshly serviced Nikonos V and 15mm lens in prep for an upcoming trip to some glorious blue water with @divemasterssa and friends. Serviced by @narcosis101 who I have used for my year servicing for a few years now. He does great work!
I wanted to also test pushing HP5 to 1600 to see what I might expect. It did fairly well. As expected the water accentuates the grain and doesn't help that Spring Lake wasn't as clear as it can be, but overall I think it's a combination that can work. I plan on taking both color and black and white films on the trip, but was going to try more (pushed) HP5 this time. I might rock some T-Max 100 if it's a bright day and the currents don't seem to be overly crazy but we'll see!
For color I'm bringing Portra 800, Portra 400 and a few rolls of Portra 160 and maybe a roll or two of Ektar. I might bring a slide film just to try too but it'd have to be on a sunny day I think. The currents make using slower speeds more difficult since I don't really have time to measure distance and focus (hence the Portra 800, of which I might try pushing one of the rolls a stop just to see what happens). I'll be using films above-water too (probably bringing my Minolta X-700 for the above water stuffs).
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