Plaubel Makina 67 ... deemed unrepairable ... decisions, decisions

[Godfrey]

Ran the washi-120 processing last night. Not terribly great ... need more exposure, need less dilute developer. Going down to ISO 10 and 7 minutes at 1:9 in Ilford Multigrade Paper Developers for another test. (Finally had the bright idea to search on this forum for my old posts on the subject ... and that's what I discovered using this stuff back in 2017 or so. DoH! 😉 )

G

 

[Godfrey]

Relearning how to use the Washi-120 japanese rice paper film ...

Peterbilt - Santa Clara 2025
Plaubel Makina 67, Washi-120 rice paper film
Ilford Multigrade Paper Developer - 1:20, 15 minutes ​

Out of ten exposures, four are semi-usable to my eye. I've posted them in my Makina 67 album on Flickr (click the photo above to take you to that album). I had the great idea to look up my former posts on using this film and have found that I've rediscovered what I found back then: with the chemistry and development I use, the correct EI is closer to 6 or 10 ISO, not 25 which requires one of the developers that Film Washi suggests (and I have no access to).

While I don't dislike the feel of this photo, it's on the edge and I'll move on to richer negatives in the future.

G

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Relearning how to use the Washi-120 japanese rice paper film ...

Peterbilt - Santa Clara 2025
Plaubel Makina 67, Washi-120 rice paper film
Ilford Multigrade Paper Developer - 1:20, 15 minutes ​

Out of ten exposures, four are semi-usable to my eye. I've posted them in my Makina 67 album on Flickr (click the photo above to take you to that album). I had the great idea to look up my former posts on using this film and have found that I've rediscovered what I found back then: with the chemistry and development I use, the correct EI is closer to 6 or 10 ISO, not 25 which requires one of the developers that Film Washi suggests (and I have no access to).

While I don't dislike the feel of this photo, it's on the edge and I'll move on to richer negatives in the future.

G

Looks good to me! I'm looking forward to seeing more of this Washi magic!

All the best,
Mike

 

[Godfrey]

Was away in Mendocino for the weekend. A few photos that I like. 😀

Globe


Living Room


Towel and Curtains by Window

All:
Jug Handle Ranch, Caspar 2025
Plaubel Makina 67
Washi-120 (Ilford Multigrade Paper developer 1:9 @ 5 minutes, ISO 10)​

Enjoy! G

 

[BernardL]

Was away in Mendocino for the weekend. A few photos that I like. 😀

Globe


Living Room


Towel and Curtains by Window

All:
Jug Handle Ranch, Caspar 2025
Plaubel Makina 67
Washi-120 (Ilford Multigrade Paper developer 1:9 @ 5 minutes, ISO 10)​

Enjoy! G

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[trix4ever]

Really, I see them fine, and I like them.

 

[BernardL]

Alright, now I can see them. And I like them.
(technical glitch?)

 

[Godfrey]

Thank you. 🙂

@BernardL : Since the image server is Flickr.com, there is always a possibility of some transient technical glitch between the RFF server and the image server. A re-try after a few moments pause usually solves such things as the servers and your browser sync up.

G

 

[38Deardorff]

Lovely images G, although it's ironic to use that stellar lens to get pointillistic results. I look forward to hearing your reaction to results with Tri-X or similar. Brilliant camera! Congratulations on the resuscitation.

 

[Godfrey]

Lovely images G, although it's ironic to use that stellar lens to get pointillistic results. I look forward to hearing your reaction to results with Tri-X or similar. Brilliant camera! Congratulations on the resuscitation.

Thanks!

Heh! I was thinking of that this morning: "Nice big format neg, superb lens, and I'm using likely the lowest resolution film ever made with it." But I like the results... 🙂

My order of fresh Tri-X and CineStill XX has arrived. I'm sure there'll be plenty of nice, crisp, 'normal' negatives to play with soon.

G

 

[38Deardorff]

Here's one from my 670 moments before dry mounting. TMax100 yellow filter. That Nikkor is truly a spectacular lens.

 

[PRJ]

Godfrey, I don't recall ever seeing images that I liked from Washi, until those! They really are nice.

 

[Godfrey]

Godfrey, I don't recall ever seeing images that I liked from Washi, until those! They really are nice.

Thank you!

Washi-120 is tricky to work with, it took me several tries to figure out what EI and processing works nicely with it way back when (about 2014-2016), and a roll or two this past couple of weeks to remember again.

I posted a couple more photos made with the Makina and washi-120, this roll was from the first batch of a dozen I bought in 2014 and thus out of date by 2016!

House and Tree - Santa Clara 2025


Arch and Path - Santa Clara 2025


Man At Table - Mountain View 2025

All: Plaubel Makina 67
Washi-120 film
Digitized with Leica M10 Monochrom + Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8​

It's fun stuff to work with, makes lovely photos when you get the magic right, but is still darn tricky.

G

 

[Godfrey]

I loaded the Makina 67 with the fresh Cinestill XX I bought recently and took it on my walk today. I set the meter for ISO 250, used it for every exposure, and processed in HC-110 diluted 1:49 for 10 min @ 68°F. Result: Ten perfect negatives. 😀

I'll try to scan them tomorrow, see if any pass muster as acceptable 'photo art.' LOL!

I might start a new thread rather than append the results to this one ... Perhaps it's time for a "Fun with Makina 67" thread highlighting just photographs, and not necessarily only mine. Thoughts welcome.

G
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