Here are some more examples of the long-discontinued Kodak T400CN black and white film in Athens, Greece (see the previous article on using T400CN again). Being long expired (the film, not me), I exposed it at Exposure Index 50 in my Leica M2 camera. It is a bit limiting in dark places, but I was careful to hold steadily, so even exposures of 1/30 or 1/60 of a second look fine.
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| Athenas Street with Monasteraki Square in the distance (Leica M2, 21mm ƒ/4.5 Zeiss Biogon lens) |
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| Mrs. Poppy's souvenir store in the Plaka (21mm ƒ/4.5 Zeiss Biogon lens) |
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| Anafiotika kitty (below the Acropolis) |
Kitties in the twisty winding alleys below the Acropolis are a thing. I saw two photographers with big lenses concentrating on cat portraits.
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| Anafiotika artwork (21mm Biogon lens) |
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| Anafiotika artwork (21mm Biogon lens) |
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| First Cemetery, Athens (35mm ƒ/2 Summicron lens) |
First Cemetery is the resting place for generations of prominent Athenian citizens, including politicians, poets, authors, and even Heinrich Schliemann.
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| Seattle Sonics having a coffee at carpo, Psychico |
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| Beetle in front of traditional villa, Psychico |
I remember when Psychico was full of traditional 2-floor villas. My parents rented on in the 1950s. But now, and quickly, Psychico is becoming a suburb of apartment buildings.
Northeast Photographic in Bath, Maine, processed the film in standard C-41 chemistry. I scanned the film with a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED scanner, controlled by NikonScan 4.03 software.
2 comments:
Impressive results from that old film, and a fine portrayal of those densely packed streets.
I suspect that people who haven't visited Greece will really not understand the importance of that shot of the cat. We were very impressed by the number of cats we saw on the streets in Athens, and the fact that they were mostly unafraid of people. It seemed that they were appreciated and valued rather than being treated as outcasts. I have a very fine photo book about cats on the Greek Islands by Hans Silverster, The Mediterranean Cat. Your shot of the cat prompted me to get it out and go through it again.
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