Tattoo Reflection

I've gotten the look that I'm after. This was done in bright sunlight: Tri-x, dd-x, 6 minutes, 75F. The shots I took in deep shade look fine as well. Au revoir to le testing. BTW, the light meter on the R2A has been very consistent. Luke sent me a note about it being "bottom-weighted" which is definitely true. It doesn't care much about the sky which is nice since I don't either.

Hot

Hot. Very hot... Sidewalks melting... Streets deserted...

Since I got the R2A I've developed 20 rolls of film - one at a time for testing purposes. I'm going to develop one more roll of Tri-x in Ilfotec DD-X and then call it a week.

The rapid winder: now that is an odd contraption. Yet I'm sort of getting used to it. Adds a bit of heft and a small grip to the camera.

Can you use a "real" motorized drive with the R2a? If you can, that's probably a better bet.

Cuts

This was underdeveloped by accident - I read the times wrong - but still not bad (Tri-x / DD-X; I did it for 6.5 minutes instead of 8 minutes).

And always remember - the one group of New York denizens that love to be photographed: hair stylists. If you come to New York and want to find relaxed people who are thrilled to have a camera pointed at them - stop by any of the hair salons on the Upper East Side. I don't know if this generosity extends to the West Side.