Notices by Ralph Brandi (thereisnocat@toot.cafe)

Wonder Bar

Wunderbar! Pentax 67, Kodak Portra 160NC (220, expired 2009), ECN-2 development.

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@skinnylatte I think it's pretty likely. If you still have the box, it should have the manufacturing date on it. Integral film from today's Polaroid is generally solid for a year after that. This looks maybe three or four years old; old enough for the colors to go off. It would also explain the unevenness of some of your shots; if the developer starts to dry, you'll see that. Yours is pretty subtle, but present on some shots. It's not old enough to get the divots you get on older film.

@skinnylatte The dynamic range of Polaroid integral film is limited. You’ll want to generally avoid contrasty scenes, or to take advantage of them to abstract from what you actually see. Resolution is also limited; it works best with bold subjects, broad lines. Once you understand the limitations and take advantage of them, it can be magic. Looking at the colors of the shots you posted, those are not typical. I've only seen blue casts like that in expired film.

My last post to Twitter was on November 19, 2022, just shy of two years ago. Their announcement that Grok, their AI engine, would eat all tweets present on the site as of Nov 15 was the last straw. I kept my account closed down, but now I’ve deleted all my Tweets and deactivated. End of an error.

Just spent ten minutes listening to an AI-generated podcast discussing a document sent in as a prompt that consisted of the words “Poop” and “Fart” over and over and over again. That’s ten minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Thanks, @gruber

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/30/notebooklm-generated-podcasts

Really looking forward to Senator Andy Kim. Menendez has been a stain on New Jersey his whole career. It’ll be nice to have two senators I can be proud of.

Outdoor Dining

They did this even before COVID. Hasselblad 500cm, Carl Zeiss Distagon 50mm f/4, Kodak Ultra Color 400UC (expired October 2005), ECN-2 development.

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Three

Nikon F3HP, Imperiale Type S (expired 1977), ECN-2 development.

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Not ECN-2, damnit. I just finished developing a roll in ECN-2 and had it on the brain. HC-110 1:90, 18 minutes, agitated every three. #BelieveInFilm

Untitled

Another raindrop. Nikon F3HP, Arista Premium 400 (rebadged Kodak Tri-X), Rodinal 1:50.

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@Gargron @coldkennels Are you doing it before you scan or after? Best to do it before, in the scanning program, rather than after you scan in your editing program because you maximize the amount of information in the file that way.

No Outside Food Allowed

But it's okay if you bring inside food. Contax IIIa, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 development.

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