Steve Brokaw

@stevebrokaw.bsky.social

Film, digital & studio photographer. When not doing photography I trail run, hike & bike a LOT and am friend to all cats.

Happy #caturday! Lola has always had a displaced hip. She’s originally feral & we don’t know her history before we became her forever home. We suspect she was probably hit by a car early on. It doesn’t seem to bother her but it does make her less than graceful when jumping or sitting

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Leap - Leica M6 with Kodak Double-X developed using FPP-110 1+31 for 6 minutes. I was shocked how desolate and abandoned downtown Dayton appeared on the day I was there. True it was a weekday but it appeared 1/3 of the downtown buildings were abandoned. #believeinfilm

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Yesterday afternoon was an analog time. I tested out my new Contax G2 and stopped at Indy Vinyl to browse (bought an album too!). Initial impressions of the G2 are 👍. Very solid & the AF was very fast vs my experience with the G1.

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I did a thing. I bought a Contax G2 body from KEH. I already had a G1 but honestly it wasn’t ideal for my style of photography (street photography). The autofocus is good but not fast enough. Also the top speed is a bit higher. I will switch out the lens. I’ll sell the G1.

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I am by nature a friendly / positive type of guy so I always get surprised by people that give off a “I’m miserable” vibes. Just picked up a prescription at CVS and the entire staff behind the counter looked like they had all been waterboarded. Not a good look

Broad Ripple - Nikon F100 with Lucky SHD50 at 25 ISO. I'm testing out different ratios for HC-110 for this film. For this test roll I used 1+63 for 20 minutes with agitation every 3 minutes. Still too much contrast for my taste. The next roll will be developed at 1+95 for 23-24 minutes.

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Testing out different developers on Lucky SHD50 at 25. I’ve used 1+1 D-76 & 1+50 Rodinal previously but today was 1+63 HC-110. A bit too much contrast today which I can moderate in digital editing. One thing consistent with SHD50 is light piping.

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Delivery of 2 100’ of Lucky SHD50 & 1 of Lucky SHD100 today from REFLX Labs. I like to keep plenty in stock because I’m always concerned prices will go up and / or lack of availability

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