I had a roll of Cinestill 800T that I wanted to load into the camera, but before I could do that I needed to finish one of the rolls of Ilford HP5 left over from the Valencia trip. As has become my usual setup, I had the Voigtlander Bessa R with the Jupiter-8 lens.
The plan was to do a mini project around my village of Harbertonford and photograph seats. I soon got bored with this, though, and ended up photographing locations around the village instead — similar places, in fact, to when I previously took the Nikon F501 and Portra out.
I think I rushed some of the photographs at the start, and it probably shows. I was conscious of using the film up — I hate wasting a roll and leaving it unfinished — although I did manage to photograph a dog who rarely holds still for long.
Despite the slightly rushed approach, I am happy with the results. Many of the shots were taken wide open, and the Jupiter-8’s characteristics — or flaws, depending on your point of view — were quite pleasing, at least to me. The light was fairly poor, which meant I was able to shoot at f/2, where those characteristics are more evident.
When I find something I like I usually stick with it rather than searching for alternatives, but I think I will try Kodak T-Max 400 next to compare with the shots from Valencia and from here in the village.
Camera: Voigtlander Bessa R
Lens: Jupiter-8 50mm f/2
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus
Scan: Analogue Wonderland lab scans (no edits)
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