Landscapes and Early Colonial Buildings

This is the second successful film from the box of exposed rolls I received from Christine in South Australia.

Kodak Tmax 100 was first released in 1986 and is still in production. This is the first 35 mm and also the most modern film in the project. The roll was developed in HC-110 solution B at 18 °C for 7 minutes. The recommended development time for the new film is 6.5 minutes. Judging by the results, it should have been developed for much longer. It is also evident that it was stored in very unfavourable conditions.

There are only 9 images on this 24 exposure roll. The frames in the beginning and at the end of the film were unexposed. It appears that the photos were taken with a wide-angle lens that produced exaggerated perspective. It is hard to tell if the result was intended or was the best the unknown photographer could achieve given the choice of lens and position. Most of the landscapes are so expertly composed that I tend to believe that the photographer knew what they were doing.

The camera is unknown. The location is also unknown but is probably somewhere in South Australia. The timeframe is late 80s to 90s or maybe later.

Tmax 100 is not the most expensive film stock but back at the time much cheaper options would be readily available. Why the film was never developed? Was it just a test roll? Someone tried a new lens using the film they knew and had at hand. Maybe shot several rolls walking around their neighbourhood, developed the first one, did not like the lens and decided not to bother developing the rest?

The negatives are sharp throughout the whole frame. The softness in the digital images towards the edges is introduced by my rudimentary scanning technique. For some reason I like this lack of sharpeness that creates an interesting pictorial effect and makes the film look decades older than it really is. It would be interesting to print some of these images.