rollei retro 400s. grass lake nature park. olympia. march 23.

I have only shot this film three times in the last 10 years. The last time was in late March two years ago. At that time, I pushed the film one stop and developed it in Diafine (https://stevenlawrencepictures.com/2023/03/28/grayland-washington-rollei-retro-400s-diafine-35/).

This time I shot the film at box speed. I developed it in Rodinal (1:25) for 10 minutes, 30 seconds. I agitated the tank for the first minute and then 5 seconds every 30 seconds thereafter.

I had forgotten about the film until I saw a blog by Alex Luyckx. He said he had inconsistent results with the film, so he avoided it now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeZtdu7b32U).

I used the Nikon FM2 with the Voigtlander 40mm F2 lens attached. Unless I was in the open, I needed to open the aperture to get enough light.

The park is being made accessible for people with disabilities. The walkway over the wetland area is now finished (https://wildliferecreation.org/projects/grass-lake-nature-park-trail-construction/).

I scanned the film with the PrimeFilmXEs using VueScan.

(https://www.olympiawa.gov/services/parks___recreation/parks___trails/grass_lake_nature_park.php)