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T-Max 3200 in Shanghai

Ashley <3 November 10, 2019

Every time I visit Shanghai it seems like I love it more and more for it’s photography opportunities. These are a subset of the pictures I captured mostly with a Minolta XD11 and 50mm f/1.4 lens on T-Max 3200 film and processed with HC-110 dilution B. It’s really one of my favorite films with it’s striking contrast, surprisingly good shadow detail, and wonderfully sharp grain. It’s the film I always prefer when I actually need that extra stop of speed going from 1600 ISO to 3200 ISO.

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