I went to a Photo fair the other weekend and bought another, small camera that I always had an eye on: The Olympus XA. It is in excellent condition, came with the A11 Flash and a small bag. It had already batteries installed and as I always carry a Film canister with some film with me, it was obvious to put it in: 36 Exposures of 2007 expired Kodak Porta 160 NC. A wonderful color film, that comes out great in caffenol. The XA has only full ISO stops, so I dialed in ISO 200 and began shooting. I immediately fell in love with the little rangefinder. the aperture setting is in a bit weird place, but very nice to operate. Maximum shutter speed is 1/500s. so medium speed Film is ideal for this camera. So lean back and have a look on the pictures:
As usual, I scan in color, do auto levels and if I like the color, I leave it and otherwise convert to B&W. So that’s where the strange color shifts come from.
This film is already in the [Film Development Chart](/film-development-chart/ “Film Development Chart” and other examples of this film in caffenol can be seen in the posts [‘Goodbye Leica’](/2010/06/29/goodbye-leica/ and [‘Neutral Color in B&W’](/2010/03/30/neutral-color-in-bw/. If you have used this film and want to share your love with caffenol, please [contact me](/about/ and we will spread the love.