Back in 2000 I went on a trip to Egypt. I took my Bronica ETRS, with the 75mm lens and the 45mm, a couple of backs and the meter. I also took a Canon Zoom 60! I’m slowly, in fact very slowly, working my way through the negs scanning them. Back in the day they were all printed optically onto “wet” paper, just normal 5×4 prints, on Kodak glossy paper. Rather disappointingly they often had a green tint to them. Somewhat disappointed with the results they were rather put to one side and largely ignored by me.
Fast forward to now, and with the aid of quality scanners and photoshop, I’m amazed at the quality I can get from the negs. Most notably I can now get the colours much better. After a couple of films test scanned, I decided I’d scan the lot. It’s going to be a big job – I have 25 rolls of 120 colour neg to get through, and then there is give or take 300 colour 35mm slides. Don’t worry I won’t be posting them all here, maybe just a few highlights here and there.
These images are all from a single roll of Fuji Reala 120, and are of the Temple of Horus at Edfu. Give or take, about halfway between Luxor and Aswan, on the Nile. This temple is from the later period, in fact it is believed that the huge pylon was built by Cleopatra’s father! Because it is later it is the most complete temple of it’s type, and helps a visitor to Egypt imagine what many of the other temples, in far worse condition would one have looked like.
Outside of course were the usual sellers trying to sell the visitors all the usual, “special souvenir”! I brought a kaffiyeh, (white headdress) it’s basically a length of very light white cotton and should be folded and held in place with a chord. I’m not sure what I was sold was a “proper” one, neither did I buy the chord, but It certainly helped keep the hot sun at bay, I used it all the time on the trip from then on, I still have it, and have used it since! Even this summer!
Chatter: Bronica ETRS, 75mm lens and Fuji Reala 100 film.
S.H.O.U.T. 