This is the first photo I've ever shot with my new toy - a RealitySoSubtle 6x17 pinhole camera. I shot the photo on expired Portra 400NC that bought with no wrapper from a grab-bag (I save it for test rolls like this, where I'm not even sure if I know how to thread the film into the camera). The exposure is about 75 seconds, calculated via a lot of guesswork concerning how damaged the film is, what its long exposure reciprocity profile is, how dark it was, what the camera was pointing at, and my mood at the time (it was "zesty").

This is a highway overpass near my office, which I picked to photography because it was the most interesting subject I could think of that was close enough I could reach before sunset.

My favorite film lab can't scan 6x17, so after they developed it, I scanned this using my Fujifilm digital camera with the negative taped to a lightbox tracing panel, and color corrected in Lightroom.

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Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x17
Film: Crazy expired Kodak Portra 400NC
Metering: Pinhole Assist and guesswork

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Santa Clara, California

Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x17
Film: Crazy expired Kodak Portra 400NC
Metering: Pinhole Assist and guesswork

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Santa Clara, California

Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x17
Film: Crazy expired Kodak Portra 400NC
Metering: Pinhole Assist and guesswork

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Santa Clara, California

Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x17
Film: Crazy expired Kodak Portra 400NC
Metering: Pinhole Assist and guesswork

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