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Filter party: 3 stop ND, yellow 8, CPL, 2 stop soft GND

Tucumcari, NM. Chamonix 45F-1 | Fujinon 150mm | Ektar

The remaining arrow from the abandoned Twin Arrows Trading Post in Arizona, off of Route 66. The second arrow succumbed to strong winds in 2022.

One of many pit stops from a road trip las week. Captured on my 4x5 field camera with Ilford FP4+ film.

Somewhere in the Texas Panhandle

Chamonix 4x5 | Nikkor 90mm f/8 | FP4

Chamonix 45F-1, Nikkor 90mm, FP4

Made by Takumi Home Darkroom and sold through Reflx Lab, this was announced the other week and popped onto my radar and I ended up ordering one. The main things that interested me were the built-in spout/funnel setup for pouring chemistry, along with the ability to drain the tank while it’s still rotating. It can also sit submerged in a water bath, useful if you’re trying to keep development temps consistent.

It’s 3D printed with a few carbon fiber bits mixed in, and overall the build quality feels perfectly reasonable for the price point. Definitely not a product everyone will care about, but for people running smaller Jobo tanks (1510, 1520, 1530, 2510, 2520), it seems like a pretty practical option.

Looks like the price has already gone up by around $20 since I ordered mine, though honestly it still seems pretty reasonable. I tested it out over the weekend and at this point I only have one gripe, and it's that it is a bit loud. I developed at around 70 RPM as that sound frequency(for my unit) was the least bothersome.

Image #2: The textured section here is an indication of the maximum water line

Image #4: The included magnet. Also included was their 3rd party Jobo-style cog lid and silicone cover.

A Texas treasure