Keep America Beautiful

Driving around my town, I saw this little slice of Americana. It’s an American flag with an Indian, the original citizens, superimposed over it. This was one of the last frames on the roll and I developed it just after midnight, less than 12 hours after I finished taking it. The film was long expired and this was one of the frames that turned out better than most of the rest. It was real grainy.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Konica Minolta VX400 Super (expired on 2/07)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/8
Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec.
Date: November 12th, 2024, 1.54 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo200: 1 minute

Konica TC-1 KM VX400 2024 21gf