I normally don’t shoot B&W film, but I had a few rolls of Ilford 1600 B&W film in my freezer and thought I’d give them a shot, so to speak. I shot one roll at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park on a grey Sunday last march and the other last June on a weekend trip in Vancouver, BC. This film is a “fast” film, asa 1600, which means it can be shot in very low light, and also doesn’t require a slow shutter speed to expose the film properly. It also means the photos are going to be very grainy.

I gotta say, I’m not a big fan of grainy film or B&W film, I’m not even sure why I had this film, really. I shoot color transparency (slide) film almost exclusively and is only made in the asa 50 - 200 range these days. The photos below are the best shots from two rolls of Ilford 1600 B&W negative film I shot with my Fujica 690, which I think (?) I shot with a polarizer filter. What was most concerning to me is the faint double lines visible in the photos, which are marks on the negatives, meaning it’s probably my camera rubbing the film somewhere. Ugh, gotta get the camera checked out before I shoot more.