Punchy Frames & Frozen Fingers with santacolor 800
Me, Kim, and Tommy Nordpol went on a photowalk from Nationaltheatret to St. Hanshaugen. Not because we planned it. Not because it made sense. But because our new randomizer app pointed in that direction and basically said: go.
That’s kind of the beauty of it. The app removes your usual scenery choices and forces your eyes to recalibrate. Less intention, more attention. We highly recommend giving it a spin.
The walk itself was packed with banter, laughs, and completely made-up rules that evolved as we walked. Tommy was shooting with one of my all-time favorite cameras, the Fujifilm X-Pro1 paired with a 7Artisans 35mm. A genuinely sexy combination, in my opinion.
It was cold. Proper cold. I had layered up with gloves and wool on the inside, but it didn’t matter. We were all freezing. The kind of cold that sneaks in slowly and stays for the entire walk.
Kim and I both brought our analog Leicas and decided to try a new film: Santacolor 800. And honestly, this one surprised me. I expected heavy grain, something closer to Phoenix color, but nope. Santacolor 800 has way more to offer than I anticipated. It’s punchy, it handles daylight beautifully, and it holds its own at night too.
Highly recommended.
Just one small warning: you might get a red tint creeping into parts of the frame. Classic Santacolor behavior. But even with that quirk, it’s absolutely worth shooting.
Cold hands, warm banter, unexpected routes, and a film stock that earned our respect. That’s a good walk in my book.
Btw, here is Tommy Nordpols´s youtube account: @TommyNordpole
