Autumn Colour for #FolderWeek with Kodak Gold in my Agfa Isolette I

 Whilst out and about finishing a roll of Kodak Gold with my Minolta Dynax 4, I decided to load a 120 medium format roll of Kodak Gold into my Agfa Isolette I, to see how it copes with dark, wet, cold, dull and gloomy Wigan for #FolderWeek. Capturing Autumn colour using a modern SLR with lots of bells and whistles is nice, but capturing Autumn colour on a rainy day with a fully manual, medium format bellows camera and my Gossen Trisix is a challenge I enjoy. 

October has been wet here in Wigan and I haven't been able to get out and about as much as I would have liked. With it being #FolderWeek, I threw caution to the wind and went for a walk in the rain. I had to finish my second roll of Kodak Gold 35mm in my Dynax 4, then I switched to my Agfa Isolette I and got stuck into some juggling between that and Baldy the Baldax, which had also come out to play. 

My trusty Gossen Trisix ensured my brain had a great work out as I switched between 200 iso for Kodak Gold and 400 iso for Kentmere 400 I was using in Baldy. One reason I love folding cameras is the ability to slip it into my pocket when out and about. Sometimes I don't even need a bag, but I did on this day. My folders don't mind the rain, but my Dynax 4 needs a bag to carry it in and reduce the chance of it getting wet. 

I was concentrating on distance with my Agfa Isolette whilst going for close ups with my Dynax 4. It may have been a dull day, but there was plenty of opportunity to get cloudscapes that appeared between showers. The 85mm f/4.5 Agnar lens on my Agfa Isolette I really does render beautiful colour with Kodak Gold. The mottled skies contrasted nicely with the green winter grass that had begun to sprout in the fields that grew corn in 2025. 

I was having fun and time flew by, even the rain abated and left me to enjoy the rest of my walk and finish my film. Getting two rolls of film completed for #FolderWeek, one in my Isolette and one in Baldy is a good return on any day, but especially a damp day. I packed my cameras into my bag and headed home for a well earned brew.

I sent my colour medium format film, together with my 2 35mm rolls shot with my Minolta Dynax 4, to Analogue Wonderland for developing. A week later I received my scans and saw the difference a dull day makes to this film. Would I have preferred a sunny day? Heck yeah, but it's autumn and we appreciate what nature allows us here in darkest Wigan. The beauty of having a digital darkroom is I could have a play and bring out the beauty of the autumn colours that standard scans leave muted.

Here's a few of my favourite photos shot with on Kodak Gold medium format film with my Agfa Isolette. I didn't enjoy the weather on the day, but I think I got a decent set of autumn photos. As always I have placed these and more in an album on Flickr that you can visit using the link below. I hope you enjoy them. 

Kodak Gold - Agfa Isolette I