Well her hair is pretty white but I was just cautioning to be careful with overdevelopment with the Arista EDU 100 (which net scuttlebut says is rebranded foma 100)
I could never get iso100 out of it and rate it @ 64-80.
Was there a hotspot there on her head pehaps? From a window maybe?
I do dig the old school tones and in 4x5 you dont need to worry about any grain thats for sure.
Bruce, she was sitting under an open tent at a flea market. The top was semi-mesh type of a thing. So, i would call it open shade kind of.
I just ran two more pieces through, and they're looking "thin" in my terms.
The one I just did, was at 8 minutes. Maybe I'm going backwards. Possibly 6 minutes development time?
I did save the image of her, by scanning it twice to bring the hair back in. I have to say though. I really want to shoot more people with this thing over buildings, just due to the front/back movements...
Yes, I actually still have a Graphic View II also. Nice cheap rig with ample movements compared to a press camera.
What iso are you rating the film at.
If the shadows are "thin" then try more exposure... but your tones look good. Maybe a tad hot in some of the cheek. That rescan looks way better and goes to show what can be pulled out of a neg even if the detail isn't readily apparent at first glance.
You know the adage..if you negs are thin give more exposure, if your highlights are blown back off development.
Like I said when I shoot this stuff I rate it at least @ 80 and sometimes 64.
I like meaty shadows and the negs were just too thin when I first tried this out at box speed. I'm using D76 1:1 and that usually pulls decent speed from a film.
Well I exposed for 100 ISO, so maybe that's part of the problem. This film stuff is all very new. All I've shot so far is some Portra 160 in the 120 format and 4x5, but only a few sheets of it. First time out with Arista and using b/w film.
This was developed at 5 minutes -vs- the 7 for her. I'll try to remember that rating it 60 over 100, and just cut down on the development time. Seems to work
Carsten: I "kind" of know her. I've shot images of her two sons last year, with some kewl effects, but it was digital. So they kind of know who I am per se.
I just told her I had a new camera, and wanted to grab a shot. She sat, I clicked
