I am assuming you are using an external rangefinder for focusing? If so which one? I just picked up an Agfa Isolette II (with the same Solinar 75mm f/3.5), but the external leica rangefinder I picked up (Leica FODIS) is waaay out of whack. Not sure if I should learn how to service it or just buy a modern unit.
theHUN wrote:
I am assuming you are using an external rangefinder for focusing? If so which one? I just picked up an Agfa Isolette II (with the same Solinar 75mm f/3.5), but the external leica rangefinder I picked up (Leica FODIS) is waaay out of whack. Not sure if I should learn how to service it or just buy a modern unit.
I have a Watameter I, which has finger adjustable vertical and horizontal alignment so you can fix it after it takes a bump. Half the time I just use scale focus though. I've also thought about using my Bushnell laser rangefinder, but haven't tried that yet
Konica AutoReflex TC with 40mm lens and Fujifilm 200. Although I used to develop my B&W films, this is the first roll of color film I developed by myself!
OffTrail wrote:
Ektar can help punch up those city greens.
Yes, problem (for me) is though that Ektar punches up quite a lot of things 😀
I just haven't really found a scenario yet where I like its color rendering to be frank, it's very "loud".
Which is a shame as I really like its hi-res / sharpness qualities..
If I remember right @Desmolicious mentioned Wolfen NC is one the worst films he ever used.
Please correct if I'm wrong.
OCT last year, I decided to get 2 rolls of NC 400 to see how bad it is. Meanwhile I also purchased Candido 400 in my local film store as well. Will share that later on.
Minolta X700 + NC 400, I only touched the exposure, highlight, shadow etc basic adjustments.
The color is completely off and so grainy IMO. Wolfen NC and Phoenix 200 are the worst experience I have so far. Hard to say which is the worst lol but I would go NC if lab scan , Phonenix 200 if home scan.
Tina Kino wrote:
Yes, problem (for me) is though that Ektar punches up quite a lot of things 😀
I just haven't really found a scenario yet where I like its color rendering to be frank, it's very "loud".
Which is a shame as I really like its hi-res / sharpness qualities..
I'd say the secret to Ektar is to shoot it in the shade or on overcast days. Ideal conditions are a bright day but with haze or high thin clouds. It will produce beautiful (and more natural-looking) skin tones in that kind of lighting, although the reds and blues do still pop. I avoid shooting it in full sun where its colors can start looking garish; ProImage 100 does a much better job there.
Here's a shot with Ektar under the lighting conditions I prefer:
zi464 wrote:
If I remember right @Desmolicious@ mentioned Wolfen NC is one the worst films he ever used.
Please correct if I'm wrong.
OCT last year, I decided to get 2 rolls of NC 400 to see how bad it is. Meanwhile I also purchased Candido 400 in my local film store as well. Will share that later on.
Minolta X700 + NC 400, I only touched the exposure, highlight, shadow etc basic adjustments.
The color is completely off and so grainy IMO. Wolfen NC and Phoenix 200 are the worst experience I have so far. Hard to say which is the worst lol but I would go NC if lab scan , Phonenix 200 if home scan.
Yeah Wolfen is the worst film I’ve ever used.
Phoenix is fine, you just need to scan it yourself or use a lab that uses a correct profile. Most don’t it seems.
theHUN wrote:
I am assuming you are using an external rangefinder for focusing? If so which one? I just picked up an Agfa Isolette II (with the same Solinar 75mm f/3.5), but the external leica rangefinder I picked up (Leica FODIS) is waaay out of whack. Not sure if I should learn how to service it or just buy a modern unit.
Yeah Wolfen is the worst film I’ve ever used.
Phoenix is fine, you just need to scan it yourself or use a lab that uses a correct profile. Most don’t it seems.
Yeah, Phoenix with home scan should be good, but lab scan most of them with general setting which is completely awful to me
This is a lot like a trailer from my youth. In 1964, my father hooked a 13' Scottie trailer to a Plymouth Valiant with the 225 cubic inch slant six and he, my mother, my sister and myself took a nearly three thousand mile trip from S.E. Pennsylvania to Spokane, Washington to visit my uncle.
