I have a backlog of film from 2007-08 era. I developed the Tmax in D-23 with good results (technically anyway). Efke 25 was "supposed" to have the same development time and temp (within 30 seconds), according to the massive development chart. Not close. Two very thin negatives.
I did a deep dive on google and came up with a guess for Efke 25 and pryocat HD time, temp and agitation. I'm happy with the guess. (15 min, 70F, 2 min initial agitation, and 20 seconds agitation at 6 and 10 min).
I'll try 13 min next since the neg was a bit dark.
fjablo wrote:
These look they would have been tricky to meter. Did you spot meter or just assume x stops over to account for all the white in the scene?
Handheld incident meter, which is what I use most of the time anyway.
To pro mist or not? I played around testing out a new lens and also seeing what BPM filters look like on film. Most of the images with the filters had quite subtle effects, but this one in particular had the most effect due to the windows and backlighting. Also quickly compared the two lenses.
lifeandmylens wrote:
To pro mist or not? I played around testing out a new lens and also seeing what BPM filters look like on film. Most of the images with the filters had quite subtle effects, but this one in particular had the most effect due to the windows and backlighting. Also quickly compared the two lenses.
N80, 50mm 1.4G, Kodak Tri-X at 400, XTOL, V800 scanned then Silverfast. Artsy shot of louvered window covering at the Palmer Museum of Art on the Penn State Campus last month. This was edited a fair bit.
It's amazing how Gold deepens and saturates when given long exposure times. I corrected for reciprocity failure. I've noticed a similar deep saturation with Ektar when shooting long exposures with the pinhole camera.
Unfortunately my camera appears to be scratching film. I've been noticing it for the past few rolls, so before I shot this one I used a rocket blower on the inside and a soft brush on every surface (including the back) that might come in contact with the film, but no dice; it's still full of scratches.
bjhurley wrote:
It's amazing how Gold deepens and saturates when given long exposure times. I corrected for reciprocity failure. I've noticed a similar deep saturation with Ektar when shooting long exposures with the pinhole camera.
Unfortunately my camera appears to be scratching film. I've been noticing it for the past few rolls, so before I shot this one I used a rocket blower on the inside and a soft brush on every surface (including the back) that might come in contact with the film, but no dice; it's still full of scratches.
Bummer about the scratches, but at least you didn't pay 6k for it.
lifeandmylens wrote:
To pro mist or not? I played around testing out a new lens and also seeing what BPM filters look like on film. Most of the images with the filters had quite subtle effects, but this one in particular had the most effect due to the windows and backlighting. Also quickly compared the two lenses.
For me, mist filters are digital-only use, and this post gives me similar feelings. I feel as if it is too much on film, and on digital it adds just enough to be closer to film, which I like.
Back in to home development of films! Very happy with the first roll, which I nervously souped last night. Toughest part was to get the water temperature right
Shooting the Canon vs. the Leica or Pentax feels a bit strange, almost to digital / easy. But every shot is spot on - exposure and focus...
HC110 Dilution B 20° for 12.5min
Canon EOS 300 | 50mm F1.8 STM | Kodak 5222 Iso 800 | HC110
