Novak77 wrote:
The one with the waterfall is amazing, I absolutely love the colors.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Here are a couple more I just processed from my first two test rolls shot with my Horseman. In all honesty, I enjoy the process of taking a photo (with a view camera) quite a bit and it's a bonus when they come out half-way decent.
billsamuels wrote:
Please tell me about Ultramax film. I've been thinking about getting some but you can't get 1 roll, you have to get 5 so if you don't like it. You're stuck! It's also expensive which is fine if it's nice film.
UT looks like beautiful film but it's always hard ro tell by the time it makes it from your camera to my cellphone! Also, is there anything I should know about it? Isn't there a version with a slower ASA? Any color film you like more?
Thanks. Bill
I really like it but it isn't as good as Portra 400 obviously. I have had good success developing and scanning it myself with only minor adjustments in Silverfast. Others complain that they hate or dislike it but my shots are nice for my use. I've attached a few of mine that I like to show what it can do with good light. The ones I shot with my F6 you can see my exposure settings. I've published all of these before in FM so my apologies to everyone who has to see these again but I think they illustrate that you can get good results with the film when care is taken with exposure and scanning. These were shot inside, or in the rain, or bright sun or using window light. It is a flexible film in my eyes. If money were an issue I'd get it and not look back. If I was rolling in cash I'd buy Portra 400 of course.
The color of the stone is accurate, btw. It's not a color cast.
The building wall is cream colored, not white so it is accurate as well.
Had to go 5 min longer than the Cinestill chart suggests (6min @70º x2 for TMax) in order to clear all the purple dye. Apparently you can't over develop with Df96, so you can just leave it until the purple clears. You can even put the film BACK in. Foolproof.
Still having exposure issues. Shot mostly using the "cloudy" setting (f/8), but I still had some thin negatives, even though I was shooting in very bright sunlight. I think I need to try 200 or 400 film next time.
billsamuels wrote:
Please tell me about Ultramax film. I've been thinking about getting some but you can't get 1 roll, you have to get 5 so if you don't like it. You're stuck! It's also expensive which is fine if it's nice film.
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Thanks. Bill
As an aside you can get 3-packs at the stores below. I've not seen 5-packs anywhere. These are the cheapest I have found for Ultramax, but my search was not exhaustive.
Had to go 5 min longer than the Cinestill chart suggests (6min @70º x2 for TMax) in order to clear all the purple dye. Apparently you can't over develop with Df96, so you can just leave it until the purple clears. You can even put the film BACK in. Foolproof.
Still having exposure issues. Shot mostly using the "cloudy" setting (f/8), but I still had some thin negatives, even though I was shooting in very bright sunlight. I think I need to try 200 or 400 film next time.
