Roll 187 (Kodak 2422, B/W slide film) was developed in Rodinal 1+75 for 12 minutes in a rotary developer at 20 C, the resulting Dmax was poor, and the internet suggested that I had underdeveloped.
2422 on left and Velvia on the right. Note the low Dmax of 2422.
Roll 188: Kodak 2422 (!!!B/W slide film!!!) in Rodinal 1+25 (20 mL + 500 mL) for 30 minutes in a rotary developer at 20 C. Dmax is about the same as that of Velvia. I also shot a scene at ISO 0.2, bracketed at -1, 0, and +1. Those 5 frames filled up an entire roll. ISO 0.2 to ISO 0.1 look about right, so the next roll will be a density curve.
fjablo wrote:
I got so annoyed with NLP that I switched over to SmartConvert. Much happier with that workflow and feel like I'm not fighting the software as much as I sometimes have to with NLP.
Not as much difference with B&W film, but I still prefer how you can quickly dial in contrast and exposure with SmartConvert (basically same control layout as a Fuji Frontier)
These were shot on Kentmere 400 @ 1600, on the Rolleiflex 3.5E:
fjablo,
I need to know more about this "Kentmere 400 @ 1600" Developer?, temperature?, time?, agitation type?
Jim
James Markus wrote:
fjablo,
I need to know more about this "Kentmere 400 @ 1600" Developer?, temperature?, time?, agitation type?
Jim
Can’t tell you unfortunately as I don’t do the development myself. I just sent it to my lab (urbanfilmlab, here in DE) and asked them to push it by two stops.
A subtle comparison. Same frame scanned on Epson V700 using Silverfast. One as a 16 bit tif + adjustments, and one as a DNG (silverfast does absolutely no adjustments to the file) that went through NLP v3.1 using the "cinematic rich" conversion setting. Looks like only the FA lenses record the focal length. Just noticed I cropped the left side a bit tighter on the Tif.
Fun with Fomapan 100! I have used a lot of different film stocks but never tried Foma. There were four rolls in a batch of slightly expired 120 film I bought form the B&S, two 100 and two 400. First off, when I loaded the Fujica, the paper backing was marked "START". I thought it was a little early on the roll but what did I know. Closed the back and wound. After developing the film, I discovered the alignment arrows. Also, now I know to pre-soak. The developer was a lovely shade of aqua blue. I turned my indicator stop brown and tinted the fixer.
In addition, I found the mid 1950's Fujinon lens is very susceptible to flare.
Overall, I liked the film and may try it again.The scans are NLP with no other adjustments.
A couple of metering mistakes.Still learning my way around the Lumo. First up is I should have switched from incident to reflective. I reached up as far as I could but Ole Bolle's hand was still about six feet above me. It would have been a good place to test the reflective meter.
Super Fujica 6, Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50
I'm flummoxed with the bird houses. The scene in the background is well exposed and I thought the incident dome was close enough to the subject. Now I know to get closer.
I may adjust the Lumo to match the Sekonic now that I realize it wasn't the problem with the FP4.
Fujicolor 200 or TriX400+2 all with a Minolta 50/1.7 on an XG-1. The camera + lens were gifted to me, and I had to replace the lights seals but now it's singing. From a 4 day canoe trip.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
Fujicolor 200 or TriX400+2 all with a Minolta 50/1.7 on an XG-1. The camera + lens were gifted to me, and I had to replace the lights seals but now it's singing. From a 4 day canoe trip.
