It's not that your beautiful shot of Yosemite is lacking range, it's that it's lacking mid tone contrast. It doesn't have any pop to it. Here's a real quick, done on a laptop with a trackpad version. See if you like this. T-Max100, as much as I love that film, often is lacking in mid tone contrast, where films like Plus-X and EktaPan - oh how I miss that one - naturally excel in that area.
Peter,
I like what you did.
I seem to be "lazy" when it comes to B&W pp
I had expected the film to provide more, BUT I'm not that acquainted with film types.
I had some some Neopan Acros that seemed better
they also demonstrate nicely why it's still worth shooting film. i feel like i could reach right into a couple of those images, particularly the first two. you can practically smell the grass and the rain on the pavement.
Love those car scenes.
Reminds me of when I first started out, shooting my Topcon w/tele at Laguna.
That "old" film came out great!
Ebay is my friend for getting film now
Two frames from my R6. #1 with Summicron R 35mm, the second with 50mm f2. Both from the same roll of TriX developed in Tmax 1:7. Testing out different combinations, the Tmax developer seems ok.
wandering around Lynchburg (home of Jack Daniels whiskey) a month or so ago on a motorcycle ride. Here are a few from a roll of fuji200, ae-1 50/1.8, kitchen sink developed, Kodak pakon scanned.
So I found a old 35mm film kit at the thrift store several months ago. It was a mamiya 1000dtl with a mamiya 55/1.8, vivitar 28/f2.5 (have this same lens for my ae-1, a good performer) and a mystery lens, a Voss 135mm f2.8. Did some research and there is virtually nothing about it on the interwebs. The little I found was not promising. However, I tend to think differently. Here is an example shot wide open on cheap fuji200 and scanned on a Kodak pakon. The bokeh looks very nice and smooth and it is sharp wide open. The lens is a heavy chunk of metal. Anyone have any experience with this lens, please chime in.
