Question for you all... With my TLR, what color film would be best for portraits? I'm looking for something that looks the most natural, not overly flat or saturated.
Thanks for asking. I'm signing prints Wednesday morning, picking up finished frames on Friday and the opening is Saturday August 6, so there's still time for you to make it down here.
Cool rock I ran into on the hike to Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.
Digitized using a Sony A7 and Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 at f/8 or f/11.
From my first roll of slide film - Provia 100 in a Contax G1. Super vibrant - can't wait to see what I got from the roll of Velvia! So much less of a hassle to scan and process than negative film, though I haven't compared the slide and the digital version to see how different the colors and tonality are. Pretty pleased with this.
Pretty impressed by the resolution of the slide film, though this is a pretty severe crop due to the distance I had to use for "scanning" with the macro lens setup. Can anyone recommend some kind of slide/neg copying attachment to make this easier, something adjustable that I could screw onto 52mm filter thread of my Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5?
kwoodard wrote:
Ok, how are you all getting such nice exposures with 400+ speed film and Rodinal?
It depends on many things... Rodinal gives you a straight contrast curve. The tonal range is nice for contrasty and sunny scenes. In an overcast day, you get somewhat a muddy look. You can change that by using color filters. I use an orange filter most of the time.
The rest...just meter using the zone system. Metering off a shadowy area and put in zone 3 to 4. Do a N+1 development time. +1 would usually work on most situations. With Rodinal, I use 16 minutes development time. 4sec agitations per minute. By the 10 minutes mark, I change to 4sec agitations per 2 minutes.
I DSLR scan can my negatives. The rest is just simple curve adjustments and adding a bit of contrast.
Back in the saddle again. After several months of scanner problems, I think I have things resolved. I found out if I have to use a flatbed again, I am quitting film. Minilab scanners only. I have been shooting just a minimal of film and acquired a backlog of it. Most of my shooting has been digital of late (yuck!) and quite unsatisfying. But, my pakon is back from a repair/CLA and my software/hardware is working on a backup laptop and I am off to the races!
Shot 1 roll of film in Rocky Mountain National Park, Tmax 400 in my M5 with the 35/2.5 color skopar. Developed stand in Rodinal 1:100 for 1hr. Here are some images from that roll.
So much less of a hassle to scan and process than negative film, though I haven't compared the slide and the digital version to see how different the colors and tonality are. Pretty pleased with this. 
Rodinal gives you a straight contrast curve. The tonal range is nice for contrasty and sunny scenes. In an overcast day, you get somewhat a muddy look. You can change that by using color filters. I use an orange filter most of the time. 
