How did this happen with my Leica and Rollei Retro 80s?

Recently tried some Rollei Retro 80s with my Leica M7, 35 Summilux pre-asph and a B&W Series 7 yellow filter ..

I had the film processed in a lab in Israel that I had never used before ..

The results were not what I expected ..

Can anyone tell me what went wrong?

Trying to upload a few examples ..

Thanks in advance ..

Edited April 24, 2017 by irvkatz

Are your posted examples Lab Scans or pictures of the negatives.

What grade (Wratten equivalent) is the Series 7 yellow filter?

 

Lens contrast + filter = high contrast negative = hard to scan negatives.

You don't say exactly what you're unhappy with. The exposure looks as though you may have forgotten to allow for your filter.

R80s is an odd film. It gives over-bright highlights with many developers, and I'd be surprised if a lab developed it right, unless you warned them what the film's like.

Are your posted examples Lab Scans or pictures of the negatives.

What grade (Wratten equivalent) is the Series 7 yellow filter?

 

Lens contrast + filter = high contrast negative = hard to scan negatives.

They are lab scans ..

The filter is an 022 2x MRC ..

You don't say exactly what you're unhappy with. The exposure looks as though you may have forgotten to allow for your filter.

R80s is an odd film. It gives over-bright highlights with many developers, and I'd be surprised if a lab developed it right, unless you warned them what the film's like.

I'm unhappy with the washed out look, and the super high contrast black and white on the others ..

I didn't make any adjustments for the filter as I was using aperature priority with the shutter speed on 'auto'

B&W Series 7 yellow filter

This is the equivalent of a #8 Wratten filter.

The lens contrast + the filter resulted in too high of contrast for the auto setting on the labs scanner.

Film+filter+lens+developer= a given result.

If you have the negatives look at them on a light box to see if there is detail in the deep shadows and bright highlights if so rescan the negatives yourself or ask the lab to rescan them manually.

Use a weaker filter next time or no filter a #3 or #4 Wratten equivlent.

This is film. The image is recorded on the film. You have to look at the negative to try to determine what the problem is. If the negative is thin, that would explain the washed out look- underexposure, not compensating for the filter.

The scanner will try to compensate for over or under exposed negatives, so we can't tell that from the scans.

 

Also, some meters don't compensate well for filters. CdS is mostly blue sensitive, and won't work well for some color filters.