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Moving On said :

You guys are drawing me into the black and white film......

 

I'm not sure I want to shoulder any of the blame for that... It's certainly a roller coaster ride, in many respects. One never gets it perfect... Anyway, I got out again yesterday as the clouds gathered for another weekend of rain, taking the Konica Autoreflex T loaded with Arista EDU Ultra 100. I don't think I like it's tones as much as the Kentmere 100 I used for the previous images in this thread, but it seems to have a little more edge sharpness and "bite", probably due to a very different grain structure. I actually started using the Arista because it's cheap and I wanted something economical with which to test old cameras, and it's kinda grown on me... This latest roll has more manufacturing defects than I like to see, unfortunately... The lens was the 57mm Hexanon AR f/1.4, and the developer was the usual PMK Pyro.

 

Eucalypts

 

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No Smoking

 

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Hyperdrive

 

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Encore

 

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Hello Rick and all

I have not liked the Kentmere 400 or the Ultrafine Extreme 400 for any shots with sky and clouds, as I hate the excessive grain in either 35mm or 120.

I have found better results with XP-2 developed with HC110, I haven't tried it with Pyrocat, but I think you will find the grain much better.

 

Anyway just my thoughts.

35mm Minolta 7S I may have blown out a little on the clouds on this one

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Autocord 120mm

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Don

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M4, Wide angle tri-elmar, Tri-X, Xtol/Rodinal. Steamboat Springs, CO or thereabouts.

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Don Harpold said:

I have found better results with XP-2 developed with HC110]

 

 

Thanks for the suggestion Don; I hadn't realised that one could process XP-2 in anything other than C-41 chemistry, and to me the results always looked a little too bland , reminiscent of desaturated colour images. Certainly no grain issues, though.

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Hello again. When XP-2 is developed in C-41 chemistry, dyes replace the silver deposits & the process yields an almost grainless negative. . .Are these dyes in the film emulsion to begin with ? If not, then the development in HC or any other developer will still yield a noticeable grain. I was always "bugged" in a wet dark room with the film since a grain focuser was next to useless. In my Hawaii work, clouds frequently are in the frame & a G filter yields excellent sharpness & tonality to them with the UFX/Kentmere emulsions. The staining of a pyro developer does a lot for grain since it fills in between the silver deposits. Bill
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35mm Minolta 7S I may have blown out a little on the clouds on this one

I don't think so. I know opinions vary but, in my opinion, if you don't have any areas of pure white in a shot of sunlit clouds, you've cheated yourself out of some dynamic range. You've got plenty of texture there and I don't see any big blobs of featureless white.

M4, Wide angle tri-elmar, Tri-X, Xtol/Rodinal. Steamboat Springs, CO or thereabouts.
Beautiful series. I haven't made it to Steamboat Springs, yet, but I hope to, one of these days.

Hello again. When XP-2 is developed in C-41 chemistry, dyes replace the silver deposits & the process yields an almost grainless negative. . .Are these dyes in the film emulsion to begin with ? If not, then the development in HC or any other developer will still yield a noticeable grain. I was always "bugged" in a wet dark room with the film since a grain focuser was next to useless. In my Hawaii work, clouds frequently are in the frame & a G filter yields excellent sharpness & tonality to them with the UFX/Kentmere emulsions. The staining of a pyro developer does a lot for grain since it fills in between the silver deposits. Bill

That may be the most educational post I've read here. Thanks!

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Fresh from the scanner:

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Installing cable, Olympus OM-1, 35mm f 2.8 Zuiko, Plus-X

While solidly constructed, the OM-1 is still a handy size for biking.

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Fence around a large lot, same gear and film (also made while biking)

Later images after I put my bicycle away

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Inside the new Mugshots in Starkville

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Flame on, at Mt. Fuji (again, same gear and film)

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The Mill on an overcast afternoon

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parallel parking next to Mugshots

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I must return with color film for this one.

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Bobby, I really like the lighting on the above image.

 

Thanks! It was just early enough in the day that I was able to take a few pics outdoors with this 400 speed film. I actually thought I forgot to remove the lens cap for that image. Glad I didn't forget to take it off!

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