Posts tagged "120 Film"
Whats playing at the Globe tonight?
Mamiya C330f, Ilford HP5+, Diafine 3+3, Red Filter, V500, 120 Film,
On a side note, I lost a roll of Kodak TX today during processing. Seems that Kodak film doesn’t like Patterson reels. Grrr!. It just bunched up and crimped the edges. I could not get the whole roll on the reel. I think I am fairly capable of this task but I tried and tried, 12 times to be exact. I guess I have to get some stainless steal tanks and reels. I refuse to loose a roll of film because of the reels I’m using. Anyone out there have a similar experience with Kodak film and Patterson reels? 120 BTW.
Fina Building
Mamiya C330f, Ilford HP5+, Diafine 3+3, V500, 120 Film, Red Filter
Love this building sign!
Anyone else find HP5+ a little grainy? Not sure I’m sold on it. Though I do like the extra speed when using a red filter! Really want to check out Kodak TX in Diafine. The Diafine box rates it at 1600.
Getting sick of this perspective?
Campus 2
Mamiya C300f, Ilford HP5+, Diafine 3+3, 120 Film, Red Filter, V500,
Sorry for all these unimaginative shots of buildings. I really wanted to shoot a roll of HP5+ and develop it in Diafine to see the results.
So far I like it, I think? I do find it a tad grainy for 120 film. Thats okay though I don’t dislike the grain, But I don’t expect to see a lot of it in medium format. I am still learning, so I have to take note of every thing.
I wish I didn’t botch that roll to Kodak Tx! As its a 400 speed film I could have compared it to HP5 subjectively. Also going to pick up an Opus stainless steel tank with a 120 and 35 reel today. I have been told that it doesn’t make a difference if you use stainless or plastic and I would be inclined to agree in regards to image quality, even though I have not tried stainless yet. But… If the little bearings that ratchet the film into the spool jam and stick in the plastic reels, then I think the stainless ones would be a little better for image quality. You would get an image and not a crumpled pile of useless film. lol.
Also I think I am nailing down my post scan processing in photoshop. I think the contrast, local and global, in the last images is pretty good. I have a fairly decent curves preset for this film now so its just a matter of setting white and black points and adding a little bit of capture sharpening then a local contrast adjustment and then a global one. I also add some output sharpening depending on what the output is (screen or print). I have been fairly successful in not exciting too much grain in the images and still getting a nice sharp image. This is much easier with medium format mind you, but 35 is starting to look good as well. Really starting to love shooting film!
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