Posts tagged "medium format"
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!
My bulbs flowered the other day
Mamiya C330f, Ilford HP5+, Diafine 3+3, V500, 120 Film,
This one was shot without a red filter. I guess I didn’t really notice the effect the filter had on the images until I saw one without it! This is fine, but I like the contrast of the red filter much better.
Totally Botched, Still Cool!
Mamiya C330f, Ilford Hp5+, Diafine 3+3, 120 Film, V500,
Yup well, I think this one speaks for its self.
Same roll as the previous shots same developer, every thing the same. Except… I made this shot 2 weeks prior to the rest and it just sat in my camera until yesterday. So, lesson learned. Don’t load film into your camera unless your going to shoot or you intend for this type of thing to happen.
I still think its really cool and I am making a print as I write this! Happy accidents.
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