robert blu Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9441 Posted January 11, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) XP2 is indeed wonderful. It is very sharp, almost grainless, it has a long curve (close to impossible to blow out highlights), it is creamy smooth, it prints and scans exceptionally. I began years ago using XP1 which was exceptional, and the product has just got better. Not "really" a B&W film - nonsense. Might as well say that digital images are not photography - equally silly. one more plus in favor of XP2 is that being chromogenic you can scan with ICE which makes the process easier and quicker I keep coming back to these extraordinarily powerful and dramatic landscapes, which are beautifully processed. The original scenes and lighting must have been spectacular. I'd love to see them in print. I've just bought some XP2 but I don't have any such landscape close by ;-). Regards Mark Yes, the place itself was spectacular, not so easy to arrive there for us urban citizens! As photographer it was an easy work, just frame and shoot! robert 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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philipus Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9442 Posted January 11, 2016 Very interesting effect Gary. What filter did you use? brPhilip I'm in scan mode again, sans Minolta, as explained these are with the T, and BEOON, plus Apo Rodagon. These from old Hasselblad and Fuji RDP, beautiful film. The two subjects are aged 35 and 31 now, so this was a "while ago". Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9443 Posted January 11, 2016 Normally I don't keep a record of my film intake. Last year though I thought I'd keep a tally ... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 40 rolls of 120 format and 68 of 35mm format mostly Ilford but some exotics to keep life interesting. 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 40 rolls of 120 format and 68 of 35mm format mostly Ilford but some exotics to keep life interesting. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/205842-i-like-filmopen-thread/?do=findComment&comment=2966511'>More sharing options...
Suede Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9444 Posted January 11, 2016 wow, a double rainbow? I can understand the hysteria! As the old saying goes, "it is what it is." In this case, it is pretty darn surreal, so you shouldn't expect less from your photograph, especially with the Ektar. It appears that the Ektar has grabbed a hold of the red hues in your image and held them for ransom This is quite common and easily fixable in both the manual scanning process (by making WB corrections when it looks way off) and/or in your editing software. Your resulting image looks ok, but it renders more like an old polaroid. The automated scanning process is the culprit, for sure. Here is a version that (i) makes a quick and dirty WB correction (more tinkering could be made), (ii) makes a slight crop to remove the ugly truck from the far right and some of the dead space in the circular street (which also seems to make the primary rainbow frame the two trees to the immediate right quite nicely, along with the inverse circular row of hedge bushed in the foreground) and (iii) adjusts the luminance a little so the whites aren't so much brighter than the other light tones. Is this more along the lines of what you saw? Back over to you... Adam, thank you for taking the time to so thoroughly addressing the issue of Ektar's rendition of reds. I'd read a lot eulogising Ektar so I decided to give it a try. I like your treated image and also the cropping. From what I recall insomuch as reality is concerned, the sky might have been not as blue – it was, if anything, angrier, a more ominous grey. Other than that, I think it's good. I personally prefer it when the colours are more muted, gentler. Ektar looks like a colour film on steroids, so far as red is concerned in any case. I should stick to black and white, perhaps. Any suggestions for a more normal colour film? I have something from Agfa – called Arista 400 – which I picked up from Berlin in the pipeline for trial. I'll see how that went by the end of the week. I liked the Fuji Reala 100 in the past but, alas, it's not available anymore. Perhaps I should get a scanner and scan myself to have one more parameter under my control. Cheers. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Philpotts Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9445 Posted January 11, 2016 Bridge 144 IIIa, Summitar, XP2 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/205842-i-like-filmopen-thread/?do=findComment&comment=2966546'>More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9446 Posted January 11, 2016 Adam, thank you for taking the time to so thoroughly addressing the issue of Ektar's rendition of reds. I'd read a lot eulogising Ektar so I decided to give it a try. I like your treated image and also the cropping. From what I recall insomuch as reality is concerned, the sky might have been not as blue – it was, if anything, angrier, a more ominous grey. Other than that, I think it's good. I personally prefer it when the colours are more muted, gentler. Ektar looks like a colour film on steroids, so far as red is concerned in any case. I should stick to black and white, perhaps. Any suggestions for a more normal colour film? I have something from Agfa – called Arista 400 – which I picked up from Berlin in the pipeline for trial. I'll see how that went by the end of the week. I liked the Fuji Reala 100 in the past but, alas, it's not available anymore. Perhaps I should get a scanner and scan myself to have one more parameter under my control. Cheers. For better overall balance in daylight negative film, try Fuji Pro 400H, Portra 160 and Portra 400. And don't give up on Ektar just yet!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9447 Posted January 11, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Kodak's T-Grain film is good when using early lenses which tend to low contrast due to internal flare, poor coating. . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9448 Posted January 11, 2016 Love the double rainbow picture. Here we joke that when there is a rainbow we know where our Irish residents will be, unless it is early in the morn'. (Me darlin is one of 'em.) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9449 Posted January 11, 2016 When I was in Stockholm in November I stopped by the "Fotografiska" photo museum. There were a few exhibitions on, including one by Magnus Wennman of the Swedish daily Aftonbladet. Called "Where the children sleep" ("Där barnen sover"), it shows the children's side of the current migration crisis. It is an extraordinarily moving exhibition. Wennman's exhibition hid (inexplicably) in a small room behind the (very large) hall where Martin Schoeller's "Up close" was shown. This shows four of his series, including "Close up", the one with massive prints of famous people's faces. And there was some pompous irrelevant statement about how he has depicted these fortunate individuals to show that they actually look like everyone else (though I'm not sure if he actually means that most people run around with a straight-jacket like Tarantino or have blood on their face like Bale). As you can tell, I'm no fan of his photography, but what I found truly disturbing was that the museum had chosen to place the most important of these exhibitions literally in a corner. Here are a few snaps from my visit (all M4, 50/2 v3 and Superia 400). Flickr Flickr Flickr 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9450 Posted January 11, 2016 Very well done! What scanner do you use? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9451 Posted January 11, 2016 Shot this reflection and turned it upside down. Agfa Vista 200. Developed and scanned by Snaps Photo of Bournemouth. M6ttl, I think with 50mm Elmar M (must make notes) Inverted reflection 2 by Trevor, on Flickr 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9452 Posted January 11, 2016 @robert blu Just been back to see the Dolomite shots on a larger screen. DOUBLE WOW !!!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbealnz Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9453 Posted January 11, 2016 Very interesting effect Gary. What filter did you use? br Philip Goodness Philip, given the time elapsed I'd be guessing, but figure it was an old UV with petroleum jelly smeared about the edges, not center. That's my best guess anyway. Gary 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9454 Posted January 11, 2016 Thank you Otto. I used my Coolscan 9000. Very well done! What scanner do you use? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9455 Posted January 11, 2016 Really cool, the result is striking. Goodness Philip, given the time elapsed I'd be guessing, but figure it was an old UV with petroleum jelly smeared about the edges, not center. That's my best guess anyway. Gary 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9456 Posted January 11, 2016 And the same two, similar era, same camera, Kodak EPN. Gary love these two photos, Gary. So very clean and crisp, with just the right colors. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9457 Posted January 11, 2016 When I was in Stockholm in November I stopped by the "Fotografiska" photo museum. There were a few exhibitions on, including one by Magnus Wennman of the Swedish daily Aftonbladet. Called "Where the children sleep" ("Där barnen sover"), it shows the children's side of the current migration crisis. It is an extraordinarily moving exhibition. Wennman's exhibition hid (inexplicably) in a small room behind the (very large) hall where Martin Schoeller's "Up close" was shown. This shows four of his series, including "Close up", the one with massive prints of famous people's faces. And there was some pompous irrelevant statement about how he has depicted these fortunate individuals to show that they actually look like everyone else (though I'm not sure if he actually means that most people run around with a straight-jacket like Tarantino or have blood on their face like Bale). As you can tell, I'm no fan of his photography, but what I found truly disturbing was that the museum had chosen to place the most important of these exhibitions literally in a corner. Here are a few snaps from my visit (all M4, 50/2 v3 and Superia 400). Flickr Flickr Flickr very cool, Philip. I like how you think outside of the box. The last is particularly clever. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 11, 2016 Share #9458 Posted January 11, 2016 Shot this reflection and turned it upside down. Agfa Vista 200. Developed and scanned by Snaps Photo of Bournemouth. M6ttl, I think with 50mm Elmar M (must make notes) Inverted reflection 2 by Trevor, on Flickr Trev - very cool. everything works well and it is very creative. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share #9459 Posted January 11, 2016 A couple more. Portrait(it) stuff this time. Tri-X Neopan 400CN Ian lovely b&w pictures Best Henry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share #9460 Posted January 11, 2016 I take my M6 everywhere, even work. These are some co-workers clowning for the camera. M6 Summarit 35mmf/2.5 HP5+ @400 HC-110B That's I call a funny picture Well done Best Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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