need help, please

[leob]

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If you want to test your Meter.. please don´t use Ilford XP2, it is such a forgiving film, you can expose it from iso 50 to 800 with no change in the C-41 process, which means your meter must be completely turned off, to produce bad exposure (i use this film mainly with my holga, and i always get an image..)

If you want to test your meter, use a slide film instead, they are very, very unforgiving

 

I agree something with the development went utterly wrong, perhaps you should to the development yourself. It´s really easy

[thomasw_]

Just out of interest, what are you using Thomas?

 

Hey Rob;

Here are the details:>

MP ZM 25/2,8 Adox CMS 20 developed with Adotech 5.25 Minutes.

Regards,

Thomas

[rob_x2004]

Adox CMS 20 developed with Adotech 5.25 Minutes.

 

Thanks. Nice look. Will have to keep my eyes skinned for some.

[fursan]

Thomas, thanks for your help. am in edmonton, alberta now and shall try to get

the developing gear once i get back home. btw, it was -25 c a little while ago outside!!

 

film was the last thing on my mind.

 

take care.

 

Hi Fursan,

 

I think that you would benefit hugely from developing your own negatives. Perhaps instead of wet printing, you could scan them with a decent scanner like an Epson V700 for the purposes of sharing your images on the Web. Developing B+W film is quite straightforward; you just need a changing bag, a developing tank, thermometer, developer, stop bath and fixer. Most of the mixing containers can be purchased at "dollar" stores for very little. It is quite fun and you get the control over the developing and scanning.

 

Regards, Thomas

[imported_peter_m]

Thomas, thanks for your help. am in edmonton, alberta now and shall try to get

the developing gear once i get back home. btw, it was -25 c a little while ago outside!!

 

film was the last thing on my mind.

 

take care.

 

It will get a bit warmer as you are heading west

 

It is starting to get a bit winterish

 

Peter

[Danny2p]

Hello Thomas,

 

If I were you I would have a nice talk with the lab technician. Attached are a few unfortunately digitized photos with decent contrast that were developed at my local pro lab (G King in Vancouver BC Canada) without any manipulations (as requested). The Oregon forest photo was taken with the 35 F2 Asph. and the others with the 50 Summi. I used the same film you did.

Regards,

Daniel

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[Danny2p]

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Sorry, I should specified the film speed I used: TMax 100

Cheers to all!

Daniel

[NZDavid]

Terrific shots, Danny, great lighting!

 

Fursan, I'd tend to agree your shots were underexposed, though poor development (perhaps tired developer) may also be to blame. Apart from grain, they look flat. Have a good look at the negatives, rather than the scans. If there is lots of clear film with very little detail apparent that means they are underexposed.

 

Try again! I haven't shot B+W for ages, but Ilford Pan F was always a favorite.

[andybarton]

When processing my B&W film at home, I always cut the recommended developing time by about 10%. This leaves them looking slightly flat, but they scan much better and can be tweaked in PS to get them where I want.

 

Persevere

[fursan]

Thanks to all you good folks, i got some bw400cn and ilford xp2 super from the states

and got my first processed roll back. methinks it is much much better, dusting, spotting

etc. notwithstanding.

 

one issue i found out that the mp and m7 exposure meters are unable to cope with

our sunshine, as at f16/f22 the shutter speed of 1/1000 secs seems to be inadequate.

 

otherwise, i am off with practicing with my c41 bw film and having a superb time in the

process.

 

thanks for your advice and the best of the seasons greetings to all of you.

 

m7 bw400cn ae little ps for contrast and resize.

 

 

best regards

[rubenkok]

Fahim,

Good to see you found c41 b&w film

Much better result than the first pictures

 

one issue i found out that the mp and m7 exposure meters are unable to cope with

our sunshine, as at f16/f22 the shutter speed of 1/1000 secs seems to be inadequate.

Just to much light for the film. Is your ISO setting right ? Maybe you can try ISO 25 film?

 

the best of the seasons greetings to you too

All the best,

Ruben

[engelfangen]

Hey Rob;

Here are the details:>

MP ZM 25/2,8 Adox CMS 20 developed with Adotech 5.25 Minutes.

Regards,

Thomas

 

 

Hi Thomas,

do you use the CMS20 at iso 20? I actually shoot only one roll of this film and found it is more Iso 12?! I liked the results on paper, even if the negatives are a little bit thin. No grain at all :-)

best regards

Marc

[fursan]

Ruben, thanks for responding. i shall try to set the bw400cn iso to 200 as some have suggested.

 

take care.

 

Fahim,

Good to see you found c41 b&w film

Much better result than the first pictures

 

one issue i found out that the mp and m7 exposure meters are unable to cope with

our sunshine, as at f16/f22 the shutter speed of 1/1000 secs seems to be inadequate.

Just to much light for the film. Is your ISO setting right ? Maybe you can try ISO 25 film?

 

the best of the seasons greetings to you too

All the best,

Ruben

[vic vic]

fahim... the results are indeed terrible...

ok, if u say that u measured the light well (and also that your iso was dialed correctly too).. then it can be either ugly processing or ugly scanning (or both of course)

 

1. take your negatives and see how they look on light table. if no light table a white cloudy sky can be nice too... or a white wall strongly but not directly illuminated (especialy with tungsten bulbs)...

see if the negative is too thin (too much transparent and too much grey and hardly with any contrast).... if so then it is processing issue... but... if your negatives are with good density and some tonal crispness then it is scanning issue, and that is good , since u can always rescan better ....