Somebody complained to the moderators (anonymously, of course)
about one of my FP100c45 instants,
so I doubt whether you could get away with less than 4x5.
More lovely pictures in this thread-
I used some of this film the other day, not much to show for it-
I was reminded of how maddening it can be though-
it's so wrong that it's still possible to waste it due to the envelope being less than 100% reliable-
One packet was so messed up that the packet came all the way out,
didn't lock open- and that film inside was anything but flat...
Conch Shell Detail/Nikkor 150mm-Type 55 neg, scanned on 4990
Chris,
your conch is wonderful
Mike
a phesant. Painted with light.
Thanks guys! I have a question, I have two boxes left of 55 in the fridge dated Nov 07.I shot 9 sheets of it yesterday and the negs came out very grainy.Could this be the result of the films age, or could it be because the negs just sat in water for an hour and a half before I was able to clear them with sulfite.In the past I would clear the negs immediately after the shot in sulfite.I have 29 sheets left of this stuff and am not sure how to proceed, or if I should even bother shooting the rest and just ebay it..Here is a 50% crop straight from the 4990 scanner with no sharpening or post processing.
Shoot them!!
Even if you feel it is grainy, that is still a very nice frame!
I never clear my negs in sulfite (or almost never) and just pop them into a gravity works film washer.
I have film from the late 90s that is still good, were they in the fridge all the time?
The only bad old type 55 I have had was that I left out of the fridge for a long time.
Well they were out of the fridge for a few weeks right after I bought them, but have been in the fridge ever since.Looking at my other 55 negs, they are much smoother like this one
But even zoomed all the way out this run looks too grainy to me.If I try and apply any kind of sharpening to the iris, it looks like it was shot on 35mm pushed Tri-X
And below is the same iris, different angle shot with my Pentax dslr.Its spanking the 55 and this should not be so!
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