Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

[mortensen]

Well, Wayne, how did you manage such smooth tonal rendition in that image? Really nice, although the subject is not my usual cup of tea

... and to the OP - not at all bad for a first shot, imo

[venchka]

Well, Wayne, how did you manage such smooth tonal rendition in that image? Really nice, although the subject is not my usual cup of tea

... and to the OP - not at all bad for a first shot, imo

Consumate skill? Dumb luck? My vote goes to #2.
The details are:
Fujinon-W 250/6.3
Arista-EDU Ultra/Fomapan 200. It is a darn shame that the Fomapan 200 is out of production at this time. If I had known, I would have stocked up. I am semi-hoarding my remaining stock.
Metering by Gossen Luna-Pro sbc.
Xtol 1:3 @ 75°F for 7:45 minutes spun round and round in a Jobo 3010 drum on top of a Beseler motor base.
Digital conversion by an Epson 1680 Pro, Epson film holder and Epsonscan software following Ken Lee's instructions.
TIFF file processed in Adobe Lightroom.
The trick will be to repeat this result.

Back OT: To the OP, I think the effort is very good as well. I'm just nit picking the tiny details. We all must spend time spotting imperfections in our negatives. With care, those little glitches get smaller and smaller.

[SamReeves]

The first image looks fine to me. I cut bait with Ilfart and went to Fomapan. I'm nevarr going back.

[Tom Monego]

What res did you scan the image?

Tom

[l2oBiN]

The tiny sign crop is scanned at 6400dpi

[creep]

hi, we use foma100 here for secondary importance shots - there are huge problems with emulsion quality, although the price corresponds to it. I call it a lottery - sometimes it's all perfect (i do love the beautiful velvety blacks on of foma exposed with red filter and processed in hc110). I can it with epson V750 pro but rarely at resolutions higher than 4800dpi - i find the quality much better at 4800 than on 6400 or higher. I also scan as positive 16bG and invert later.

[Tom Monego]

The tiny sign crop is scanned at 6400dpi

What about the large image? Is the second image a crop from the large one?
Most of the V700 users I know feel that the scanner maxes out on res somewhere between 2400 and 3200ppi. I generally scan 4x5 at 1200 or 1800ppi. Not liking that 6400 image, the large one looks fine. If you have scanned this at a regular res for 4x5 and downsized for web display you will lose some image definition.

Tom