SeanEsopenko
29-Aug-2010, 19:48
Today I developed my own b&w 4x5 for the first time. I had a couple sheets processed by a lab when I was in Hawaii (where I bought the camera). They were pretty grainy after I scanned them in but I shrugged it off to the fact the film was ISO 400. I just finished scanning in some shots on the same ilford 400 film I used before but developed myself wow! Just wow! The lab must have been using some super high contrast development process because I fell in love instantly with the hand processed negatives.
http://www.seanesopenko.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img024.jpg
The grain was almost non-existant at 1200 dpi. I upped scanner to 2400 to finally see some grain. And the tonal values! This jpeg doesn't serve it justice, the tonal values are amazing! I can zoom right in at 100% and see this:
http://www.seanesopenko.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/zoomTurtle.jpg
Now I see why people shoot large format. I'm totally psyched up to bring this thing out with me again next weekend!
http://www.seanesopenko.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/img024.jpg
The grain was almost non-existant at 1200 dpi. I upped scanner to 2400 to finally see some grain. And the tonal values! This jpeg doesn't serve it justice, the tonal values are amazing! I can zoom right in at 100% and see this:
http://www.seanesopenko.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/zoomTurtle.jpg
Now I see why people shoot large format. I'm totally psyched up to bring this thing out with me again next weekend!