MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

[chrism]

I've just hung up the 35mm XP2 to dry, and I see a problem. The same thing happened with the 120 film - some of the frames are very thin and are probably unusable. When it happened with the 120 film, I assumed that since some were fine, and some were thin, that perhaps the shutter in my ancient Sonnar 150/4 wasn't working at some speeds (they were taken on a tripod at speeds like 1/8 and 1/4 which I probably hadn't used before). But this 35mm film has just come out of an F6 which hasn't had any problems at all and it's showing the same thing. Is it possible that the film has a threshold below which it won't register much of anything? There were no problems with the films going on the Hewes reels and no indication that the film had been in contact with itself or anything of that sort.
So if it's going to be hit or miss I can't recommend 3200. When it's dry, I'll scan and show any decent ones simply to assess any graininess in the smaller format, but in future I'll limit myself to 1600 which didn't have that problem at all.

Chris

[austin granger]

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

[chrism]

Lovely texture, Austin!

I've put my 3200 XP2 in 35mm in the tiny format thread here.

[Alan9940]

Absolutely love that first image, Austin. I can't be sure if I'm looking through the triangle to something, or if it's a reflection, or what? I just adore those kinds of images. Nice job!!

[Ken Lee]

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Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr[/CENTER]

Bravo !

[chrism]

I think I've come to the end of my experiments, with ISO 800 now completed. It seems it's easy to pull XP2, and to push to 800 and 1600. 3200 is hit and miss as being a half-stop out in the exposure ruins the picture. Here's an example of ISO 800, using HC-110 1+49, for 13.5 minutes:


Experiments in Push Processing 12 by chrism229, on Flickr

C.

[Old_Dick]

Hi Chris,

Your electronics are making me drool. Nice, very nice hardware.

[chrism]

Some of my hardware is less enviable....

Rolleiflex 2.8GX, XP2 Super @400, HC-110, 1+49, 10 minutes, X1 scans:

Silly Windchime by chrism229, on Flickr

C.

[Corran]

Austin, absolutely love the triangle abstract!!

So last night I found a roll of film in one of my backpacks - I had no idea what was on it. I discovered it was from a protest here in Dahlonega over a month ago over this. I was very glad to find it as I had completely forgotten about it as I had left on a business trip a bit after I shot it.

Here are two images I shot that evening - both with my Pentax 67ii, an adapted 15cm f/4.5 APO Lanthar, on Plus-X and dev'd in Acufine:

[Alex DiBacco]

All of these were taken on a Mamiya RB67 Pro SD with a 90mm K/L lens.
I used Tri-X and HP5+, and they're all stand developed in Rodinal 1:100 for an hour.