B&W Images here.....

[jotloob]

Sperera

Have you ever tried FUJI ACROS 100 and KODAK X-TOL developer .
The resulting negatives are crisp sharp .
For my process I had to reduce the developing time by 10% in comparison to ID-11 1+1 .

Jürgen

 

[sperera]

Sperera

Have you ever tried FUJI ACROS 100 and KODAK X-TOL developer .
The resulting negatives are crisp sharp .
For my process I had to reduce the developing time by 10% in comparison to ID-11 1+1 .

Jürgen

Hey Jurgen, persona no grata here for questioning the CFV-39 back quality....heh heh heh.....
NO i havent tried XTol but it WAS one of the ones i was considering.....Perceptol looks special to me so far but im willing to try XTol and HC-11 too......

 

[simonpg]

Many thanks Sperera!
This was shot during my first serious MF trip - the New South Wales western outback and the north western Victorian outback - some amazing places like where Mad Max was shot. So I was learning about the Hasselblad.

Well while I shot it on Acros 100, I have no idea about the chemistry used. All I remember is that my lab had continued its wet chemistry processing. The guy phoned me after the negs had been developed and commented that the density of the negs was the nicest he had seen.

My daughter has the large 6x6 print.

I have no idea why I cropped this version from a 6x6, and will see if I can find the 6x6 to post.

It was a tough sight to compose - took about an hour - because the lakes are massive and there are millions of dead threes scattered throughout. Finding a "line" of sight that got the message across was a challenge.

NOW IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED that the pic of the B&W pix is your beach model shot! Wow!

Not sure what Jurgen really meant when he commented: "... The resulting negatives are crisp sharp..."! But he is right your result on the beach was certainly sharp!

More seriously, Whenever I see shots like that in the 6x6 format the more I love the format - there is just something so pleasing about it. I look at Charlie Waite's landscapes from Europe in 6x6 and feel like screaming out: "so who said a landscape can't be square!!"

Here is a sample: http://www.charliewaite.com/image-details.asp?LibraryID=2628

Keep shooting film, B&W and ins=side the square!

 

[sperera]

Thanks for your love man! hahahahahahah I LOVE THAT CHARLIE WAITE SHOT....composition either happens or it doesnt eh.....posts like this one make me go out and shoot squares as you call it!!!!! in fact....i have 2 shots left on a roll from a model shoot and im gonna get my wife to pose for a couple...report back later! (family is off work this week!)
thanks for sharing man......yeah, i remember Mad max films!!!! fantastic...when Mel Gibson was still an Aussie.....

 

[simonpg]

Gentlemen, here's another - taken again some years ago when I was trying to master the 6x6.

The building is art-deco era live theatre and subject to many years of government planning controls arguments with successive owners.

I liked the idea of using the 50mm FLE in way that created relatively extreme distortion.

Again shot with Acros 100. Sorry the file size is quite small.

 

[sperera]

love the contrasty shot and the composition....the contrast imparts the Miama art deco vibe with the extreme heat and luminence of hot parts of the world such as where I live myself!!! gives me a downtown Havana (Cuba) vibe too.....

 

[jotloob]

Not sure what Jurgen really meant when he commented: "... The resulting negatives are crisp sharp......

Simon

An easy answer .
I have mostly used ILFORD DELTA400 and DELTA100 B/W films and developed the films using ID11 1+1 .

Then , when the ACROS100 came on the market , I developed that film with the same ID11 1+1 but also tried KODAK XTOL .
What I got with the XTOL was surprising .
The negatives have a noticable higher contrast and therefore turn out much sharper . The same is valid for the prints .
Therefore my preference for developers for the ACROS100 will be the XTOL but I will continue with ID11 1+1 for my ILFORD DELTA films .
That is valid for 6x6 as well as for 4x5 inch sheet films of both brands .

Jürgen

 

[Daniel Unkefer]

Sakonnet RI, with HD3-50

I love the precision-framing on this one.

Great job!

 

[simonpg]

Thanks Sperera. I thought the architecture deserved the more extreme effect of the 50mm FLE "twisted" and took advantage of the hot bright light on the day. On the day that area (St. Kilda boulevard) had that Miami feel about it just like you say. I had I always wondered what else it reminded me of and your comments are exactly what I was thinking but could not put my finger on!

What I love about Acros 100 is how reliably it responds to exposure techniques used - you get just what you expect and want! It and its brother Neopan 400 are superb films with great tonality and sharpness.

I see what you mean Jurgen. This explains my lab's comments. He'd obviously taken pride in how he developed Acros and delighted in the negatives. All this shows how important each step is - optics, film, development and printing. Sometimes I get the feeling to resume developing my own B&W negatives again, but time and other factors seem to prohibit that.

PS: By the way I was also making a pun - the "sharpness" of Sperera's beach subject! (something of an Aussie venacular!)

 

[bensonga]

Just getting back to shooting with the Hasselblad gear again. Got a couple of rolls of Fuji Velvia 100 back from the lab today and I had them include one of their "Base 16" scans of each roll, just to see how it looked. For a Letter size print....surprisingly good! This image just HAD to be converted to B&W.

553ELX, CFi 50mm Distagon, 1/125th at f8, camera was hand held.

Gary