Fun with film cameras (Image thread)

[Lawrence A.]

[Lawrence A.]

HP5+ rated at 200, 12 minutes HC110 dil. H
From Nikon 9000 scan with photoshop CS2 treatment

[ajramirez]

Testing out Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 500 and processed in Ilfotec DD-X 1:4. All I can say is ... GRAIN!!! All on the Leica M6TTL and 18mm 4.0 ZM Zeiss Distagon:


El Convento by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


Contemplación by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


No me desampares by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


En la Caleta de San Juan by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


El gorila de Puerta de Tierra by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


San Sebastián y Tanca by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

And, one with the 35mm 2.5 Summarit:


JDP by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Cheers,

Antonio

[pdh]

hmm that's a bit surprising to me.
They look a bit "flat" as well which is odd.
No changes to your scanning regime were there?
Be interesting to see what they looked like if you were able to wet-print them; I've noticed recently that scanning does have a tendency to pull out grain that isn't "really" there.

[Lawrence A.]

Beautiful tonally, grain or not grain.

And I never thought of grain as necessarily evil, just one more variable.

[Lawrence A.]

Bessa R, HP5+, HC110 dil H. for 12 minutes.

[Gary]

Nicely done Lawrence. Great zones, well done!

Gary (Thee Gary)

[Gary]

Beautiful tonally, grain or not grain.

And I never thought of grain as necessarily evil, just one more variable.

+1

My rule is one has to increase the visual impact of the image to overcome the distraction of grain. The more grain, the greater impact the image must have to be successful.

Gary

[Gary]

Bessa R, HP5+, HC110 dil H. for 12 minutes.

Show off, you and your new darkroom.

G

[Gary]

PS- Why HC110?