Foma 100 + Fomadon R09, Noctilux

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Just sharing. I went and tried to shoot two birds with one stone: try the nocti (first version) and develop a roll for the very first time. I used Fomapan 100 and developed it in Fomadon R09. 1+50 at 8 mins, 20C. I scanned the negs but didn't make any PP adjustments.

The contrast, grain and tones look fine to me. But I need your expert opinions - on whether I should increase the development time to increase the contrast, etc.

#1 The whole frame (the nocti is known to vignette wide open).
AN0107_FR06_webt.jpg

#2 Cropped first frame to check the grain.
AN0107_FR06_CROP_webt.jpg

#3 Checking the tones
AN0107_FR07_webt.jpg
 
Here are some more pics:

#4 Checking the bokeh
AN0107_FR09_webt.jpg

#5 Checking the tones
AN0107_FR12_webt.jpg

#6 Checking the bokeh again
AN0107_FR16_webt.jpg


It's too cold to go outside at night to take pics...bummer.

The roll was from a metal cartridge the I loaded myself. It was kind of difficult to remove the spool after removing the rings. Is this common for metal cartridges?
 
annie,
i initially tried using the steel reel last night. i gave up and shifted to plastic. but i will try to learn using the steel reel. so if there are tips, i also would appreciate to hear them.
but i must say that the weather there must be that bad for you to be so meticulous in your evaluation of your processing.
 
Looks like you got it right. I like the combo of rodinal and foma 200 very much, especially for handheld low-light shots. One thing that does bug me a bit: areas of consistent tones like skies and walls get too grainy for my tastes. It looks apparent in foma 100 as well. But I still like the tonality 🙂
 
@ Eddie : I used the Kindermann steel reel. It has a plastic core with a slot where you just slide the film in. The Hewes steel reel is okay too. I'm not being meticulous - just perhaps curious and eager to learn b/w stuff. 🙂

@ Rodney: Excellent tones you got with those coffee cups.

@ Jano: I noticed the grain on the walls too. But I thought it was because our walls had a textured paint job. What dilution and development time and temp do you use with rodinal and foma 200?

Thanks for your replies, guys. 🙂
 
Yeah, that grain will show up in skies and blank walls and stuff, seems to be a charecteristic of ronidal 🙂 It's not bad, sometimes it works -- as I understand it, skies and walls can get this even with low-grain films and developers. *shrug*

rodinal 1:50 for 9 min in 20C.. I averaged out the various recommendations on digitaltruth for foma 200.

Also found another recipe somewhere, foma 200 ei 100 using rodinal 1:100 for 16 minutes with 15s agitation first minute, then 15s every 5 minutes and the results were awesome (haven't tried it myself, plan to do it when this roll is done).

I like using the film in lower lighting with some higher contrasts, and combined with the zm 50mm 1.5, I'm happy 🙂
 
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