Berlin?

[SimonSawSunlight]

"I don't think martin will be back by then"

He and I are trying to meet on his way back. I'm trying to swing the money to buy his Rollei TLR.

how very convenient!

 

[martin s]

how very convenient!

Me selling the Rollei would mean you'd have to lend Lisa a TLR. I'll supply the film. Would that work?

I might show up on the weekend, and if I do Chris, we could use the same train. Chances are though that I might not get to my parents place first to pick up the Rollei.

martin

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

Me selling the Rollei would mean you'd have to borrow Lisa a TLR. I'll supply the film. Would that work?

I might show up on the weekend, and if I do Chris, we could use the same train. Chances are though that I might not get to my parents place first to pick up the Rollei.

martin

I should have at least one lying around 😀

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

I should readjust infinity on my rangefinder(s)... but I really like the tonality the big ole 90mm produces

 

[Pirate]

That's ok, I have time.

Beautiful pi, Simon!

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

for a 35mm fellow like me it's really strange to see that there is indeed a difference between 30, 60 and 6000m 😀

 

[Pirate]

Hey, is that the Space Needle?

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

let's see yours, Georg!

 

[Pirate]

No friend coming with me, I'm getting lost on my own! But I should still be there.

 

[gho]

Here it is: Tri-X@6400.

100% Crop

The contrast is a bit overwhelming. I did some more test exposures and decided to leave the ascorbic acid and baking soda out. At least I know now how to add some fizz to lemonade.

Instead I added a restrainer to get these streaks under control. Another tank is resting right now. One hour to go. I decided not to touch it for 2 hours.

 

[gho]

Here is another test from the same roll. If the light is right it works quite well. Surely not a general purpose solution, but the grain is surprisingly tame and it is still possible to get nice tones in a very limited range of exposure. Isn't something like this called steep gradation curve?

I guess I will need a notebook for keeping track with this, otherwise I will forget the recipies...

 

[gho]

While I am at it, here is another one, slightly different procedure. Unfortunately I scratched the film when removing it from the camera. I did not expect that anything would show up.

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

tomorrow!
I think I'll bring the big ugly 90 again. mwihihihihi...

 

[martin s]

Where do we meet again?

martin

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

Where do we meet again?

martin

here, in the ghetto.

 

[Pirate]

I'm trying to get my 4x5 rangefinder calibrated and I'll bring that too, but I don't think it's going to happen tonight. M3, M4, Canon III RF for me. Ektar 100, and Rollei Pan 25.

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

a or b

I'm thinking b but a has this peace of straight lines, right angles and the bush in the right front vs the fountain in the left back.

maybe, b works better on its own while a would stand be the better choice within a related series.

 

[xxloverxx]

B because of the sun at the back and a greater feeling of "lines".

 

[Pirate]

Hey, I got that same shot! I was lagging behind and didn't see you snap that one.

My Jobo tank is here but I can't pick it up till tomorrow so I'm going to wait on developing anything until tomorrow afternoon.

Cheers, and thanks for the great weekend guys!!!!

 

[Pirate]

ok, I couldn't help it, I developed the roll of Tri-X, and it has the Jesus guy on it! It's hanging up to dry now so I'll scan and post in a little while and we'll see if mine is any good :angel: