cv 50/2.5 + 100tmax = new experience

[paulfish4570]

bessa r2m, cv 50.2.5 color skopar, 100tmax, tmax dev. 1+9. an RFF friend gave me the roll of film in atlanta, and i cannot remember who it was, but THANKS. i doubt i would have tried it otherwise. it sure gives my shots a different look. and so little grain. all shots handheld except for the roots. the color skopar laughs at flare, methinks; i shot against the late afternoon sun with prejudice. i had some help metering with my nikon FE2 on some shots, but others were sunny16ed. all of my people shots were grossly underexposed in a tricky situation. sunny16 cost me there.:

 

[Bingley]

Lovely, Paul. I especially like the first one and the last two. I haven't tried it w/ TMax developer but your results suggest that I should. You can get really long tonal range w/ this film. I've so far shot it at iso 50 and developed in Rodinal 1:50. But I like your results a lot - did you shoot at box speed?

 

[paulfish4570]

yes, steve, box speed. i need all the shutter speed i can get. i smell a handheld meter in my future.
i know it's just one roll of film, but it shows me the 50/2.5 can be a completely different lens than it is with tri-x/ap 400. the tonal range is much longer and smoother, the lens seemingly less contrasty because of it.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Lovely pictures, Paul.

Erik.

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you, Erik.

 

[charjohncarter]

Nice Paul, Tmax 100 is one of my very favorite film of all time (another was Verichrome). It has a very long tone scale, which is different from being forgiving. TriX is forgiving Tmax100 not. But when you get it right it is a very repeatable process.

 

[helen.HH]

Great Shots...Great Lens !!

 

[porktaco]

the last one is particularly delicious.

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you all so much. and i did purchase a handheld light meter - a re-built weston V with new selenium cell. what a beautiful piece of watch-making. i think i'll use it mostly as an incident meter with the invercone.
i just finished developing a roll of ap 400 in tmax 1+9 with the last 18 shots metered by the weston. those negs seem richer than the ones i sunny16ed.

 

[tjh]

Paul - I think it was my roll - I put out some film at the barbeque that I hadn't got to shooting in awhile. You did well with those pictures - glad you shot it!

 

[paulfish4570]

yes, Tom, it was one of your rolls, i learned, but pressed into my palm by greg hill. i much appreciate it. i will get some more 100tmax but use it a deliberate manner with my FE2, with tripod. i don't think it a street film, at least not in my hands. i need those two additional stops of shutter speed in ap 400 for walking around...

 

[paulfish4570]

charjohn, speaking of getting it right, on a 36-exposure roll, using sunny 16, i got 13 very good negatives, several total exposure failures, and the rest off just enough i couldn't save 'em in PP.