Leica, Rollei RPX 100 and Xtol. First test.

[michaelphoto]

Just bought 5 litres of Xtol and a few rolls of Rollei films.
Negative scans by Minolta Scan Multi Pro.
Day of cars in Bogense, Denmark.

Niels Arne Johansen by Michael G, on Flickr

Land Rover feltambulance detalje by Michael G, on Flickr

Bilkomsammen i Adelgade by Michael G, on Flickr

NSU RO 80 by Michael G, on Flickr

Velbekomme by Michael G, on Flickr

My first picture post, be gentle with me.

Kind regards Michael.

 

[brainwood]

Nice shots Michael. I particularly like numbers 1 and 5. Xtol and rollei 100 look like a good combination I really like the tonality and sharpness. I presume from the fine grain you are shooting on 120 roll film ?

 

[judsonzhao]

Nice tone, well done!
And I'm regretting didn't get the multirpo for lees money than 9000ED, oh mine

 

[michaelphoto]

Thank you very much Chris. The beauty of it, is that it is shot with my old Leica on 24x36 format.

Michael.

 

[michaelphoto]

Thank you judsonzhao. I really like the Minolta scanner.

 

[btgc]

I like tones. I'm starting with RPX100 but I'm LC29 (HC110 realm) user. Hope to get around your results.

 

[mfogiel]

Great results. This film is quite flexible: with a bit of crafty processing you can shoot it between EI 16 and EI 1000. So far I like it best around EI 64-125 in Acurol N.

 

[michaelphoto]

btgc and mfogiel, thanks for your nice comments. I have yet to try those developers, but i might get there some day. I have made it a rule, to fully explore one film/developer combination, before moving on to the next, so it might take some time.

Kind regards Michael.

 

[p.giannakis]

Beautiful results, i love the tonality of the first picture. I wonder how this film develops in HC-110 (my current developer).

 

[michaelphoto]

Thank you very much p.giannakis. I have no personal experience with HC 110.
The reason why i choose Xtol, is the following table from Kodak.

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/prof...wFilmProcessing/selecting.jhtml?pq-path=14053

Regards Michael.

 

[btgc]

I have made it a rule, to fully explore one film/developer combination, before moving on to the next, so it might take some time.

Wise words and sane approach. I'm floating across films but have forced myself to use one developer. Easier to do because most of developers stale faster than most of films.

Well, some films absolutely benefit from use of certain, often special, developer but that's another story.

 

[michaelphoto]

Thanks btgc.

 

[Ljós]

I agree, you got some very impressive image quality out of ye old 24x36mm film!
Et knalddygtigt stykke arbejde, Michael!

Greetings, Ljós

 

[daveywaugh]

As has been said... great shots. I really like the tonality / look you've got. I need to shoot RPX again - I really like it but it's relatively hard to find here.

 

[michaelphoto]

Thank you very much for the kind words Ljós.
Det glæder mig virkelig at du synes om billederne.

Thanks for your positive approach daveywaugh. I can imagine the problem with supplies in Australia, since its a German company, Macodirect, thats doing the distribution.
I guess the freight wil be a major part of the price.

Kind regards Michael.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Very nice negatives.

 

[michaelphoto]

Really happy you like them Ko.Fe.

 

[brainwood]

The beauty of it, is that it is shot with my old Leica on 24x36 format.

That's very impressive, such smooth tones

 

[michaelphoto]

Thanks for the kind words Chris. I am looking forward to try the combination on medium format as well.
Here is a shot i made with my Koni Omega 6x7 rangefinder on 120 rollfilm RPX 100. Developed in D76.

Forspand by Michael G, on Flickr

Kind regards Michael.