Erik van Straten
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Contax I, Sonnar 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.
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Photos with the Contax I.
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Erik van Straten
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Contax I, Sonnar 50mm f/1.5 black and nickel, 400-2TMY.
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Erik van Straten
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Contax I v7, Nikkor 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.
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Deklari
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Grate Erik!
Deklari
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Contax I, Zeiss Sonnar f2, Ilford Delta 100, R09
Mr_Flibble
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Always amazed at the sharpness you squeeze out of your negatives/process, Erik.
Erik van Straten
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Thank you, Deklari and Rick.
Deklari, great shot. Where is it? Bratislava?
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Deklari, great shot. Where is it? Bratislava?
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Deklari
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No ) Albany NY
Highway 61
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I wouldn't develop T-grain films in Rodinal or one of its numerous clones, doing this you just spoil what the (expensive) Delta 100 can provide. 😉
Deklari
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I usually didn't. But you remember my Contax die. I have try to make it work, but kill 50% of this film. After you advice to unloaded the camera, I have found what only few shuts left. I just develop rest of the film in R09 with my x-ray films.
Deklari
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Actually for Delta and Tmax I have use only D76 so far. Do you have a better suggestion?
briansilcox
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I use Adonal very much to my satisfaction for fine grain films, incudinf good results with Acros 100 and Tmax 100. Very convenient to mix 50:1 liquid concentrate.
oftheherd
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All great photos.
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D76 at 1+1 works fine with those films although the shadows will be just a bit more blocked than with the dedicated developers Ilford and Kodak make for their T-grain films. Personally I'm still with D76 1+1 for pretty everything and I'm never disappointed. Also, D76 (or its Ilford ID-11 sibling, the same stuff) is very convenient to stock at home (powder pouches).
You can also pull the films a little bit (expose respectively to 80 instead of 100 and to 320 instead of 400) and develop in Perceptol 1+1 : great results too.
Using Rodinal with fast films or T-grain ones is counter-productive in that the results may please you, OK, but then you are buying expensive modern films and developing them in something having more adverse effects than something really matching the films specs.
Rodinal was created in the XIXth century at a time when there were only very slow films with a very low acutance. Recently a trend came out tending to present Rodinal as the miracle developer capable of developing everything perfectly, as well as a product which would never die, even many decades after the bottle has been open.
Both statements are false. Rodinal will produce huge grain and huge contrast with many modern films (which is something you don't always want - not everybody is named Daido Moriyama). And it can suddenly die, leaving you with a massively underdeveloped film, or even a totally blank film.
Of course I am going to be crucified for this now... 😀
Deklari
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D76 work for me well. Rodinal I still using for my large format photography on 8x10 x-ray film (what usually slow). I have bad experiences with R09, when I have blank film roll. After I only use d76 for my roll film.
Erik van Straten
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Not with a Contax I, but with a Contax I lens.
Nikon S2, Sonnar 50mm f/1.5 black and nickel uncoated, 400-2TMY.
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Nikon S2, Sonnar 50mm f/1.5 black and nickel uncoated, 400-2TMY.
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Contax I v7, Nikkor 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.
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Contax I v7, Nikkor 35mm f/2.5, 400-2TMY.
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Deklari
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Excellent work Erik !Contax I v7, Nikkor 35mm f/2.5, 400-2TMY.
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Thank you, Deklari!
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