Rollei Retro 80s Experience?

[f16sunshine]

a test using tmax dev 1:4 6min @20c

a test using tmax dev 1:4 6min @20c

Here are a couple of samples that sit on my flicker acct.
Tmax Dev 1:4 , 6min @ 20c 15 inverstions to start with 2 more inventions at 4 min and at 2 min
These photos are not special. I only wanted to test the combination. The negatives are wonderfully full and clean even if these scans do not completely show as such. Yes in the last two, the sky was quite empty as rain was about to fall.

Link to larger size embedded in image.

 

[Orio]

I develop this film with Ornano Gradual ST 20 and I am getting results that I am very pleased with.

EDIT: how do I get my images to look slightly larger, please?

 

[k__43]

I once bought 100ft of retro80s for a low price.
I hated that film at first, but then started to really appreciate what it does.

It is indeed quite fine grained, but I was never bothered by grain of any ISO100 and lower film. I really like how much it reacts on filters and the skin tones it produces! I could be a tiny bit less on the contrast side.

 

[Sanders McNew]

This thread persuaded me to give this film a try.
I've been toying with the idea of shooting squares
in 35mm with a 1939 Zeiss Tenax II and was hunting
for a film that would behave in an enlarger or scanner
and would provide the sort of detail I want to see when
I shoot Tri-X in my Rolleiflexes. Amazingly, this film
came close. I rated it at EI 40, and processed it in
Diafine -- a sample follows.



Afternoon. by sandersnyc, on Flickr