swifty63
Fiat lux
I just got back from a trip through the deserts of Egypt, Ethiopia and Djibouti as part of my work. Of course, I was keen to take some photos, which I have now developed and scanned. I took five different film types, and souped them all up in Ilfosol 3 when I got back. For some reason I was under the impression that Ilfosol 3 wasn't the best for the faster film, but they seem to have come out OK. At least they looked about as good as my own results from ID-11 and D-76 that I had used previously on Tri-X.
Anyway, I was interested again to see the difference in the grain with these differing speeds. Below is an example typical of what I saw for each of the film types. I used 120 film in a Mamiya 6, with yellow or orange filter. Scanned on Epson V750, minimal touching up in PS. From slow to fast:
Eastern Desert, Egypt. Pan F. Orange filter. No discernable grain in this one.
TMax 100. Northern Afar, Ethiopia. No grain here, nice fine tones in the foreground reeds. Only thing about the desert here is the haze, so the distant views aren't always sharp.
Delta 100. Eastern Desert, Egypt. Fine grain, I think Delta 100 gives me a bit more "zing" than Tmax - you may think differently! Actually I find them pretty similar, and like them both.
Anyway, I was interested again to see the difference in the grain with these differing speeds. Below is an example typical of what I saw for each of the film types. I used 120 film in a Mamiya 6, with yellow or orange filter. Scanned on Epson V750, minimal touching up in PS. From slow to fast:
Eastern Desert, Egypt. Pan F. Orange filter. No discernable grain in this one.
TMax 100. Northern Afar, Ethiopia. No grain here, nice fine tones in the foreground reeds. Only thing about the desert here is the haze, so the distant views aren't always sharp.
Delta 100. Eastern Desert, Egypt. Fine grain, I think Delta 100 gives me a bit more "zing" than Tmax - you may think differently! Actually I find them pretty similar, and like them both.
