"Z" … I love Hong Kong - Leica M7 | 35 Lux ASPH | TriX @ 3200

[menos]

I made a 13x19 yesterday (that darn Canon printer eats color cartridges by the truck load, despite, I print BW exclusively).
For the print, I shot the frame again with the D3 and processed from the NEF file.
After printing, I had another take at the blacks, which I liked more deep on paper.

Here are also two crops from the file, prepared for print (beware, sharpening for print is done heavier, so they show not optimum for web so close up).

I found my method with the 12MP D3 and 60mm Micro could be limited to 13x19.
Beyond, a lot of work would have to be done, which robs the fun of it for me - so another DSLR must be added with some more clean pixels ;-)

"Z" crop 1 | bright side

"Z" crop 2 | dark side


I find, the negative gives much more - for now, the D3 is the limiting factor.

 

[xwhatsit]

I've got back from a work trip to Poland and have almost finished scanning in all the rolls of film I shot.

Oddly enough, the Tri-X shot at 3200 is easily superior to the Tri-X at 1600. It's surprisingly grain-free and clear. This may just be a fact of guessed exposure on my Lynx 1000 (selenium is no good unless there's sunlight!) and the Tri-X @ 3200 getting that much more exposure. Or maybe it's my development times (from Massive Dev Chart, though).

I used D76 this time, 1:1. 13.25 minutes for 1600 and 16 minutes for 3200.

Here's an example (in bright daylight! My last roll of film -- had already started it at 3200 so had to finish it 🙂). It has better grain than the rolls I shot at 1600. I apologise for the clichéd shot and poor framing. Nevertheless it continues the car theme 🙂 From my Yashica Lynx 1000. (Click on the photo for a 1200dpi enlargement).

 

[menos]

xwhatsit - that sounds about the times, I use with Tmax developer.

TriX is crazy clean, when shot at daylight @ 3200.
You get less light falloff due to stopped down lenses, so you illuminate to the frame edge at your real metered exposure.
There is less deep shadows as during the night, so you don't have to fight for photons ;-)

Nevertheless, your shot looks very clean in that small JPG but I guess, it shows some more, when looking at enlargements (see my shot vs the crops of it).

I like the blond lady, framed in the side window ;-)

 

[kipkeston]

It's really hard to mess up trix. xtol is a fav of mine too for a nice push.