Recent content by NB23

These examples show two things: -HP5 is the best film for pushing. It’a truly a 640 film. -Tri-x is a iso 250 film Tri-x changed many times, i believe in “98, then 2003, then 2007, then even 2013 if I remember correctly…

Use a summar lens. Or use a smena-8 camera, Vilia, and so on. That’s all.

Not true. Film has this coating for even wetting. Once it’s washed out, what happens is that you’re left with a basically a sponge. Developer has to take the place if water and this can happen a different rate depending on how it’s added to the tank, agitation… and unevenness at the...

Haha yes! It took a lot of figuring out for something absurdly simple. I cannot stress enough how lucky we are to be able to use all of Leica’s brilliant engineering and get the most ouf of each negative, in the digital world. The way I convert is very simple: I shoot raw, then convert to adobe...

It was an old darkroom trick to always season D76, add some old to freshly mixed. Negatives always looked better with old D76.

Is 199$ really that expensive, nowadays?

Excellent! I get it; you use the camera’s liveview screen to advance the film, yes?

Use a mamiya tlr grip, muuuuch better than the silly pistol grip

I filed them out. I also purchased a few with extra Size opening from Kienzle. My favorite IIc negative holder, though, is the one I ordered from Kienzle with top AN Glass.

The problem with single-lens enlargers is that advancing the film to the next frame is a huge pain as It requires screwing the lens in to frame the negative properly and then screw it out for taking a shot/scan. Doing this for a color negative, 36 times over, can be super tedious. But for...

And VIOLA! WALA! Please enjoy. If you own a IIc, please understand that you are very lucky as you now have a VERY powerful tool necessitating exactly ZERO modification.

At last, the filter. As you can see, the filter will get scratched by the continuous contact with the focomat’s lensless mount. That is perfectly ok: physics being what they are, the scratches are never in the image path. Here is my filter after 1000+ films scanned ( over 36,000 single scans)...

Here you see the result of the scan, on the D750’s screen. Please note, this is a negative from a shot taken with a summar in snowy conditions. That particular summar renders as a THAMBAR, meaning verrry soft. That’s not a problem: the Camera’s autofocus focuses on the grain. Always sharp...

Here you see what I am talking about. As seen from below, on the left is the 100mm lens that serves as a visual guide to frame the negative within its mask. On the right, you see the negative ready to be “scanned” by placing the camera firmly against the ficomat’s lens mount, as seen in the...

Now that the negative is well within its mask, as onfirkedna few seconds ago (see previous post) I am ready to take a photograph through the 60mm mount. Use your left hand to stabilise the camera while pushing up the camera to sit firmly onto the focomat’s mount, then click with your thumb. The...