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110/16mm Camera Image Quality

Huss and the rest of the picture posters continue to amaze me. That last one is great.
This weekend we are supposed to reach 107F on Sunday. Maybe not a big deal for Southern California but this is south Puget Sound!
I have a thermometer in the shade on the back porch and intend to use a plus 5 diopter on my 16II to take a photo at about 6PM on Sunday, with the sun not setting until after 9:00 the hottest part of the day is usually about 6:00 this time of year. It will be photographic proof if we hit that temperature. Otherwise, being neither a mad dog or an Englishman I’ll be indoors in the AC.
 

107 is a big deal no matter where you are! Crazy that you are seeing it too.
 
The 'other' MG-S
FPP Sonic 12 (Kodak ?378) @ 25
D-19 8', Reversal



Certainly worth it to manually meter this for an extra stop as per box speed.

The 'original' MG-S
Vision3 50D @ 50
ECN-2

 
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ciniframe said:
Otherwise, being neither a mad dog or an Englishman I’ll be indoors in the AC.
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At least you have air conditioning. I lived in Seattle for twenty years and never had A/C -- of course, I only felt like I needed it for a couple weeks in the summer, and not even every summer. If I was too hot and not at work (they had A/C in all the office buildings downtown, at least), I'd go down to Golden Gardens, right on the Sound. The 55 degree water made it a lot cooler right on the shore.
 
This weekend the blinds will be drawn, and the fans will be employed on high!
Some time may also be spent in the underground parking area.
 
MattKing said:
This weekend the blinds will be drawn, and the fans will be employed on high!
Some time may also be spent in the underground parking area.
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We have relatives on Hornby island. I checked the weather for Buckley Bay (closest location I could find) even they show 101F for Monday. Worried about my father in law, he is 86 and getting frail and although are right by the water it’s going to be hot.
 
Hope for a breeze!
 
Does here anyone have a Narciss 16mm SLR, and if so, how do you like it?
 
Huss is really rocking that 110!

Another microfilm shot in the Rollei. Missed the focus a bit but good enough. I think I'll load up some regular film in it one of these days. Maybe 5222. I have a roll of color in a Kodak Ektramax I've almost finished. Rarely ever "see" color so it takes me forever to shoot a roll. 110 is fun though and that is the point for me.

 
Went shooting around earlier today w/ a cassette of Sonic 25. I don't think it's technically a microfilm but it does have the same bonkers contrast that can be hit or miss for the exposure, especially in full sunlight. Scanning can be a bit tricky but once in a while you can get a few frames that really sing. Gonna try maximally exposing the next load (1/30 @ f2.8 in the case of the MG-S) and developing in POTA as per PRJ.

'Original' MG-S
FPP Sonic 25 @ 25
Xtol stock 8'



Huss's latest image, color science aside, interests me because of the content. There's a lot going on and the composition is very befitting of the 'spy camera' ethos.

Edit: No confusing this stock with double-x

 
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Bronson Dugnutt said:
... and developing in POTA as per PRJ....

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I'd skip the POTA Bronson. Way too low in contrast and it killed the film speed by at least a stop maybe more. I even gave it another go because I thought I made a mistake. Nope. Same terrible result. Of course every film is different so it may work with the film you have. I was also using Dimezone instead of Phenidone. I don't know enough about Dimezone other than it lasts longer in solution which is why I use it in paper developers. In POTA though maybe it just doesn't have the oomph all by it's lonesome. I'd have to look into it but I'm too lazy to do that....

The one that seems to have worked the best so far is Caffenol CL-CN or something like it.

For 500ml-
5g Sodium Carbonate (washing soda)
1g Ascorbic Acid (aka Vitamin C crystals)
8g Instant Coffee. The fouler the better I suppose...

The last roll I developed in that was 12 min @ 77º. Best so far. The previous roll was for 15m and looked a little cooked.

I am pretty new to this microfilm stuff so take it all with a grain of salt.
 
Huss said:
Did you say mail truck?
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Back in the day if the average print from 110 film had come back from the drugstore looking like this, I would have been overjoyed. Yes I know that there's the matter of technique, but still.
 
4season said:
Back in the day if the average print from 110 film had come back from the drugstore looking like this, I would have been overjoyed. Yes I know that there's the matter of technique, but still.
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We've come a long way
 
xya said:
I had one, but it didn´t work, so it went back to the russian seller. pretty heavy and big compared to the pentax 110....
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Thanks, that might be the more sensible pick, but I am intrigued with the idea of loading my own Ektar or Portra 800 into the Narciss, whereas I think this would be harder (though not impossible) to do with 110.
 
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