If I can't get sharp images at 250 at f8 with a 50mm lens I may as well quit. No tripod necessary.
I remember my first developed roll of film back in 1978 and what a thrill it was to see the images on those negatives with my Peak 10x loupe. Today for the first time since about 1998 I developed my first roll in years and got that same feeling.
I had recently bought an M2 and two lens and half a dozen rolls of Tri-X. I had already ordered the chemistry needed from Freestyle and it was waiting to be used. I developed in HC-110, Dilution B, my old standby, and the negatives looked good. I'm awaiting the dry time before checking them out and scanning to see how they look. Ain't life good?
...and it's not that you are someone not knowing what hey are doing.I hate negative scanning.I's the worst way to get an image in my opinion.I'd rather stay analog.Sorry for your troubles;been there myself with Tmax and that was flatWell, during the process of scanning things went haywire. Nearly none of the images came out looking sharp. Even after I bumped up the focus Intensity and Radius they still weren't' sharp. I think I discovered where at least most of the problem is. This new Tri-X doesn't dry as flat as the old stuff did and curls so bad even after I used the ANR glass I bought from betterscanning, it wasn't heavy enough to push the strips flat. It curls up and you can't put the strips the usual way, emulsion side up as it's even worse.
I'm not quite sure what to do at this point. I thought the weight of the glass would make it flat but it doesn't. I'll never get any sharp images this way...I'll have to work on this. Meanwhile, I'll entertain any ideas.
I thought the unsharpness may have been from the camera in that there's a little vertical misalignment but I think the culprit is the negative curl.
Use the HC-110 with HP5+. It is a killer combination when used in the right way ! Examples here https://www.flickr.com/photos/25714267@N06/sets/72157646005579978
I liked the old film as it was. I wish they'd never changed it. I used about every more common developer with the old Tri-X from FG-7 and Rodinal to HC-110 and ID-11 Plus. They were all good. It's just like at the grocery store. Let me get use to something and start liking it and in three months it disappears....sort of like my ex-wives.
Note you will need to buy the Orwo in 400 foot cans.
Note you will need to buy the Orwo in 400 foot cans.
N74 Plus (ISO 400) is sold in 135 cassettes.
So the OP has no excuses.
Not seen it in UK other than 400 foot B&H perf.
Available at Linhofstudio.
Hi MihaNoel, it's available as Bergger BRF 400 Plus and Argenti Reporter ARF 400 Plus http://www.foto-r3.com/es/argenti-reporter-film-plus-400-arf-35mm-36-dx-new.html
As well as Kodak there is still Harman, Adox, Foma and Orwo.
I know I may be behind the times but, I've never heard of those. I've shot Pan-X, Plus-X, FP-4, Tri-X, Agfapan 100 and 400, and HP-5-that's been it.
I like things that are tried and true like my Marantz 2265 receiver, Nakamichi ZX7 tape deck and Pioneer R707 reel to reel tape deck.
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