Вormental_old
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If you shoot a lot of this film, can you please comment on its contrast? I am asking because I am on my 3rd roll and, despite switching the scanning method (from Plustek 120 Pro scanner to DLSR scanning) I am battling excessive contrast here.
A couple of samples:
It's tempting to suggest the exposure error, and I'll accept the blame, but it's hard for me to ignore the pattern of three rolls of high-contrast images, especially when comparing to its slower cousin: Gold 200. In fact, the images above were developed in the same tank as a roll of Gold 200, which didn't turn out this contrasty.
Moreover, the images above are OK, but they are better than average, any scene with sun-lit parts & shadows looks like this:
If you're shooting a lot of Ultramax, are you seeing something similar? Is this an inherently high-contrast film? Should I rate it at ISO 320? I think I'm leaning towards using Superia but I still have quite a few rolls of Ultramax left.
Another possibility is maybe my development temperature is too high? Can't be higher than 101F though, as I'm pouring out of 102F bottle (it drops by 2F during transfer, as I've tested numerous times) perhaps I'm agitating too much... But again, I'm not seeing this contrast on Kodak Gold.
A couple of samples:
It's tempting to suggest the exposure error, and I'll accept the blame, but it's hard for me to ignore the pattern of three rolls of high-contrast images, especially when comparing to its slower cousin: Gold 200. In fact, the images above were developed in the same tank as a roll of Gold 200, which didn't turn out this contrasty.
Moreover, the images above are OK, but they are better than average, any scene with sun-lit parts & shadows looks like this:
If you're shooting a lot of Ultramax, are you seeing something similar? Is this an inherently high-contrast film? Should I rate it at ISO 320? I think I'm leaning towards using Superia but I still have quite a few rolls of Ultramax left.
Another possibility is maybe my development temperature is too high? Can't be higher than 101F though, as I'm pouring out of 102F bottle (it drops by 2F during transfer, as I've tested numerous times) perhaps I'm agitating too much... But again, I'm not seeing this contrast on Kodak Gold.
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