Nokton48
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I love my XK. I need to dust it off and start using it again.


I love my XK. I need to dust it off and start using it again.
I primarily use motion , and have used the Kodak line over the past two years. I absolutely love the color pallet and always expose at 'box speed' but as others said, it does well with extra light! I know I don't always nail exposure, and since I scratch mix (I'm sure it varies a little bit by batch) , the latitude is a safety. I used to use an Epson v600, or a Pacific Images XAs for 135, but now I scan with a CS-Lite, Sony AR7ii and a Schneider Kreuznach lens, and my gosh, the colors are even more beautiful, much sharper too. Here are some examples of motion picture film processed ECN-2, or D96.
AGFA Isolette + Epson v600 + CineStill BWXX + D96
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Olympus XA + Pacific Image XAs + CineStill 50D + ECN-2
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Nikon F2 + Pacific Image XAs + 250D + ECN-2
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Nikon F2 + Pacific Image XAs + 500T + ECN-2
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Mamiya RB67 (ft. Light Leaked Back) + Epson v600 + CineStill 50 +1 Stop , ECN-2
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Mamiya RB67 + Camera Scan + CineStill 50 +1 Stop , ECN-2
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Mamiya RB67 + Camera Scan + CineStill 400D + ECN-2
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Mamiya RB67 + Camera Scan + 500T + ECN-2
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Mamiya RB67 + Camera Scan + 500T + ECN-2
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Mamiya 645 Pro + Epson v600 + 500T + ECN-2
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@Sirius Glass I sincerely appreciate the warm welcome!
@blee1996 Thank you!
1. I purchased 65mm from Kodak then cut it down myself and spool with night vision and used 120 paper.
2. I don't use any 85 filter when using the 500T in daylight (including the images I posted). I have used an 85B actually but found it too warm. The Kodak data sheet says to use an 85- and I started using those, they definitely helped, and the colors are different when comparing to 250D.
When the sun is at the point of the day where it is giving noon daylight , it could be a bit cold, but it's not hard to add warmth or reds into it in Negative Lab Pro, or Silverfast, etc.. I'm typically shooting in the desert or somewhere where the light bounces warm or other colors onto the subject , so I might not be always getting a full dose of 'noon daylight kelvin' either. The sun slowly turns tungsten and it will get closer and closer to the rated temperature.
Note that I've scanned people's 500T that they used in a point-and-shoot with a daylight flash and that turned out extremely blue, now I warn them to put a filter on their flash or an 85 on their camera if it allows.
I went back out to the same place with 250D and a longer lens. I must of goofed something up in the processing, things are not right compared to previous rolls. I was able to get a better shot of the Kodak building.
After looking at some of the much better results others are getting, I think next pass I will go back to a pre bath ( milder than my DWC ). It looks like I could be getting remjet in the emulsion during processing, I also wonder If I'm not screwing up the color balance.
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I really like the 50D, I shied away from it because it is too slow for what I do most ( how well does it push ? ). I also stayed away from the 500T because I was afraid it would be too grainy. The 500T shots I have seen look better than my 250D. I will play with the 250D I have till I'm out and see where I end up. The 500T even with an 85B filter is still faster than the 250D, it's just an awful lot of filters I would need to get. For scanning, I suppose one could post process. For printing, I wonder if a filter on the enlarging lens would work well, or can it all be filtered with CMY.
Redscale - expired Kodak T-Max turned inside out, emulsion layer inside. Canon Photura 135 caption camera
Thank you! YES, of course, I copy and paste from the translator, but for some reason very inattentively, although I try. I bought this film, but it's hand-wound expired film. That's all I wanted to say that she is manually turned upside down.Start over there sport.
Redscale Tmax? Tmax is a black and white film. And as far as I can tell it's not a motion picture stock.
I have been using 500T for late afternoon to night photography, as well as indoor mixed lighting scenarios. Recently I start to use it more and more for daylight general photography, with or without 85B filters. I like the color palette, and the grain is well controlled. It kind of replaced Fuji X-Tra 400 film for me, and the 500T tend to be cheaper nowadays.
Thank you! YES, of course, I copy and paste from the translator, but for some reason very inattentively, although I try. I bought this film, but it's hand-wound expired film. That's all I wanted to say that she is manually turned upside down.
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