Pushing Rollei CR200

[AstraLovesAstia]

Mourning the great loss of Provia 400, I was hoping I could reach a middle ground of shooting Rollei CR 200 and pushing it one stop. I live in Germany now and this film type is easy to get and relatively inexpensive. So, I shot a roll at 400ISO, correctly metered in camera, and asked the lab to push it one stop. Imagine my DEEP disappointment when I got results like the one shown down below. The result isn't even in color, and the lack of contrast was not even CLOSE to being just ONE stop under. Does anyone have pushing experience with CR200 or words of wisdom when it comes to shooting this film? Or did I just experience a lab processing error?

 

[lantau]

This film is from ancient masterrolls and, unless you are very lucky, has a heavy yellow cast. I order a roll in 135 and 120 each in my early days of film photography (in early 2016). I shot it at E.I. 160 and the exposure came out ok. But it looked shit. Pushing any Rolleifilm (except their RPX line) is pushing your luck as box speed is usually a very optimistic number on those.

If you want to push then use Provia 100 or cheap CT Precisa, if you can still find any. I had it pushed 2x by the lab to 400 and it works. But the Dmax suffers a little. I have 66 rolls of Provia 400X left in 120 and 9 in 135. I just need more opportunities to take interesting photograph worth that stock. I'm going to Hong Kong again, soon, and will try to blow a few 120 rolls walking around with my Rollei.

Have to say that the 35mm is really great for walking around in moring or evening light. It's like color reversal Tri-X. But I might have to get a warming filter for the evenings.

 

[AgX]

I live in Germany now and this film type is easy to get and relatively inexpensive.

As Lantau said above the base film is no longer manufactured, you are thus buying from restricted stock. Nobody knows how long it will be available but keep that in mind before making it a standard film for you.

 

[Berkeley Mike]

So, I shot a roll at 400ISO, correctly metered in-camera, and asked the lab to push it one stop. Imagine my DEEP disappointment when I got results like the one shown down below. Or did I just experience a lab processing error?

It looks way underexposed; thin, with little contrast. I don't think it was the lab.

You did not give yourself much of a chance with your test. First off, as it is old film, simply working off of box values is a shot in the dark. Second "correctly metered" is a huge variable. If you want to use this film find a flat scene that is constant, stick in a gray card or target, and shoot a 5-shot, 1/2 stop increment bracket. Repeat in a high contrast situation. Then push process. I seriously doubt you will get anything wonderful but you might find a useful spot that is faster than 200.

 

[Wallendo]

What is the origin of the scan? My experience is that when scanning underexposed slides, there is a lot of random color noise present. The image posted here appears to be a black-and-white scan with no apparent color noise. Does the image you posted look the same as the slide held against a light source?

If this is a lab scan, they may have converted to black and white to try and salvage what they could from the image.