[rollei_list] Re: Rollei R3 film & dev result
- From: "Richard Sintchak" <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:13:14 -0800
I was going to say the same thing. Fairly strong contrast, yet still
decent tonal range. Not sure if it's worth that kind of development
time! but I look forward to seeing more of your examples.
Richard S.
San Francisco
My Commute Photo Blog
http://shootingonthefly.blogspot.com/
My Flickr Page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/
On 12/3/06, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Reminds me of Tech-Pan.
Slobodan Dimitrov
http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
On Dec 3, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Craig Roberts wrote:
> It was a cold and dreary day here in our Nation's Capital.
> Nevertheless, this afternoon I loaded up a 4 x 5 film holder with
> the new Rollei R3 film and shot a couple of frames in the backyard
> with my "homebrew" view camera. I then developed them in Rollei's
> "slow film" soup. I rated the film at ISO 200 and exposed it for
> 1/2 second at f22 through a Schneider 210mm f5.6 Symmar lens.
>
> The result is at:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79823632@N00/313567519/
>
> Please ignore the composition and subject -- they're totally
> uninspired. As I said, this was the backyard on a rainy day.
>
> The processing time with Rollei's developer is unusually long -- 25
> minutes -- and yields what looks like a very thin, marginally
> useable negative. However, once scanned (in this case) the
> resulting image is just fine. I'm impressed by its tonal range and
> almost undetectable grain (neither of which can be appreciated in
> this web image). It's fine film.
>
> I'll wait for the sun and a good subject and shoot some more
> interesting frames with the eight sheets I have left. I'll also
> shoot a roll of R3 with my SL66 and keep you posted on the results.
> So far, though, I'm pleased. I wanted to like this Rollei marketed
> film -- and I do.
>
> Craig
> Washington, DC
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