Great Success!

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Just finished scanning shots from my first self developed roll, aside from a few drying marks I'm pretty pleased with the results! Ilford Delta 100 in ID11 1+1 shot through the trusty Hexar AF:


(Just testing out the bokeh on the lens, which is often compared to the pre-ASPH Leica 35/2 Summicron)

Walking the tree:







My favourite shot on the roll, love how part of the London skyline has been reflected on the window.

 

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Very nice! Self dev B&W is rather addictive ! I've posted my "howto" a few years back on how to get the best of the negs when scanning: http://oomz.net/bw_workflow/

Cheers! I'll try your method next time I scan a roll (tomorrow probably lol), I'm using Vuescan + an Epson V500 but even though I scan 16-bit tiffs I still get banding on my histogram. There's a local darkroom as well, can't wait to start doing my own wet prints.

 

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Walthamstow!

Brap!

Also I recognise the location of that Astra shot on your website, that's in Leyton right? Also do I see George Monoux there?

 

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Cracking pictures
Am I being dumb or are you scanning the actual film roll itself and inverting? or using a projector and photosensitive paper to develop the picture and scanning that?

I have an old but pretty good film camera and lens here and always wondered if you could scan a developed negitive lol

Thanks!

The roll itself gets developed in photo chemicals, then left to dry for a few hours. It then cuts cut into strips and fed into a scanner (Epson V500) and the software (Vuescan) automatically selects each frame and inverts the negatives while scanning. Some light Photoshop is then used to clone out any dust and to correct the levels/contrast. Developing takes about 20mins and the digital side also takes roughly the same amount of time. Get that film camera out, it's so much more rewarding than digital!

 

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Roll number two (was shot a month ago):









Neopan 400 + Leica M4 + VC Nokton 50/1.5

I love the 1.5, I can get away with shooting ISO400 film all day. Coming from f/2 lenses that extra stop sure is welcome.