Just Scratching the Surface from my recent trip to New York City.

[Bill Smith]

Camera: C. 1954 Rolleicord IV K3B Twin Lens Reflex Camera
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 120 format processed in Xtol 1+1.
Location: Various parts of New York City from April 30 to May 4, 2012.


Inside the Bethesda Terrace by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


Serenading the Jazz Students by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


A Mixture of New and Old by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


Walking Lower Broadway. by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


Walking Wall St. by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


In the Canyons by Bill Smith1, on Flickr

 

[Bill Smith]

Camera: C. 1954 Rolleicord IV K3B Twin Lens Reflex Camera
Film: Fomapan 100 120 format processed in Rodinal 1+50.
Location: Various parts of New York City from April 30 and May 1, 2012.


WTC 2.0 by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


Tourist Bus by Bill Smith1, on Flickr


Scan-120506-0002 by Bill Smith1, on Flickr





Shadow Cable on the Brooklyn Bridge by Bill Smith1, on Flickr

 

[legrandfromage]

Those are quite nice. I especially like that you shot them on film, with an old Rollei no less! What did you scan with and how do the prints look? Looking at them on screen, I never would have guessed that the first set was Tri-X. Thanks for posting.

 

[Bill Smith]

I haven't printed them yet, so for now you are seeing negative scans done an Epson V500 with Vuescan software and lightly touched up in Aperture. I took photos with my Rolleicord, Olympus OM-1 kit and my iPhone. Of them all I loved my Rolleicord the most, I shot a dozen 120mm rolls over the course of the week I was in NYC and five rolls of Delta 100 through the Olympus. If I were to do it again and I plan too, I would switch out the OM-1 for an OM-2n, the Rolleicord is definitely making the trip back.

 

[djh]

Very nice Bill. Thanks for taking the time to share them here.

 

[Edcculus]

Very nice! I knew from the moment I saw the square pictures this was 120 analog film!

I really like the Wall Street and the Terrace pictures.

Are you testing different developers, or do you normally develop different films in different developers? I only ask because I haven't really messed around with anything other than HC-100.

 

[Bill Smith]

I have three usual go to developers: Xtol, HC110 and D-76/ID-11 for most of my films with Rodinal for Fomapan 100. I shot Ilford Delta 400 through my OM-1md so I decided to give Ilfotec DDX a shot, so far so good. I'm switching to Ilford Delta 100 in 35mm once my last rolls of Plus X are gone so I might buy the jumbo jug of Tmax developer which is a cheaper buy.

The sage advice is to shoot one film and process with one developer and become at one with it. I decided to get acquainted with a variety of films and developers just in case there is a supply issue.

I also tend to use ID-11/D-76 in the Summer and go Xtol 1+1 in the fall winter and early spring so I can shoot box speed and get decent results.