The weekend's practice & testing

I did a couple of practice/test 8x10 shots with the Fujinon 250/6.7.

The subject was my wife's trinket display on a small shelf,
about 6 ft. from the camera.

Even wide open this lens provides a good deal of movement with 8x10.
I had a 1" rise (& shooting vertical/portrait mode) with no notable
light fall-off.

Also, I shot some more of the Bergger 200.
Results were excellent giving it 1/2 stop extra exposure
developing in T-Max developer, 1+4 dilution, 7 minutes @ 70f.
Much better results than HC-110.
(Interestingly, a local street photographer does his 35mm Fuji Acros
in T-Max developer with similarly excellent results.)

Collin

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(Collin Brendemuehl) wrote:

I did a couple of practice/test 8x10 shots with the Fujinon 250/6.7.

The subject was my wife's trinket display on a small shelf,
about 6 ft. from the camera.

Even wide open this lens provides a good deal of movement with 8x10.
I had a 1" rise (& shooting vertical/portrait mode) with no notable
light fall-off.

Also, I shot some more of the Bergger 200.
Results were excellent giving it 1/2 stop extra exposure
developing in T-Max developer, 1+4 dilution, 7 minutes @ 70f.
Much better results than HC-110.
(Interestingly, a local street photographer does his 35mm Fuji Acros
in T-Max developer with similarly excellent results.)

Collin

When you say the T max developer produced better results,
what do you mean? Explaining your findings would help those
who may not have experience with comparing the two results.
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Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
: I did a couple of practice/test 8x10 shots with the Fujinon 250/6.7.

: The subject was my wife's trinket display on a small shelf,
: about 6 ft. from the camera.

: Even wide open this lens provides a good deal of movement with 8x10.
: I had a 1" rise (& shooting vertical/portrait mode) with no notable
: light fall-off.

: Also, I shot some more of the Bergger 200.
: Results were excellent giving it 1/2 stop extra exposure
: developing in T-Max developer, 1+4 dilution, 7 minutes @ 70f.
: Much better results than HC-110.
: (Interestingly, a local street photographer does his 35mm Fuji Acros
: in T-Max developer with similarly excellent results.)

One of these days I'm going to have to give Bergger film a try. I've
heard a lot of good things about it.

I would suggest that you try diluting the Tmax developer at 1+9 instead
of 1+4 and use it at 75 degrees.
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When you say the T max developer produced better results,
what do you mean? Explaining your findings would help those
who may not have experience with comparing the two results.

This is a great suggestion as it will provide more comprehensive info for all
of us.

Thanks Greg

steve simmons

Frank Pittel wrote:

One of these days I'm going to have to give Bergger film a try. I've
heard a lot of good things about it.


It's a nice film, but it's very grainy, which can be good or bad
depending on one's goal. It has larger grain than HP5+ or Tri-X sheet
film. The Bergger film is really an EI 100 film in Xtol 1:2. Grain
starts to be apparent with N developed negatives with 5x enlargement. Of
course, that's just my experience.

-Peter De Smidt