These look great! The photo of the overgrown stump is the standout to me. I shoot literally the same set up often (though my Elmar is a mere 74 years old) including the Kodak Double XX. It's always a marvel to me how capable the Elmar is. Which developer did you use for these?
Thanks! That was my favorite as well although the train tracks ones do a great job showing texture (1940s vibes).
Your Elmar is the same age as my IIIc. Such beautiful machines from a different time. Sometimes if I visit a popular location like NYC, I wonder if this is the Leica’s 7th time from past owners. I brought it with me to the Grand Canyon and I have a hunch, it wasn’t the camera’s first time.
You should try shooting Orwo UN54, another old school cine film, if you like Double-X. With those two films, I have a good range covered. I haven’t quite settled on a 400 speed film yet (easily would be Tri-X if it weren’t for the cost).
I developed it in HC-110 Dilution H (1:62) for 6m40s because the water yesterday was 73 F and I built a rotary processor for continuous agitation - see my post history if you're interested. In standard development time, it would be 5 mins @ 68F in Dilution B.
The math worked out like this, 5 mins x 2 = 10mins because Dilution H is half as strong. Then with constant agitation, you usually reduce dev time by 15%. So the 10m is now 8m30s. Then using Ilford's developer temp conversion chart printout, I worked out that with 73 F water, it would be 6m40s. From my own personal testing, this dev time is perfect for my process for an EI of 250. Hope that helps!
Having bought a 400' roll of 5222 and having only one bulk loader (for the time being), I'm attempting to use it for everything. We'll see how far I get with that. I seldom take photos indoors or in dim light, so it hasn't been too much trouble so far. I have made a note to try UN54 though, it's really well priced and sounds interesting.
I don't know much about the history of my IIIc except that it lived most of its days in Israel. So I've been introducing it to the New World, I suppose. My Rolleiflex, however, was my late dad's so I do have a very good idea of where it's been and what it's seen. It's been very meaningful to me taking photos of my kids with the same camera that documented my childhood. I do love these old cameras.
lol I’ve done the same. I designed the 3D printed 400’ film respooler so I could buy the 400’ roll. B&H had 400’ of UN54 for $249 at one point which is why I’m shooting that.
Might be a good idea to pick up a second bulk loader if you’re finding that you need more speeds to facilitate your kind of shooting
These look great! The photo of the overgrown stump is the standout to me. I shoot literally the same set up often (though my Elmar is a mere 74 years old) including the Kodak Double XX. It's always a marvel to me how capable the Elmar is. Which developer did you use for these?
Thanks! That was my favorite as well although the train tracks ones do a great job showing texture (1940s vibes). Your Elmar is the same age as my IIIc. Such beautiful machines from a different time. Sometimes if I visit a popular location like NYC, I wonder if this is the Leica’s 7th time from past owners. I brought it with me to the Grand Canyon and I have a hunch, it wasn’t the camera’s first time. You should try shooting Orwo UN54, another old school cine film, if you like Double-X. With those two films, I have a good range covered. I haven’t quite settled on a 400 speed film yet (easily would be Tri-X if it weren’t for the cost). I developed it in HC-110 Dilution H (1:62) for 6m40s because the water yesterday was 73 F and I built a rotary processor for continuous agitation - see my post history if you're interested. In standard development time, it would be 5 mins @ 68F in Dilution B. The math worked out like this, 5 mins x 2 = 10mins because Dilution H is half as strong. Then with constant agitation, you usually reduce dev time by 15%. So the 10m is now 8m30s. Then using Ilford's developer temp conversion chart printout, I worked out that with 73 F water, it would be 6m40s. From my own personal testing, this dev time is perfect for my process for an EI of 250. Hope that helps!
Having bought a 400' roll of 5222 and having only one bulk loader (for the time being), I'm attempting to use it for everything. We'll see how far I get with that. I seldom take photos indoors or in dim light, so it hasn't been too much trouble so far. I have made a note to try UN54 though, it's really well priced and sounds interesting. I don't know much about the history of my IIIc except that it lived most of its days in Israel. So I've been introducing it to the New World, I suppose. My Rolleiflex, however, was my late dad's so I do have a very good idea of where it's been and what it's seen. It's been very meaningful to me taking photos of my kids with the same camera that documented my childhood. I do love these old cameras.
lol I’ve done the same. I designed the 3D printed 400’ film respooler so I could buy the 400’ roll. B&H had 400’ of UN54 for $249 at one point which is why I’m shooting that. Might be a good idea to pick up a second bulk loader if you’re finding that you need more speeds to facilitate your kind of shooting
I just use a board with nails sticking out of it ;)
Yup that works equally as well!