I’ve been testing a new film recently, Rollei Pan 25 (120mm) processed in Diafine (3+3) and the initial results are quite amazing! The film does have a bit of a nasty curl to it when dry but nothing a glass carrier or oil mounting for scanning won’t fix… Here is a sample image I made using this film (shot on a 1960 Rollei TLR “F” at f/11 at 1/8th, exposed at BOX speed 25!) as well as two detail crops…just click on the thumbs to get an enlargement.
Note: Z= Zone. Also, the usable dynamic of this film is huge…I have great shadow detail down into Zone II (easily) and the highlights are very clean with nothing blocking up and the grain is almost impossible to find!
The final full size image is 20.7″ x 20.7″ at 360dpi (optical scan resolution 3200, 16Bit). It is important to note that NO SHARPENING was applied in scanning or in post processing and NO NOISE REDUCTION has been applied either…the file is au naturale! I will continue to refine this film/ process over the next few days followed by testing of Efke 25 and then a final comparison between Rollei Pan25, Efke 25 and Kodak Technical Pan Film (I have quite a bit of frozen Tech Pan). All images and tests will be shot on 120mm film. Stay tuned!!
Viva la Revolution!!
Any results yet?
Hans- I have done some additional testing I just need to now put it into a audio form…I will try to get it done asap.
Viva la Revolution-
Stephen
Stephen, I’d like to see you throw Rollei ATP into the mix as well. It has it’s own special developer, but has been successfully developed in Diafine, dilute Rodinal, Formulary TD-3, and HC-110.
Let me see if I have any… if not I will try to order some this week…
Greetings, have you gotten around to testing Efke with Diafine?
I started and the results were ok but nothing really amazing. I will try to wrap up my info and post something soon. Thanks for keeping on me.