Have Rollei will selfie

I'll admit it, this was one of those "I've got two shots left, let's blow them on a selfie' moments. Turned out to be the only shot I wanted to keep!

 

Hands up again, the daft expression on my face was rehearsed a few times before I took the shot.

 

Delta Pro 3200 has been a bit of a weird stock for me, really hit and miss. I've had some very nice results from it in 135 format and a lot of poor results. Around me I was seeing a lot of TMax and TriX pushed to 1600 so I thought that I could find myself a niche or look by shooting with Delta 3.2K at 1600 instead. The first flaw in this plan was the price of this stock compared to TriX, it's a lot more expensive. Still though, I bought some, shot it at 1000-1600 and thought it looked very unappealing.

 

Delta 3.2K in medium format was a different kettle of fish. The extra size of the frame reduces the grain to more manageable levels as long as you don't make large prints. It's still not cheap but paired with DDX here I think the tones look very pleasant after a bit of balancing in Lightroom.

 

I might make an optical print of this frame next week and see if I can get it right in the dark room too.

 

It's another win for the Rollei/Zeiss in rendering. It's such a fantastic piece of kit.

 

Shot on a Rolleiflex 3.5F

Glass by Zeiss, 75mm planar

Film by Ilford, Delta 3200

Developer by Ilford, DDX.

Jobo CPE2 rotary dev -15%

Epson V700

Lightroom

Done