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Frame 13
Pentacon Six TL w/ Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 120mm f/2.8 and Kodak TMax100 (Kodak Xtol 1:1, Ilford rapid fixer). f/6.7, 1/500s. Epson V600 and EpsonScan @ 4800 dpi, downsized to 2400 dpi. Retouched and cropped.
Ever since I've gotten back from Hamburg I've been a bit paranoid about the P6's lightmeter. Except for when you got a white background and a dark skinned model in front, the lightmeter is usually quite accurate with the fresh battery.
However, I've noticed that my F3 tends to overexpose a stop or two whenever I'm in doubt.
In this particular case I thought that I had underexposed two stops due to the overexposed readings I got in the shade with the F3. So I decided to push the film to EI 400 (a bit extra is usually never a problem with an underexposed negative). But I read from the wrong line in my notes, so it was the times for Xtol stock. Luckily it was only about one stop push for 1:1. The negatives turned out just on point. A bit more contrasty than you expect TMax negatives to be, but that's probably due to the push.
In hindsight, f/6.7, 1/500s isn't that far off from Sunny 16 (ie f/16, 1/100s for ISO 100), which would be f/8, 1/400s or f/7.1, 1/500s. Just 1/6 of a stop difference.
I really like this series. Strong-minded nudes of an athlete in harsh light. It could be a propagandistic photos for Freikörperkultur. It was also the first time working with this particular model, who usually just do wedding fairs.
The location however, it was a bit ironic. Because when I scouted it a couple of days in advance it was almost completely empty except for some customs officers (it's near the Öresund Bridge), but when we did the shoot on a Saturday, it was quite a bit more people. So we couldn't use all the locations that I had in mind.
Model: Jenny
Frame 13
Pentacon Six TL w/ Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 120mm f/2.8 and Kodak TMax100 (Kodak Xtol 1:1, Ilford rapid fixer). f/6.7, 1/500s. Epson V600 and EpsonScan @ 4800 dpi, downsized to 2400 dpi. Retouched and cropped.
Ever since I've gotten back from Hamburg I've been a bit paranoid about the P6's lightmeter. Except for when you got a white background and a dark skinned model in front, the lightmeter is usually quite accurate with the fresh battery.
However, I've noticed that my F3 tends to overexpose a stop or two whenever I'm in doubt.
In this particular case I thought that I had underexposed two stops due to the overexposed readings I got in the shade with the F3. So I decided to push the film to EI 400 (a bit extra is usually never a problem with an underexposed negative). But I read from the wrong line in my notes, so it was the times for Xtol stock. Luckily it was only about one stop push for 1:1. The negatives turned out just on point. A bit more contrasty than you expect TMax negatives to be, but that's probably due to the push.
In hindsight, f/6.7, 1/500s isn't that far off from Sunny 16 (ie f/16, 1/100s for ISO 100), which would be f/8, 1/400s or f/7.1, 1/500s. Just 1/6 of a stop difference.
I really like this series. Strong-minded nudes of an athlete in harsh light. It could be a propagandistic photos for Freikörperkultur. It was also the first time working with this particular model, who usually just do wedding fairs.
The location however, it was a bit ironic. Because when I scouted it a couple of days in advance it was almost completely empty except for some customs officers (it's near the Öresund Bridge), but when we did the shoot on a Saturday, it was quite a bit more people. So we couldn't use all the locations that I had in mind.
Model: Jenny