Got my black & white film back from the drugstore, and I “scanned” some of them using my E-M10 with the 50mm macro lens and a slide duplicator. So here are some of that roll:
The obligatory “selfie” in a mirror, film, Frankfurt 2016
Zuleikha, film, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016
Zuleikha, film, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016
And for those of you who maybe want to emulate the tones of this film, here’s help:
X-Rite ColorChecker on Agfa APX 100 b&w film
With all its imperfections and hassle during “post processing”, I still think we would lose something should film production ever be stopped. Until then, this is available for 3.45€ at your local DM drugstore. Less than half of what you would pay for Tri-X or Acros or any other brand, except of course if you buy these in big amounts.
Recommended, just like Agfa Precisa CT 100 colour slide film (which costs about 12€ for two rolls). They also have Kodak Gold 200 (8€ for 3 films), and I only mention them here because they’re just around your corner.
Thanks for viewing.
P.S.: just for comparison, here’s a digital b&w almost like out of camera:
Zuleikha, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016
I’ve put this here after reading an article of Anthony Shaughnessy’s about b&w conversion. It’s no film look of course – you can see that above – but nevertheless it’s a quite nice conversion IMHO. For Lightroom users, there’s always the now free Nik collection of course…
Thanks again for reading.
Have you tried the bw conversione with Gimp + Gmic ? It has more control about the film simulation.
Yes I did Bernardo – and it is indeed film-like. Here for instance:
But it never comes close to using real film of course.
Of course , thanks for sharing!