Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4
Film stock: Eastman 5222/Double X
Exposed at: 320
Developer: D76(1+1) for 12 minutes at 20C
Notes: Got feedback that tones look muddy - maybe should increase the dev time back. Also to reduce agitation to reduce grain size
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm f1.4
Film stock: Fomapan 400
Exposed at: 320
Developer: D76 (1+1) for 14 minutes 20 seconds at 20C
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4
Film stock: Eastman 5222/Double X
Exposed at: EI 320
Developer: D76 (1+1) for 12.5 minutes at 20C
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4
Film stock: Fomapan 400
Shot at 320 and Pushed to: 500
Developer: D-76 (1+1) for 14 minutes 20 seconds at 20°C
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4
Film stock: Kentmere 400
Pushed to: 800
Developer: D-76 (stock) for 12 minutes 30 seconds at 20°C
Camera: Pentax K1000
Lens: Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4 & Pentax SMC FA 1:4-5.6 35-80mm
Film stock: Eastman 5222 aka Double X
Developer: D-96 (stock) for 5 minutes 50 seconds at 20°C
I shot and developed my first roll of Eastman 5222, also known as Double X.
Eastman 5222 was a film stock originally designed to be used with cine cameras. The affective "feel" of films such as Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull", and Robert Eggers's "The Lighthouse" can in part be attributed to the use of this film.
This is respooled and sold as Tollygrunge by congelatamomento.com, a tribute to the OG film industry of India, based originally in Tollygunge, Kolkata.
Double X has a native speed of 200/250, I pushed it to 1600.
Kodak recommends D-96 as a developer. I home brewed D96 following the recipe from the Kodak data sheet.
I Developed it in D-96 for 25 minutes at 20C and fixed it with F24.
Digitized with DSLR + makeshift setup.
I like the feel of this film, but I think I'll need more discipline with this film on how I meter it. Lot of these images are "fried"
I use an Android app light meter, so that does add to my problem, especially when I'm on the streets. I have another roll I'm shooting right now, at box speed - let's see how it comes out.
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC FA 1:4-5.6 35-80mm
Film stock: Eastman 5222 aka Double X
Developer: D-96 (stock) for 25 minutes (+3 Push - i.e., Shot as ISO 1600) at 20°C
I pushed Kentmere 400 to 1600. I also took indoor photos for the first time - but I messed up in a lot of places where I forgot the lightmeter app gives an average reading, so most of the faces are too dark and also there are a lot of blacks (wonder if it is from pushing or from bad metering).
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC FA 1:4-5.6 35-80mm
Film stock: Kentmere 400
Developer: D76 (stock) for 20 minutes (+2 Push - i.e., Shot as ISO 1600) at 20°C
I experimented with pushing film for the first time. This made shooting in low/difficult light conditions a bit easier. I have seen experiments where people pushed Kentmere400 to 1600, but I think this will be the most I'll push this film.
Most of my images are in the 1/15-1/60 shutter speed range, resulting in a blurry or non-sharp look that I don't like in most cases, but it works for certain images here (I think).
When developing, I skipped the wetting agent and just gave it a distilled water bath in the end, but I still ended up with some water droplet marks. So, I gave it another wash with Ilfotol.
Camera: Pentax P30T
Lens: Pentax SMC FA 1:4-5.6 35-80mm
Film stock: Kentmere 400
Developer: D76 (1+1) for 17 minutes (+1 Push - i.e., Shot as ISO 800) at 20°C
