I didn't care for the results at all. I used distilled water. Followed directions (almost idiot proof). What I got was contrasty, and mostly underexposed although I was doing careful readings with a pocket meter. And I would probably have rated it at ASA 800. Just hellishly contrasty - though it could be salvaged to some extent in PS.
Next out: Push Tri-x with the Ilfotec DD-X. That's got to be way better than what I got from Diafine. Now - on the other hand - I know people love this Diafine w/ Tri-x and with HP5 etc.
They rate Diafine with HP5+ @ 800. Probably in the same ballpark as Tri-x pushed to 800.
Fortunately, nothing was ruined from last night - but the look is too muddy in the shadows - of which there are lots, though I have to say the highlights on some of the shots look great.
3 comments:
It's a shame the Diafine didn't work out
for you. Perhaps the new Tri-x doesn't
work as well with it as the old??
As far as shooting at night goes, i've
never had luck with using lightmeters. I
have much better results using my own
estimates and keep it simple. I have
enjoyed shooting a few rolls of film
myself recently but for night stuff i
wouldn't be able to do as well as my 20D.
Yeah. Don't know what the problem was. Definitely not metering. All the recent night stuff was done with the meter with Tri-X and DD-x and exposures were fine. It's a mystery that I'm going to let remain a mystery.
Something went wrong. But who knows what. It doesn't matter. Tonight I did a roll of Delta 3200 @ 1600 in DD-X. This is the best so far at that speed. Will post something later.
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