Developed my first 120 film

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I shot this film ages ago and finally got around to developing it. It was shot on TMAx 400 with a Bronica ETRSi and for exposures I estimated using the Sunny 16 rule. I have the electronic view finder but I like the feel of shooting from the waist.

The results were ok other than comp and exposure but once I get a light meter I'm confident of conquering this camera. The whole process has been pretty enjoyable.

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More at http://www.newvibes.com/blog/developed-my-first-120-film/

The images are largely as they are from the developing tank except for some cropping and exposure changes for the overly blown images. I think with some sharpening and noise reduction I could get the quality even better. I'm pretty happy with the quality of the Tmax-400, its amazing how minuscule the grain is on a normal exposure.
 
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Glad to hear you are enjoying it, and that image looks just fine :thumbs: T-Max really is a wonderful film, when you print it and look at the grain through a magnifier it is barely there!
 
I've got two other rolls to develop. I'll do one tonight. Those were taken in more challenging light, mountain sunsets and indoor portraits. It'll be interesting to see how those come out. I've really fallen in love with the format.
 
Hi Mel. The plan is to shoot portrait and architecture with this. I don't have strobes that I think work on this cameras hot shoe so will mostly be using natural light and reflectors. Its a learning experience. Have you found anything on eBay?
 
I'll give it a shot. I've got a long off camera cable too so will give that a try.
 
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