Tatra Mountains (Poland) - Pentax ME Super - Ilford XP2 400

PhantomLord · Joined: 08 Apr 2013 Posts: 476 Location: Szczecin, Poland

Hi,

Along two colour negatives I brought one roll of this Ilford XP2 400 BW C-41 processable negative to my vacation in Tatra Mountains.
It was my first attempt to use this film and I've tried various approaches in the exposure, even so ridiculous as exposing as ISO50 film. I was stunned how well it performed.
In short:
ISO 50 - very high contrast, faded highlights
ISO 100 - very high contrast, highlights are just before being blown
ISO 200 - good contrast, probably the best speed for my taste
ISO 400 - box speed, lacks of contrast and little bit faded blacks
ISO 800 - even weaker contrast, very faded blacks, but still usable for creative purposes

Photos were taken with lenses: Vivitar 28mm/2.8 Close Focus (Komine), Pentax-M 50mm/1.7 and Kiron 70-150mm/4
Camera: Pentax ME Super

All photos were taken in Tatra Mountains and apart from the two last ones, all were taken on the short walk: Polanica Białczańska -> Rusinowa Polana -> Gęsia Szyja -> R�wień Waksmundzka -> Toporowa Cyhrla (nice, first day - warm-up track)

#1 Kiron 70-150 - ISO400

#2 Kiron 70-150 - ISO400

#3 Pentax-M 50 - ISO200

#4 Kiron 70-150 - ISO200

#5 Vivitar 28 - ISO200

#6 Vivitar 28 - ISO200

#7 Vivitar 28 - ISO100

#8 Vivitar 28 - close to MFD - ISO200

#9 Vivitar 28 - ISO100

#10 Vivitar 28 - ISO200

#11 Pentax-M 50 - ISO200

#12 Zakopane Train Station - Vivitar 28 - ISO200

Mateusz