Foma 400 / Contax IIIa / Sonnar 50/2

[Nesster]

So I finally got around to buying more Foma 400 -- my first experience was with expired film, which turned out to be very temperamental. And I got my Contax fixed. The two together produced these images, developed in HC-110 and scanned with an Epson 4490.

BTW, you can use those floppy plastic push-on M42 rear caps as front cap on the Sonnar / Jupiter-8.


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morning commute by Nesster, on Flickr

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propeller by Nesster, on Flickr

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tree school by Nesster, on Flickr

[Orio]

I'm glad that your Contax is restored, Jussi. Good work with the Foma 400. How do you judge it compared to Tri-X?

[Nesster]

Thanks, Orio, I'm happy. I like fresh Foma 400 a whole lot better than the expired one ; I like the tone of Tri-X but the damn stuff curls like crazy. Tri-X grain is less apparent as well. Foma 400 gives a nice old fashioned tone and grain, and makes skies a bit darker.

Holga film is Foma, btw. I'll post some from the Super Ikonta soon.

[Attila]

I like last one best, I did never try ISO 400 B&W film yet. Contax is great stuff isn't it ?

[Nesster]

[Attila]

Contax/Kiev was love at first look to me I did bought and try many of them and told to myself okay I will sell them after test ,all with me I am crazy.