Flood 3rd October - Val Brembana SuperPan 200 & E100

 On the 3rd October a consistent flood of the Brembo river, caused by the heavy rains of the whole week and especially the night before, came through the Brembana valley. The peak was in the morning, in the afternoon the sky cleared enough that I took a trip with the motorbike and see if I could capture the immense mass of brown water which ruined many structures near the river.

First I went to iconic San Pellegrino, where the valley is larger and the river banks are walled and and so the water was flowing regular although in a full river bed. Further north, in San Giovanni Bianco, instead, the valley narrows and the power of the flood was more evident.

Black and White images were taken with an Zeiss Ikoflex, Tessar 75/3.5 on Rollei SuperPan 200 developed in Rollei SuperGrain 1+15 for 10' at 21°C and the negatives are pleasant. Shot under harsh light or later in open shade, the film captured all details in a pleasant way.

Color images are Kodak Ektachrome E100 Slides, taken with a Canon E-F. 

 

The Brembo in San Pellegrino:

 

Canon EF - Canon 20/2.8

Canon EF - Canon 20/2.8

Canon EF - Canon 20/2.8

Zeiss Ikoflex - Tessar 75/3.5

 

The river at the old bridge of San Giovanni Bianco, the stones were trembling and shaking at the sheer power of water, but resisted at the end. 

Zeiss Ikoflex - Tessar 75/3.5

Fomapan 100 in SuperGrain: a film for everything?

Fomapan 100 in SuperGrain 1+12 for 6'30"
Minolta SRT 303 with Rokkor Glass.

Balanced output with exceptional highlight details and shadow detail.

Very good highlight rendition and overall tonal range in this image of rocks and ice:

But then I did even some aerial shooting from a Plane, with good light but standard haze, views of Padova are still amazing.

Rollei Retro 400S Rodinal Special : Portraits and Street

Some shots and impression of Rollei Retro 400S shot with my EOS 620

Developed in RO 09 Spezial (aka Rodinal Special or Studional) 1+31 for 15 minutes, standard 20°C.

Some Portraits in open shade of Raffaella.

Or a portrait in the evening, dusk.

Overall the skin tone rendition is extremely smooth and pleasant, the tonnes are differentiated. Highlights keep wonderful. Shadow are closed, as usual for this line of film, but not blocked.

Some street shots and Architecture shots.

In the shade of a cloister:

Chiostro di Santa Marta - Canon EF 28/1.8

But also in the evening sun, the contrast is managed acceptably, with a strong result.

Borgo Palazzo

In this evening sun shot, the quality is high, architecture details are differentiated.

Here a detail from  36MP scan. I think quite impressive for a 400 ASA film: there is moderate, sharp grain with amazing detail! So much finer than e.g. HP5, Foma 400 or such.

Sum up: impressive film, if you can live with the difficult shadows and precise exposition needed. NO overdeveloping, or highlights will get dense. Nothing really hard like Retro 80, it is more like a faster version of the SuperPan 200.