Winter Portraits - RPX100

Some Winter Portraits of Raffaella... wonderful atmosphere at dusk with the snow. Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5f Planar Film: Rollei RPX100 developed in classic Rodinal 1+50 How would our trusty classic equipment work out? Judge yourself.

Maratona Fotografica Bergamo 2016

Rainy day, typical rain light. I had choosen the trusty RPX100 which seems to prove more and more as a trustworthy film, not really an APX100, but better than FP4+, some sort of cross-breed.

I developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 13 minutes.
Very fine negatives, shadows and highlights are well balanced.
 Camera: Nikon F90s and various Nikkors.

Nikkor 105/2 focus control:

28mmPC. The shift allowed a unique balanceof the fountain (del Contarini) and the Palazzo della Ragione.

28mm PC, quickly shot "as street" while I was doing the architecture above:

Rollei Supergrain - Venice 2016

I experimented with the Rollei SuperGrain developer with the rolls shot in Venice, 2016.
Shots are from a Mamiya 645 and the weather was rainy, the light wasn't optimal. Bad conditions for good black & white!

First, Rollei RPX 100 in Supergrain 1+12, 22°C for 6'30" (right time, high temperature).
I find the results smooth with an incredible depth of greys.
I would definitely recommend this Film/Developer combination.

Ilford HP5 in SuperGrain 1+12, 20°C for 6'30" (suggested time)
The results are a bit harsher than the RPX100, however still good.

Iron Bridge, RPX100

Historic Bridge between Cremona and Castelvetro.

Camera: Pre-War Rangefinder Voigtländer Bessa, Heliar 3,5
Film: Rollei RPX100
Development: in Studional (also known as Rodinal Special, R09 Special) in 1+31. 7 minutes, 20°C. The results look quite good, just perhaps thin, but still rich in shadow and light details.

I love this Heliar lens, I think it has a wonderful smooth rendering, while remaining sharp.
The RPX100 looks like an old-school but quite interesting film.

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Rollei RPX100, first medium format experience

The Rollei RPX100 was presented as a Agfapan APX 100 successor. Is it really? I don't know. It is a traditional film and it is coated ona classic base instead of polyester like many modern Avio-derived Rollei/Agfa offers.
I already used the film with success in 35mm, yielding results which are similar to the mythical AgfaPan, but which also reminds me a bit of the Ilford FP4+.
I found it to have very nice tones and exceptional shadow detail and richness. The grain is present, not disturbing, but not exceptionally fine grained. A bit less than FP4, but still visible, not on par with Tmax or Acros, however pleasant. This is why I thought that in medium format the film must give its best.

This is my first experiment in Medium Format. The 120 Rollfilm appears to use the same base as the 35mm film, so it is a bit thicker and darker than one is accustomed. However, the final results are very good. I am still working with developers, testing between Rodinal and Studional (and its modern alilkes with different names).
Here ad development with standard Rodinal. 58x72mm coming out from the Linhof are a beauty of tones, richness in detail (thanks to the exceptional Tessar lens too). Definitely a combination I will use again

H&D F-Head, Linhof, Tessar 105/3.5 RPX100