One of many issues that I like about movie pictures is how the choices you make have an effect on the ultimate picture — selection of digicam, lens, movie inventory, and developer in addition to the way you resolve to use these components give us artistic management over the ultimate end result.
The identical logic applies to digital pictures after all, though in that case, your artistic selections are sometimes taken after the shoot and contain fannying about with sliders in Lightroom or PhotoShop — anyway, sufficient of such blasphemy! 😉 What I actually needed to share was my expertise utilizing a developer which is new (to me) and one I feel you must check out for those who haven’t already.
It’s referred to as 510 Pyro, however I name it ‘Magic Juice’! I first encountered it by way of the UK Movie and Darkroom Pictures Fb group which is run by James Lane — who additionally occurs to run Zone Imaging which makes 510 Pyro. I noticed a great deal of individuals sharing these wealthy, contrasty, and clean BW photographs within the group, and all usually banging on about Pyro to the extent that I needed to attempt it for myself. Suffice it to say that I’m a convert!
I’ve tried the developer out on a spread of movie shares from 35mm to 4×5 codecs and have printed within the Darkroom with a few of the ensuing negatives too – I completely adore it! Having this developer in my repertoire permits me to develop these artistic decisions I discussed earlier than – if I wish to go for tremendous sharp and just about grain-free photographs then 510 Pyro is my go-to.
It comes as a gloopy focus which is blended 1:100 to make your working resolution — there’s a rising listing of movies accessible on the Zone Imaging Data Sheet for 510 Pyro and for those who get caught James is forthcoming with suggesting timings primarily based on his in depth expertise with the developer too.
For processing you utilize water as a cease tub and apparently, you’re supposed to make use of an alkaline fixer however I’ve been utilizing Adox Adofix with none points so your mileage might differ.
I needed to share a spread of photographs in several conditions and movie codecs in addition to beneath studio lighting and making darkroom prints so that you simply get a really feel for what is feasible with this developer.
A portrait shoot utilizing my Velocity Graphic and Kodak Aero Ektar lens – this was my first go along with this digicam arrange in addition to my first attempte with Pyro, I like how clean and dreamy the picture is rendered which is after all a part of the signature model of the Kodak AE lens however enhanced by the distinction and smoothness that the developer has dropped at the get together.
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I took my Pentax 67 for a stroll across the village the place I stay and took a couple of ‘nothing’ pictures of no matter caught my consideration, it’s advisable to price Fomapan 100 at 80 within the information sheet, I forgot this and shot it at 100 so I compensated the event time and left in a little bit longer.
I needed to point out you a print I comprised of a adverse developed in 510 Pyro. I shot this photograph of a buddy’s classic violin with my Pentax 67 on Fomapan 100 Classic which I rated as 400 because it was indoors and anybody who is aware of Fomapan will know that it’s not the most effective at hanging on to shadow particulars. I nonetheless have a little bit work to do on the ultimate print so it is a little bit of a piece in progress however I’m LOVING the outcomes to this point.
Within the curiosity of completeness, I needed to share some 35mm pictures too – these are from one other portrait shoot with my buddy Danni, this time beneath studio strobes and simply in case you thought all I shoot with is Fomapan these had been tackle ORWO N74 which I rated at 400.
Having management of the sunshine with the studio strobes means that you can have an effect on the ultimate end result – from brightly lit, clear photographs by way of to extra crunchy, grainy photographs when the lighting is turned down a little bit. I feel the grainy pictures are my faves from this shoot and simply go to point out that maybe 510 isn’t a one trick pony — sure, it could possibly do clean and virtually grain-free photographs, particularly in good mild and bigger codecs however clearly, it’s obtained one thing for individuals who love movie grain (which I do)!
If in case you have the chance, I extremely suggest giving 510 Pyro a whirl!
Thanks for studying! I write a weblog all about movie pictures – capturing, growing and printing. It’s referred to as Adventures on Film.
~ Chris
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