Kodak vision BW XX Pyro 510

[Wes Hall]

First time trying this film stock and continuing to appreciate having both film and digital with the same lens mount.

Impressed by the fine details and rugged yet pleasing grain.

Shot at box speed and developed with standard 10 sec agitation per min in tank for 7m30s.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Great result! So grainy and yet so sharp... Something you can't have in digital, I think. How peculiar.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

That does seem to be pretty grainy.

Something you can't have in digital, I think.

Gianluca,
Here is a digital shot I took yesterday (in color) which I knocked to b&w. This morning I ran it through Nik SilverFX to see what I could get for grain. I think it is pretty grainy and sharp.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

That does seem to be pretty grainy.

Gianluca,
Here is a digital shot I took yesterday (in color) which I knocked to b&w. This morning I ran it through Nik SilverFX to see what I could get for grain. I think it is pretty grainy and sharp.
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I don't know, @Gary R. Smith, maybe you are right. But there's something really unique about those film shots.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

But there's something really unique about those film shots.

I certainly agree with that. I'm expecting 48 film negative scans back later today.

 

[Wes Hall]

That does seem to be pretty grainy.

Gianluca,
Here is a digital shot I took yesterday (in color) which I knocked to b&w. This morning I ran it through Nik SilverFX to see what I could get for grain. I think it is pretty grainy and sharp.
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Like a magazine shot Gary, great to see the F2 resplendent in monochrome.

It’s got grain alright with the sharp, I do feel the digital grain isn’t quite the same as film- it seems to be less textural.

I’ll say that for pyro, it definitely doesn’t hide the grain- not sure if my home scan using a rough and ready DSLR rig has an effect here.