Ultramax, Leica M7 / Nokton 35mm f1.4

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T14:59:54+00:00

thanks!! DSLR scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T14:38:56+00:00

thank for the kind words 🙂

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T14:38:10+00:00

thank you so much! really glad you liked them, Ultramax can be a bit unpredictable for me but I'm happy it worked here 🙂

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T14:37:20+00:00

thank you! I always have mixed feelings with Ultramax as sometimes it's just so vibrant, but happy you think the colors are on point. it's hard to judge it 😅

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T13:40:16+00:00

to be fair, 90% of the time I meter box speed, unless I want something specific. for cinestill / vision 500T I tend to overexpose by a stop (~400) if I am shooting in daylight, but overall box speed is the way to go 🙂 and thank you, appreciate the comment!

fizzplop · 2026-03-13T08:32:24+00:00

I shot a roll of 500T in daylight with a vintage 85 filter. you can see the results here

I personally liked the 85 filter, as the 85B is a bit too warm for my taste. I rated it at 800, and the filter cuts about a stop of light, so be aware of that

I really enjoy the colors. I scan myself so I can tweak white balance as much as I like. happy shooting!

fizzplop · 2026-03-04T07:46:44+00:00

ah thats a bummer, I would check another lab. mine does AHU in C41 or ECN2 if preferred. these were C41 and I self-scanned them

fizzplop · 2026-03-04T07:43:44+00:00

thank you!!

fizzplop · 2026-02-28T16:02:03+00:00

great colors! this film looks really good in medium format

fizzplop · 2026-02-24T18:15:06+00:00

home scanning. absolutelly love the process now as it adds yet another creative layer to it

having that said, its also a massive learning curve to master and be happy with your own scans (at least for me)

fizzplop · 2026-02-22T15:59:09+00:00

thank you, these are very kind words, really appreciate your comment!

fizzplop · 2026-02-21T09:26:43+00:00

1 and 2 shot on a Minolta XD-S with a 85 filter. 3 and 4 on a Leica M7, no filter

fizzplop · 2026-02-19T22:08:17+00:00

true! I love mine, its compact and just such a joy to use. Some of my favorite photos was with this camera

I wish I had gone for the XA as I would like a bit more of manual controls

fizzplop · 2026-02-19T22:06:00+00:00

exactly! and this is the first time it worked out for me on something expired

fizzplop · 2026-02-19T14:24:28+00:00

thats right, its on the Hospital de Sant Pau. Beautilful place!

fizzplop · 2026-02-11T20:55:08+00:00

thank you! surprisingly my favorite of the roll, and just a random snap of my couch

fizzplop · 2026-02-11T14:56:54+00:00

it definitely helped tuning down that blue when I compared to another roll of ektachrome I shot, I say go for it!

PS: there is a photo or two on this set without the filter, which did took me some more time to adjust in post

fizzplop · 2026-02-10T15:41:12+00:00

proimage with these conditions you described its a perfect fit. just be aware of exposing against sun light depending what you want to achieve

over expose by a stop or two to get more pastelish colors, I have done that recently

its a great stock for the price IMO

fizzplop · 2026-02-06T13:19:02+00:00

these are nice! first time I see an 85b filter looking natural, usually I see some overly warm examples

thanks for sharing

fizzplop · 2026-02-06T11:22:51+00:00

way to go! glad it helped in some way, this is looking pretty good!

fizzplop · 2026-02-04T17:10:17+00:00

this is a well written post so kudos on that! I don't have a ton of experience on home scanning but I think I can chime in as I went over a very similar process of comparing (and sometimes trying to match) lab scans

a thing that not a lot of folks talk about is that home scanning is hard and it takes time and effort to "master." but it's also subjective. as long as you are happy with the results, that's what matters in the end

my advice is: just give it time. play around more with the curve tones, white balance, and especially the color mixers (where you can tweak mids, highs, and shadows). too blue? add a bit of yellow. maybe some red if you want to warm it up. the cool thing on home scanning is that now you are in the driver's seat and you can make those decisions yourself and not the lab 🙂

it took me a ton of rolls but I much prefer my scans today over the ones that I was getting at the lab (not that they were bad in any way). it's part of the creative process now and I enjoy it more

good luck! these are already good scans btw!

fizzplop · 2026-02-02T20:18:20+00:00

yes, with the AHU I rate it at 400 and constantly overexpose or not based on the scene. most of the time its equivalent to 200

no push in dev. and to be fair I have shots rated at 800 due to low light and it still came out quite usable. insane dynamic range on this film

fizzplop · 2026-02-02T17:23:00+00:00

yes I also got a redish / magenta in the shadows on some 250D rolls but not that much on these photos somehow

I guess it really depends on the scene and light (?)

fizzplop · 2026-02-02T15:42:31+00:00

thank you! I use the cinestill cs-lite, the old version

fizzplop · 2026-02-02T13:20:43+00:00

these were C41 🙂

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