5 Responses to “New Kings (04700010)”

1. chris weeks Says:
   May 9th, 2008

   the framing and, of course, kate, make this a superb photo, mate.

2. Graham Says:
   May 9th, 2008

   Hi Matt, A lovely set of portraits of Kate. Are these taken on the Adox film? Best wishes, Graham PS Looking forward to seeing THAT hat again this summer!

3. matt Says:
   May 10th, 2008

   Chris, thanks, just another picture from a Sunday morning hanging out.

   Graham, this and the three previous pictures were all taken on Adox CHS 100 Art. It’s an interesting film. The marketing copy about different tonality is not entirely BS. I’ll know more when I’ve scanned the next few rolls, but these initial results seem promising.

4. Tom DeCuir Says:
   May 11th, 2008

   Okay. Now I get it.

   Hey Matt, I posted a comment a few days ago thanking you for the info in your blog (esp. the Diafine info) and inquired about that day’s portrait—specifically if the black saturation was to your liking. At the time I wasn’t sure if my monitor’s gamma wasn’t set just right or what (I’ve a Mac—are you on a PC? How do you calibrate your shots for Web?), but looking at the next few photos shot on that Adox I think I see what it’s giving you; to my eye it looks like a crazy expansion of midtones. It’s really subtle and beautiful. Looks like medium format. Thanks again, I’m learning a lot.

   Oh, and nice shot. Cheers!

5. matt Says:
   May 12th, 2008

   Tom,

   I use a PC at home, but I use a Mac at work. The difference in gamma seems less important than individual differences in monitors; things look different on a Mac, but not in a bad way.

   Adox is turning out to be an interesting film. On another site, a viewer said that results looked like smoke; that’s not far off. I’m not sure that expansion of midtones is the best way to describe it, but it can look that way. I think what’s really going on is a different spectral sensitivity than we are used to. I haven’t quite mapped it out yet.

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