ggibson
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I finally got around to testing the Malefic with my Nikkor 90/8 with a roll of Tri-X 400. A couple tripod shots, a few handheld which was fun. I actually accidentally multi-exposed my second shot because I thought I had advanced it to shot 9, but it was still on shot 6 (upside down). Oh well!
I shot at f16 and f22 and I don't think a center filter would have made much difference, at least for black and white shots.
Unfortunately, I did have some issues with film flatness. The left side of the image (right side of the camera) had some bowing in all of the shots in the same way, so the image is streaked and out of focus for about 35mm of width. The right side, about a 6x13 crop, looks nice and sharp.
I may have to burn a roll of 120 to see what was going on with rolling the film through and why there was an issue with flatness. Perhaps it can be helped by using the left knob to ensure things are taught when the frame is being advanced into place. Or maybe it was just an issue with this particular roll? If anyone has thoughts or suggestions let me know.
I shot at f16 and f22 and I don't think a center filter would have made much difference, at least for black and white shots.
Unfortunately, I did have some issues with film flatness. The left side of the image (right side of the camera) had some bowing in all of the shots in the same way, so the image is streaked and out of focus for about 35mm of width. The right side, about a 6x13 crop, looks nice and sharp.
I may have to burn a roll of 120 to see what was going on with rolling the film through and why there was an issue with flatness. Perhaps it can be helped by using the left knob to ensure things are taught when the frame is being advanced into place. Or maybe it was just an issue with this particular roll? If anyone has thoughts or suggestions let me know.