Rollei Blackbird Film

Posted on December 13, 2012 by filmcamera999

This is a mini test of Rollei Blackbird film following a short post on this film back in October which seemed to get some interest.

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Rollei Blackbird is a really unusual film and produces unique results. However if it’s underexposed it will be a disaster – there will be no shadow detail at all, so it’s always best to expose for the shadows and let the highlights sort themselves out. What makes it special is it’s treatment of shadows – if correctly exposed and developed it cuts to a deep black at just the right point in the midtones giving a dark, moody image.

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A side effect of exposing for the shadows is that the highlights often wash out. Not that good if it’s sky, but for other subjects the results can be interesting.

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It’s a very fine grained, sharp film and can be rated at 25 or 100 ISO…

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