Comparing Nikon Zf Deep Tone Monochrome and Kodak Tri X black and white film. Surprising results.

I'm walking around the Croatian waterfront town of Zadar. Spectalur Roman and Venetian heritage. I am comparing my Nikon Zf Deep tone Monochrome with Kodak Tri X to see if there are any similarities. A bit surprising results to be honest.

[@victorlim5077]

I like the output of the Deep Monochrome profile. Very nice. More dynamic.

[@roberthennings]

Me too, its a fantastic profile

[@RikMaxSpeed]

The Nikon Deep Tone Monochrome seems to really pull down the blues (dark skies), whilst the Kodak paper seems to pull down the reds (better for portraits). Either of these effects is very easy to reproduce in LightRoom. The truth is that there is no single way of translating colour to black & white.

[@rucksack_raven]

Love the filmy look of the TriX more than the Deeptone Monochrome. Thanks for your fantastic comparison 😊

[@roberthennings]

Thanks. There is something special about Tri X😊

[@Slave-Of-Christ]

Film was way, way better. Nice comparison. Tonality was way better, and real film grain adds a lot to the look and feel. It's good to be reminded how real film, especially Tri-X, looks (although how it is developed makes a big difference).

[@daneiljsullivan]

Stunning images! Have you develop film there also?

[@roberthennings]

I developed at home, with Rodinal and scanned using the GFX.

[@BElAH_music]

Well done!

[@roberthennings]

Thanks, appreciate it

[@timgimbert3073]

I wonder if using Nikon D Lighting would lift the shadows and make it closer to the TriX straight out of camera.

[@roberthennings]

Tri X is actually is almost identical to Nikons normal monochrome. Deep tone seems to emulate a red filter, darkening all the blues. I might shoot a roll with a red filter to check it out.

[@richardpetrovic8941]

For me Zadar is more nice in colour, warm light and old buildings = summer. Going there for holidays.
I'm using monochrome only for portraits I thing that is more about clean personality than in colour.

[@roberthennings]

Agreed, it looks very nice when the sun gets low.😄

[@recreationalplutonium]

deep mono looks like normal mono with highlight weighted metering turned on

[@roberthennings]

It darkens the blues, quite a lot. And darker over all.

[@bagua56]

What 28mm were you using on the Zf? Lovely images from both cameras. Found myself preferring the Nikon in most of the shots. Both for tonality and format.

[@roberthennings]

I used the Nikon Z 28mm. The plastic lens that also comes in a 40mm version.

[@stayuntilforever]

Härlig video. Sugen på en ZF men än så länge nöjd med mina Fujifilm i Acros inställningen. @ocoloycollective
/ Johan O E

[@roberthennings]

Fujifilm är riktigt bra. Enda anledningen att byta är om du behöver bra IBIS, fokus tracking som funkar och en riktigt bra upplevelse med manuella objektiv.