Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slow: APX25 in Rodinal 1+50 or thinner. Tonality! Super fine grain without the fuss of TechPan. If your aim is to enlarge bigtime and the subject is dead slow try this. For ultimate grain do it in Perceptol/Microdol-X. Medium: APX100 in Rodinal 1+50 or thinner. Exceptionally nice gradation, surpringly good grain. I use mostly this while on the road in the south (i.e. enought light available). FP4 in Perceptol looks nice to my eye, too. Fast: HP5+ in Perceptol 1+1. Still full speed, grain well in check, great latitude. "Street combo". Souped in Rodinal gives some grittiness to the images that is sometimes called for. I've found that my taste has changed a bit over time. Can't take D-76 anymore, quite flat somehow. Abandoned PanF+ completely once I found APX25 - one stop advantage cannot redeem it. In process of trying the new AP_X_400. Anyone tested this one out? For prints I use RC. MG IV or Agfa's Multicontrast Classic. Last time I tried Polymax it was pink! Wish I could get a pack of this Brilliant that people are raving about. How does it compare to Ilford Galerie? Oh, well better stop, this is rec.photo.darkroom-stuff now. Regards, Kari Eloranta