Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] B & W again......
From: Michael Leitheiser <flyh2o@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:13:49 -0700

If you are going to be doing your own printing I would give XP2Super a
try...I like it better than the old XP2 or the T400.  T400 will print in a
mini lab better than the XP2, but if you roll your own, I think the
XP2Super has better gradation and edge sharpness.(purely subjective
evaluation)

At 09:14 AM 10/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>For a neophyte like me to get started in B&W, should I begin with
>some of the new C-41 print films like T400CN and just take them to
>my local print lab, or should I buy some TMAX and take them to 
>B&W specialty labs?  I don't think I want to buy a book and some
>chemicals and start a mini darkroom yet....
>
>Francesco
>
>
Mike Leitheiser

"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
                                   Tom McGuane