Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Have you tried Agfa 400 in Rodinal? I have heard that this is a good combination. Dan C. .At 11:27 PM 17-06-99 +0000, you wrote: [snip] >Agfa APX 25 exposed @ e.i. 16 and developed in Rodinal 1+100 for 17 mins >has no grain at all but is not as sharp as Delta 100 slightly pushed in >Xtol 1+1 for 14 minutes. And there is a three stops film speed difference. >APX 25 in Xtol is a minor catastrophe > >FP4 exposed @ 64 and developed in Perceptol 1+3 has a lot of latitude and >handles contrasty subjects and over/underexposure better than Delta 100 in >Xtol 1+1, but is grainier, not so sharp and slower by at least one stop. > >Delta 100 slightly pushed in Xtol 1+1 remains my favorite. I will bracket >exposures when I feel there may be an under/overexposure problem. When >making portraits of people with light skin I will give one stop more >exposure than the meter reading off the face. > >Tri-X in Xtol 1+1 is great for its versitality, it can be shot at e.i >..from 400 to 1600 and then some.... >Anyway, looking at full frame 16x enlargements from a one meter distance >(3-4 feet) the difference in grain and sharpness between the films listed >are not very obvious. At closer distance it is. >-- >christer almqvist >eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 >14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58 > >