Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can try Fuji Neopan 1600, rated at 1000 and develop in D-76 1:1. You can get very nice tonalities and very tight grain structure. On the 400 range why don't you try Kodak T-Max 400, it works very nice. Be careful with your dilution, temp., dev. time and agitation method, also with the way you exposed the film. All those variables can be a factor in th efinal image and the grain can look like golf balls. Good luck, Alberto Christer Almqvist wrote: > > >I haven't used Tri-X in several years. I have recently used HP-5Plus > >recently in 35mm and 120. I have tried both Acufine and D-76 at recommend > >film ISO speed and chemical time and temperature. > > > >The grain has been so large, that I am considering push processing slower > >emulsions when I need a speed of around ISO 200. I will probably use > >either Plus-X or more likely FP-4Plus. > > > >Has anyone found the same grain problem? What experience have some of you > had in exposing FP-4Plus at ISO 200? > > > >I would like to get fine grain results using my Noctilux in dim light. > > > >Roland Smith > >roland@dnai.com > > > > I have recently tried 35 mm FP4+ at E.I. 200 in Ilfosol 1+9, the > developer particularly recommended by Ilford for this film. (Ilfosol > is said to be liquid ID11 which in turn is said to be identical to > D76.) This combination has less efffective speed than Delta 100 in > Xtol 1+1 shot at 200 when both films are processed at recommended > times and temperatures. The difference is about one stop, but more > pronounced in shadow areas (where it is more important than in the > highlights) as clearly shown when using a densiometer to measure a > series of zone system grey card exposures. This speed difference > really makes further comparison not quite evenhanded, but I will do > it anyway. > > Delta looks much sharper at 16x enlargement and you have the > impression of seeing a harder grain structure than on FP4. FP4 is > smoother but murkier. I will stick to Delta 100 at 200 in Xtol 1+1 > or, if I want that super sharp look, __enhanced__ by nice grain, at > 100 in Rodinal 1+50. > > So before we get further into taste I will stop. My recommendation > would be: LEARN TO LOVE GRAIN if you want to take pictures in low > light. Try Rodinal 1+25 for 10 min when you shoot HP5 at 800. Not a > combination if want to prove that your film can record a whole > newspaper page on 24x36mm, but something to show low light > atmoshphere. But I don't have a Nocilux, not even a Summilux, so who > am I to tell?? > > Chris > -- > Christer Almqvist > D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or > F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France