Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS: Condemnation? NOW: Tmax
From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 14:55:24 +0200
References: <B6C5ADFA.826%imxputs@knoware.nl> <v04011701b6c76589b0da@[32.101.147.160]>

>  >I never cease to be amazed at how some folks can make a valid and written in
>>stone condemnation by the >>>"I-shot-a-few-rolls-<<< try out.
>  >[snip]
>more snip
>
>Ted, why not give Agfapan 400 a try, if you have not already done so? It's
>a very fine grained film that produces wonderful results.
>
>Guy

A few weeks ago I had a look at a few portraits a photographer friend 
off mine had made on 35mm Agfapan 400 for  an advertising campagn for 
a local public utility. I know how he shoots (portable multiple flash 
in these cases) and how he develops (D-76) so I asked him  what film 
he had used. It was Agfapan 400 and I can only repeat what Guy said 
above about it: very fine grained film that produces wonderful 
results. This is not what I experienced when I tried out Agfa's films 
half a dozen years ago. Either my testing was sloppy, or Agfa have 
improved their films. Probably both assumptions are true. I have read 
somewhere that Agfa are now using some sort of modifed T-grain. 
Perhaps they have found a good balance between traditional and modern 
grain. Still, I have got so used to HP5 that I am reluctant to try 
anything else. A real dilemma.
- -- 
Christer Almqvist
D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or
F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France

In reply to: Message from imx <imxputs@knoware.nl> ([Leica] Condemnation?)
Message from Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> (Re: [Leica] WAS: Condemnation? NOW: Tmax)