Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So far I've pushed the 400TX both 1 and two stops, and next I'm going to try it at 200 and perhaps even 3200 (!). Kodak's time for XTOL 1:1 seems right, but they don't recommend any additional time for a one-stop push. My negs came out thin that way, but I've added some time and they look great now. There is still grain, it's finer than the old Tri-X but just as tight, not mushy, and the tonal curve of the new film seems about the same as the old -- gorgeous! Gilbert On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 07:43 AM, Christer Almqvist wrote: > I may be wrong, but the impression I get is that you are not > thoroughly familiar with all of these films. If that is so, then the > first piece of advice must be: do not use any film on summer long > project unless you have thoroughly tested it and become fully familiar > with it. > > When testing the films you may find that the Neopan 1600 does not give > you much advantage over a slightly pushed Tri-X, which would then > eliminate one of the three films. From tests that I have read, but not > done myself, I think the new Tri-X has less grain and more acutance > than the old one. Testers are questioning the correctness of the > developing times published by Kodak, so again test this yourself. > > If you want to stick to one film you may wish to consider shooting > Tri-X at half the speed on the box, or less, and develop accordingly. > APX 100 is not considered a super-fine-grain-high-acutance film so the > Tri-X may not be far off quality wise. Otherwise both films should be > well suited for the environmental portraits. > > Please post some sample this fall, and have fun - and lots of success. > > Chris > > > >> I'm currently beginning a summer-long project. At this point I've >> shot three >> different films: Tri-X, Neopan 1600, and APS 100, primarily because >> of the >> different light I was shooting in. These are all portraits - >> environmental >> portraits you might say. >> >> Is it desirable to shoot with the same film or is changing film okay? >> I think >> I'll mostly be using APS 100 but there will be evenings when Tri-X >> will be >> required. I hope I won't have the heavy overcast to require the >> Neopan again. >> >> Your thoughts would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html