Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Wed Mar 15 21:58:47 2006
References: <a2f8f4470603142317h2ed9466dr9bc30fed1d141afb@mail.gmail.com> <002701c64897$e3eb5470$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

Mark Rabiner likes it a lot.

I've only heard good things about the film. In my particular case, I
rarely go below ISO 400, so a 100 film just isn't in the cards. I've
learned to appreciate a 200 film, so perhaps I am edging my way there
:-)

Daniel

On 3/16/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm getting very nice results with Fuji Acros. For some reason, nobody else
> seems to be warming up to that film.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Ridings
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:18 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.
>
>
> Fomapan 200 is pretty close, but only close. There _is_ nothing else like
> APX100. It was too special. But Fomapan 200 is a very close second.
>
> Ilford FP4+ is a beautiful film too.
>
> Daniel
>
> On 3/15/06, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 14, 2006, at 6:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Give the communist version a try (from J&C Photo) or try the
> > > Photographer's Formulary generic version. I think Rodinal + Acros
> > > might be a winner.
> >
> >
> > Finding a stock that is similar to APX100 is the biggest challenge of
> > this equation. It really was beautiful stuff, very 'creamy'. The tonal
> > range that it was able to capture
> > just seemed to go on forever.
> >
> > I'll have to try some Plus-X and Hp4+ in Rondinal and see what it
> > looks like.
> >
> > A few years ago I used to soup Plus-X in D76. It had a little more
> > bite than APX100, but I'll also produced great results.
> >
> >
> > feli
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.)
Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.)
In reply to: Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] So long Rodinal. I'm going to miss you.)