Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] Hey B.D., what kind of B&W film do you like
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Apr 14 20:33:13 2006
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Many years back...Emulsion on slower films is just too thin. .I even 
remember Panx ;-)   Tech pan was so sharp It made a Nikon look like 
medium format .

Walt

Daniel Ridings wrote:

>Excuse the lousy translation from Swedish: Why go across the stream to
>fetch water?
>
>Have you tried Plus-x ?
>
>Daniel
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>On 4/15/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
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>>Yes, B.D.,
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>>Any suggestions for a "silver rich" B&W film? Tri-X, HP5, Bergger, Foma,
>>Fuji????? None seem to have the emulsion I remember from some years
>>back. Even Bergger, which is doggone pricey, seems thin by comparison.
>>Sure wish I could get some old Tri-X from about 1972. I could care less
>>about sharpness, or grain, but do like tonality.
>>
>>Your Humble Idiot Savant
>>
>>Walt
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Replies: Reply from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Hey B.D., what kind of B&W film do you like)
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