Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not plus-x. I just shot a couple of rolls. If you want bullet-proof negatives, D76 at Kodak's recommended times (1:1 8.5 minutes) will give you that. I was always under the impression that the emulsion on faster films was thinnner. Daniel On 4/15/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > 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 > > > >On 4/15/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > > > > >>Yes, B.D., > >> > >>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 > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >