Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you in the USA? Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of David Rodgers Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:36 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] BW Film I realize this might be irrelevant nowdays, but I have some questions about film. My PMK kit arrived from Photographer's Formulary. The only film I have right now is TMX (and some BW400CN which doesn't count). Anyone have any suggestions on bw films and the best place to on the web? I want to find a good source for FP+ -- a long time favorite of mine which I understand works well with PMK. I'm also looking for other suggestions. Anyone try Efke or Adox or Lucky? What's the difference between the 25, 50 and 100 ASA versions, aside from the obvious film speed? I mean, is there really a difference in grain structure. Does it work well with PMK. There are situations where I'd like to have really slow film so I can shot at wider apertures in plentiful light. But I'm wondering if the grain structure, or tonality is markedly different between say Adox 25 and Adox 100. I'll probably scan the negs with my Minolta or Leaf. But I may print some the old fashioned way. Again, just looked for input and suggestions. Also does anyone know of any forums that are deep into bw film and processing. I recently moved to a very different environment. The water is different. The climate and temperature are different. Plus I'm trying out some new processes. Much to learn, IOW. My objective is to create an exceptional image and negative, so hopefully the scanning and printing will be fairly straight forward. I don't want to spend any more time that I have to piloting a computer. TIA daveR _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information