Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used it extensively the reason being its far superior to tri x in any way I can think of. its ten times better for scanning and then putting in the digital workflo and then getting results than Tri x. Its grain is about 5 times better than tri x. and its sharpness is the same depending on how well you unsharp mask it. I will say for black and white or color I prefer some of the 800 films which are full color neg as I believe more R&D has been put into it than Ilford could afford to put into XP2 which was always a bit of a Nietzsche market. In this day and age 400 feels a little slow like your shooting yourself in the foot. As its results seem about the same as iso 100 did a decade or so back. I think of 400 for both film and digital as my high rez spread. And I don't need high rez all that often. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:48:14 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone wants some XP2? > > Yes, it demands full exposure, but it has incredible resolution. > > Herb > > >> I don't think I ever bought any, but I have about half a dozen rolls of >> XP2 >> in the fridge. I got them from trades and used gear purchases etc. >> >> I never used them but I just tried one over the weekend. >> >> It's nice but it's no Tri-X :-) >> >> So if anyone wants them, you can have them for the price of shipping. >> Please contact me off list. >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information