[Leica] Anyone wants some XP2?

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Mark, I believe the "new" Tri-X came out after you switched to your Nikon
digital. Also, the 2-bath Pyrocat, invented by Sandy King (he is the
inventor for Pyrocat-HD, among other things), does pretty wonderful stuff
for scanning workflow.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> 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.
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>
> > 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.
> >>
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