[Leica] The final gasp of MF film?

[roark.paul at gmail.com (Paul Roark)]

It's interesting how long this thread is.  That says something in itself.

The recent "Sunburst" image I put on my website
(http://www.paulroark.com/) is a Tech Pan, Bronica RF645 shot.  For
shots like this that take extreme dynamic range (even though Sunburst
was itself a 2-exposure combo), I'm not sure digital can compete yet.
Overall, the Tech Pan frames hold up very well to the M9.  I suspect
my Nikon 8000 is the limiting factor.

On the other hand, I recently had an order that I'm now working on
that included a number of old Tmax 100 shots taken with a Rollei.  The
Tmax 100 grain is bad, and the dust in the wet darkroom (both mine and
commercial) makes the M9 sensor dust look good.

So, overall, I'm sufficiently sold on the M9 that, in fact, I'm going
to be selling off the Bronica RF645 and my remaining 39 rolls of
(frozen) 120 Tech Pan (and Technidol developer).  I can't quite bring
myself to selling off my Rolleis, however.  For some reason there is a
much more emotional attachment to them that will probably cause me to
keep them forever.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com