Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neopan 400 in 120 was discontinued in 2009. Kodak discontinued TXP (320) in 120 format in 2010. The bigger the format the better TX (400) looks (acknowledging that once you go past medium format it's different film - I mean the bigger the frame on 120 film). That's what I mostly use. I also like TMY2. It has less latitude but wider dynamic range if shot optimally and the grain is finer and it is sharper than a cubic emulsion 100 speed film. It's been a long time since I used a normal speed Ilford film for my own work (I use Delta 3200 and TMZ interchangeably depending on what I can get - in 135 obviously); in a couple of my darkrooms the wetting agent incorporated into the emulsion of the Delta films frothed so much it popped the tops of the cans. Tom A has the same problem in Vancouver. One of those darkrooms was on an island - it had only reverse osmosis water derived from seawater and everything from off the island had to be shipped or flown in; a difficult situation. But Ilford Delta 400 is almost as nice as TMY2 and HP5+ in medium format can look very, very sharp if shot and developed properly. Marty