Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm getting back seriously into B/W again only to find that I am not >familiar with the current lineup of Films/Developers/Papers the way I >used to be. > >I would be very interested to hear of favorite combinations using >today's mediums--but also please include WHY it is a favorite. Trying >to evaluate "GREAT RESULTS" is pretty difficult unless it is compared >to something else. I stick with film and developer combinations that are easy, repeatable, and give me the look I'm familiar with. This means Tri-X in HC-110 (1:31 dilution from the concentrate) for a fine-grained, full tonal scale appearance, Tri-X in Rodinal (1:50 dilution) for a sharper and grainier appearance, Plus-X in HC-110, Rodinal and Rodinal with sodium sulphite addition for much the similar reasons. Agfa APX25 for extremely fine grain and so I can open the lenses fully in sunlight. Ilford XP2 for a very smooth, almost grainless image with long tonal scale and subtle gradations, at the expense of a little bit of sharpness. I don't do much wet lab printing anymore, my negatives are scanned directly with a film scanner and manipulated digitally, then printed to an Epson Color Stylus Pro inkjet printer. Godfrey