RE: [Leica] XP2 "Super"

[Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

B.D.--

	Tri-X has its place, but I don't use it any more; I prefer Ilford HP
to fill that niche.  I don't see this as a dark-room question, but actually
as the qualities of two different films.  XP-2 produces a distinctive
negative and print quality which, personally, I like a lot.  No one has ever
looked at one of my prints and asked if the negatives were developed on a C
process machine.  I think you'll be happy with the XP-2 Super, especially if
you liked the results from the "old" XP-2.  If you are going to redeem your
dark-room capabilities, I would urge you to try the other Ilford emulsions,
FP & HP, they're different but they're interesting and I prefer them to
Kodak.

	Have fun and enjoy the results.

			Buzz

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Sunday, September 20, 1998 9:44 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] XP2 "Super"
> 
> Buzz - Thanks. I have my first roll in the camera right now. I've been
> pleased with XP2, but had been thinking of going back to Tri-X and doing
> my
> own developing -although I'm not set up for printing at all. But if the
> XP2
> is really an improvement, given its wide exposure latitude, etc., I may go
> that way. Thanks..B. D.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
> > Hausner
> > Sent: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:27 AM
> > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] XP2 "Super"
> >
> >
> > B.D.--
> >
> > 	They print beautifully on black & white paper.  I would rather not
> > start an endless thread on favorite papers and warm v. cold, hard v.
> soft,
> > et cetera.  However, I find that XP-2 Super provides wonderful prints
> with
> > rich tones and a true luster.  The prints I sometimes get on color paper
> > from a local lab varies greatly due to the processing and man or woman
> > running the line.  Nonetheless, my own prints seem to be great.
> >
> > Buzz
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:BDColen@earthlink.net]
> > > Sent:	Friday, September 18, 1998 3:38 PM
> > > To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > Subject:	RE: [Leica] XP2 "Super"
> > >
> > > Thanks, Buzz - Impressions are what I'm looking for. And speaking of
> > > impressions, have you been printing the neg on B&W paper, and
> > how do they
> > > print? Like an equiv. B&W film?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
> > > > Hausner
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 2:55 PM
> > > > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] XP2 "Super"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:BDColen@earthlink.net]
> > > > > Sent:	Friday, September 18, 1998 12:13 PM
> > > > > To:	Leica-Users@Mejac. Palo-Alto. Ca. Us
> > > > > Subject:	[Leica] XP2 "Super"
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have any experience yet with the "new" XP2, and if
> > > > the answer
> > > > > is "yes," how is it? How does it compare to the "old" XP2, and
> > > > how does it
> > > > > compare to Tri-X and T-Max?
> > > > 	[Buzz]
> > > > 	B.D.--
> > > >
> > > > 		Bear in mind that these are just my personal
> observations
> > > > and preferences based on shooting without artificial light.
> > > > Also, I do not
> > > > use a meter, but adjust exposure by eye, which I find quicker.
> > > >
> > > > 		I used to use Tri-X a lot, its a great all around
> film with
> > > > good latitude.  A very forgiving emulsion.  I have never liked
> > > > T-Max for my
> > > > purposes, fast shooting with available light.  I find that it
> doesn't
> > > have
> > > > the latitude of other films and that the exposures have to be
> > > > spot-on to get
> > > > good results.  As to the Kodak C-41 B&W film, I just don't like it.
> > > >
> > > > 		About XP-2 "Super."  I loved XP, I liked XP-2
> better, and I
> > > > think that Super is an improvement based on having shot only about
> ten
> > > > rolls.  I haven't yet made any big prints from the Super, but it
> > > > appears to
> > > > me to have better grain and definition than the old XP-2 without
> > > > sacrificing
> > > > the latitude I need.  I seem to be getting about two stops or more
> > > either
> > > > way, though without a meter its hard to say for sure.  Also, I have
> > > always
> > > > liked the look, call it luster of Ilford films, and XP-2
> > Super seems to
> > > be
> > > > in this tradition.  But then, I still miss the old DuPont
> > Velour Black.
> > > >
> > > > 		I will leave it to the more technically inclined to
> give you
> > > > a less subjective and perhaps more accurate evaluation.
> > > >
> > > > 	Buzz
> > > >
> >