Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, I would encourage anyone to try Agfapan100. It is a classic grain film that provides great latitude and beautiful tonal range. I like it very much. I also like Ilford Delta 100, and for that matter Tmas100 is a fine film. I've made prints I like very much from all three, but I don think Agrapan has the best ability to reproduce skin tones. I find TriX400 a bit grainy, but the speed can be helpful. regards, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Kobrin <skobrin@yahoo.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 12:58 PM Subject: [Leica] T-max vs. Tri-X >I visited a friend in St. Louis this weekend who does beautiful B&W >work, especially in-context portraits. She argued strongly that the >tonal range and reproduction of Tri-X cannot be matched by T-Max 100 >or 400 and that the more visible grain is a trade-off gladly taken. I >must say her prints were spectacular. > >I find that with my scanner and current printer I cannot go much >beyond 5X7; by 8X10 the image clearly looks electronic. That being >the case, grain may not be that much of an issue. Also, from what I >read, Tri-X is much easier to handle than T-Max. > >Any opinions about this on the LUG? > > >Steve > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >