Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use Kodak B/W 400 and it is essentially the same film as CN400, though not apparently as "printable" with a b/w enlarger as cn400 or xp; BUT if you get your prints processed on a colour processor/lab, you can get this film for dang cheap at Wal-mart! And, it has the same great lattitide as cn400, and prints (in my opinion) in true black and white whereas the others (both xp2 and cn) give "toned" images. I have had no concern with the fading of the negs as I scan all of my "good pictures" onto CD's and expect that in the future, all I'll want is the new Epson XXXXXX+ printer for new pics. ha! Kent - ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Ambrose <digphoto@nashville.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] TMax 400CN or Xp2 SUper > >I wuld like to use one of these two films; so i would like to have > >Lugger's opinions on which one to use. Is there any clear difference ? > > > >Best regards, > > > >Laurent. > > I do not think there is a huge difference between XP2 or T400CN. > > XP2 is my most used film. I've shot hundreds and hundreds of rolls of it > with wonderful results. It is dependable and versatile. XP2 can capture a > wider range scene than any other film I know of. It is very smooth in > tonality and very sharp. > > I've only used the Kodak a little. When I tested it against XP2 it seemed > sharper feeling with a more defined grain and maybe a little > contrastier. I chose XP2 because of its incredible range and smoothness. > And its the best film for shooting into the light. > > I rate XP2 at 320 for general use. > You can expose it up to 1250 and get a soft-lovely-clumpy grain look. > Just be careful about maintaining shadow detail. You'll want really even, > flat light for this to look nice. > > All that said, I could happily use T400CN if XP2 was not available. > > Some examples: > > http://henryambrose.com/portraits.html > one and two are XP2 at 1250, made with 75f1.4 and 50f2 respectively > three and four are XP2 at 400, 90 Elmarit-M, Rollei 2.8 Xenotar > > Henry Ambrose