Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Several topics
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 06:57:09 -0700
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Erwin Puts wrote:
> 
> The PlusX ended slightly behind the D100, grain was just visible, but
> acutance was very high, giving the pictures a high level of impact, which
> would be excellent at enlargements just till 10 times.
> DD-X is a classical BW developer and has no relationship to C41.
> Zeiss has just released data on film flatness with 120-film (their 65
> system). Conclusion: 120 has serious flatness problems. Best solution: use
> 220 and make sure the foilm is ransported quicqly. When a film is left in
> the camera for more than 5 minutes without movement, flatness is reduced and
> when the film is in the camera for more than an hour without transport,
> serious trouble can be expected for that frame.

<snipped, intersting stuff, but not related to my question>

Erwin

Is this Zeiss report on 120/220 film available? On the internet?

What camera(s) did Zeiss use in their tests?

Dennis

In reply to: Message from "Erwin Puts" <imxputs@knoware.nl> ([Leica] Several topics)