Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Help! Perplexing development problem (D400/Xtol)
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:39:49 -0800
References: <B6E6C2D1.8F9C%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

Are you using a graphmatic back? 

Slobodan 


Johnny Deadman wrote:
> 
> on 3/27/01 9:17 PM, henry at henry@henryambrose.com wrote:
> 
> > I guess I don't "get it" since no one else seems to want faster films in
> > 4X5.
> > If you do something nutty like photograph people with a 4X5 then you'd
> > want faster film. Its 2 stops and sometimes it matters. f8 at 1/30 is way
> > better than f8 at 1/8. For a rock it hardly matters but people move. Or
> > even outdoors and you're photographing a big group and you need every
> > stop even in daylight. 2 more stops helps!
> 
> I agree completely. For available light work of human beings YOU NEED SPEED
> IN 4x5. 400 is a minimum. I am about to try 25 sheets of T400 CN which is
> supposed to be eminently shootable @ 800. But I could use another stop.
> >
> 
> --
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

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