Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] fp4 vs. pxp vs. tmx
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:13:04 -0400

> Folks,
> 
> Okay, $64,000 film question here -- I'm looking for opinions, so let them
> fly.  I'll start my own experiments this weekend, but, still...
> 
> PXP is an old staple of mine.  I like the way it looks and I know the
> results I can get from it.  TMax 100 is obviously great in its 
> own way, but
> I actually the slightly higher contrast and, yes, grain of PXP.
> 
> I have not really experimented with FP4, ever.  I'm just looking to shake
> things up a bit, using a "new" film primarily for environmental
> portraitature.
> 
> Any comments, caveats, etc. about FP4 vs. the others?  If you 
> love/hate/are
> indifferent, please explain why.

Delta 100.  All the contrast/tonality of PXP, with far less grain.