Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Acros 100? I love the stuff in the conventional darkroom. I don't scan yet. Regards, Greg J. Lorenzo Calgary, Alberta Henry Ambrose wrote: > > Don Dory wrote about Acros film: > >My take on this film is that it is very desirable for those times when you > >want to hold detail in a contrasty scene. > > I have some scans that very much indicate the same results Don showed. > >From a very similar scene. I also have some recent scans of TMax 100 in > Xtol that are remarkable in their range as well but maybe not to the > extent of the Acros. To me it seems that Delta 100 is crisper (and maybe > grainier) than either and looks more traditional. TMax seems to have lots > of midtones and there ain't much grain in Xtol - for sure. They are all 3 > good films and I wonder if you can go wrong with any of them. Just > different flavors of good. > Maybe I can post some scans tomorrow. Not a fair comparison since they > were not shot as a test and were with different lenses but anyway > > I really have not used enough Acros yet to have a complete opinion. I've > been shooting all my D100 up! But I have 10 more rolls of Acros waiting. > I'd still love to hear more about what folks like or dislike. > > Then John Brownlow wrote: > >looks delicious > >you can add contrast to long negs but you can't rescue detail from blown-out > >hilites and lost shadows > > Amen! > I'm all for a film that helps me record the full range in a manner that > lets me get it back in a print or scan. > > Henry > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html