Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [OT] Frugal for PAW... Chromogenics
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 00:36:44 -0600

on 12/22/01 11:07 PM, Marc Attinasi at marc@attinasi.org wrote:

> I never shoot XP2 Super any faster than 250 - but then, I don't scan the
> negs, I print them. At 400 the shadows are always so weak for me, at 200
> they are great. I cannot image trying to get a print out of a roll shot
> at 800!  
> 
> For portraits, XP2 Super at 250 is one of my favorite films - smooth
> gradations and no grain! For general photography, I tend to need to
> print at grade 3 or 3.5, which is OK by me :)

I have some 400CN that I think is a little strong, I may try to pull it
some...

> Interestingly, the Kodak Portra 400 B&W seems to shoot well at 320 or
> 400, I just don't like the tonality as much (and it costs too much!).

I have a roll of that in now...just wanted to see how it turns out on color
paper since that's what it supposed to be made for...
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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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