Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]XP2 is wonderful stuff, but based on personal experience, I'd advise against pushing it to 800 - you can pull it to just about anywhere you want, but I have found that at 800 it's just too damn tbin to be of much real use. Maybe it's me, but I tend not to think so. B. D. Eric wrote: > Julian: > > >>I do not find this film very contrasty. And I am told that XP2 Super >>exhibits even less contrast if shot at an E.I. of 200. It is also said to >>be very useful at an E.I. of 800, but more contrasty. As a fairly low >>volume user, I have shot it only at 400 so far. I believe it to be a cheap >>and easy way to get some good quality B/W negative material. >> > > Keep in mind that you don't have to expose it at a certain EI across the > entire roll. You can change at will. In the middle of the day with bright > sunlight, "overexpose" and it will give you less contrast. In the dark of > night, "underexpose" and will it beef up the contrast a bit. > > XP2 is wonderful. They even make (or at least made) a disposable camera > with the stuff. > > > Eric > -- > 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