Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]another vote for HP5+ (400) in xtol (1+3) also. i confess one reason started using HP5+ is that it's avail in 35, 120 & 220. also Fuji NP (800) in xtol (1+3). - -rei > From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant@hvc.rr.com> > > Whatever I try, I keep coming back to HP5+ in XTOL 1:3. I shoot it at 400, > 800, and 200. It doesn't eat fixer like the tab-grained films, highlights > don't blow out if I decrease agitation at the end of the development, and I > LIKE it's particular grain. Others don't, so try the agfa 400, or tri-x. > Today's Tri-x is not the same film I learned on in the '60s. I think it's > really just a question of getting one film and shooting it exclusively for a > year, sort or like the David Allen Harvey 1 body - 1 lens concept. > > Gilbert - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html