Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] XP-2: True grit?
From: Arne Helme <Arne.Helme@stelvio.nl>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:56:19 +0100

Peter,

the XP-2 Super?  The older XP-2 film was quite grainy.  Did you rate and 
compare the films at other speeds too, e.g., ISO 200?

- -- Arne


In message <5.1.0.14.2.20020121095459.00a76db0@pop.2alpha.net>, 
"Peter A. Klein" writes:
>Is XP-2 inherently more grainy than Portra 400 B&W?  I just got a roll of 
>XP-2 back from my neighborhood Walgreen's pharmacy's Kodak minilab.  It was 
>*very* grainy--more like 3200 film.  I checked the film with a 30x pocket 
>microscope, and it is indeed very grainy on the negative--it's not just 
>grain aliasing on the scanner.  I'll post a couple of examples in the next 
>few days--there were some good shots, even if they look like Navajo sand 
>paintings.
>
>A roll of Portra 400 B&W processed at the same place by the same technician 
>a couple of months ago was beautiful, and not grainy at all.  Both films 
>were exposed at ISO 400, and the negs don't look underexposed to me.
>
>Can some failure in the C41 processing cause such grain--exhausted 
>solutions, bad temperature control, etc.?  I won't be using that minilab 
>again if they can't be consistent.  Convenience is nice, but not if it 
>ruins the pictures.  I've been collecting bottles, and will get on the 
>Tri-X and Xtol 1:3 bandwagon very soon.
>
>--Peter Klein
>Seattle, WA
>
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