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

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Subject: RE: [Leica] XP-2: True grit?
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:44:40 -0600

I have found XP2 to look very grainy when underexposed. As a result, I have
been shooting it at E.I. 200. Looks fine at that setting. I would like to
see what it does at E.I. 320.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] XP-2: True grit?
>
>
> The older film was quite what? Are we talking about the same XP-2? From
> Ilford? If you found it to be really grainy, as in a "sand painting," I
> would suspect some serious problem in either the batch of film, or the
> processing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Arne Helme
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:56 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] XP-2: True grit?
>
>
> 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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