Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Robert, I can't speak about Fuji's service as I have never had a reason to contact them. Both Kodak and Fuji make a very high quality product. I quite simply like the results I get with Acros and I'm quite willing to suggest to anyone who shoots a lot of 100 asa B&W film to give Acros a go. There is nothing wrong with using whatever film(s) you are most comfortable with and only the photographer knows what's right for him/her in any given situation. Regards, Greg PS: Your results are great. Robert G. Stevens wrote: > Greg: > > I try not to spend too much time trying different films. I tend to > find ones that work for me and stick with them. When I try different > films, I spend too much time on the technical side and not enough on > the creative side. To a lot of people, the joy of photography is this > technical stuff. To me it is taking the pictures and then printing > them. Though adept in the processing of films, it is the taking of > the pictures I enjoy the most. > > BTW, what did you think of the pictures? If you liked them, I must > have used the right film ;-) > > I like and use Kodak films because they have such good support. I > have never found this with the fuji films, though I do use a lot of > Provia 100f lately. I had a problem with Provia 100f curling too much > to go through my mounter and it took a week to get an answer from > Fuji. With Kodak, their web site is so organized and up to date, the > answer would have just come up in a query. > > With the Kodak films, you can buy them almost anywhere including the > drugstore. When I need info on developing times, filtration, and etc, > I can get it all on the Kodak web site in a matter of seconds or in > the Kodak Data Guide. I have not found the Fuji support as good. It > was impossible to get a data guide and when I finally got one after > years of looking, and was a terse little book, nothing like Kodaks > large data guide. > > Regards, > > Robert > > > > At 04:44 PM 2/15/2002 -0700, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> You may want to try Fuji Acros (100 asa) and compare results. >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >> Robert G. Stevens wrote: >> >>> >>> One of Erwin Puts newsletters comments that Tmax 100 is the finest >>> grained of the pictorial films. I am inclined to believe him. >>> There were a few rolls of Tmax 100 on my shelf that I decided to try >>> yesterday. >>> >>> I was off to shoot some more eagles, but it was too cold and the >>> birds were in the woods up in the evergreens and out of range, >>> rather than in the Elm trees and near the side of the road. I then >>> decided to try some B&W with the M6 and M3 and shoot some snow >>> scenes. A few of the results are at the page below. >>> >>> One thing I learned is the grain of the Tmax 100 is much finer than >>> that of the Tmax 400 which I usually shoot. It also seems to be >>> much harder on fixer. I develop in a Jobo and the fixer is used one >>> shot. >>> On the Tmax 100 negatives there were little spots where the base >>> didn't clear. It looked like a lot of dust on the negatives when I >>> scanned them. There were also larger spots near the sprockets where >>> the negatives didn't clear. I am using an Agfa concentrate for >>> fixer and I guess I will just have to mix it a little stronger for >>> the Tmax films. Kodak warns that fixer exhausts quicker with Tmax. >>> >>> Comments are welcome on the images. They were shot with a 50mm >>> Summicron, 35mm Summicron ASPH, and 24mm ASPH. I used yellow and >>> red filters. The film was developed in Xtol 1:1. >>> >>> http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/BW.htm >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > > > -- > 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