Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure that it's grainy, but XP2 is a bit too harsh for skin. I haven't tried Portra, but am enamored of T400CN. JLS At 09:24 PM 8/24/2002 +0200, you wrote: >In article <F71CLofVKjlNg6Pj2rJ00000170@hotmail.com>, > "eric korenman" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > TCN 'dye clouds' seems finer. But skin tones sometimes are odd. > > At first blush, Portra B&W has given me better skin tones. > > XP2 seems punchier, more 'grainy', and pushs very very poorly. > >My preference is with Portra 400 BW first, T400CN second. I dropped XP2 >totally, as I think it is too grainy for my liking. Nowadays most of my >shots with the Leica and Contax T are with Portra 400 BW. > >bye, Georg >-- >Pinsel oder Tuch? Quatsch. Ab nach http://leicaesk.de/ > > >-- >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