Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can still find Verichrome on eBay, but new/old stocks in stores seem entirely depleted. The best alternative is Fortepan 400 film; it also has a dual emulsion, although the top layer is significantly faster (and therefore grainier) than the 125 speed emulsion used in Verichrome. In 120 the difference isn't really noticeable until you're enlarging past 16x20". Forte films are incredibly cheap and available from Silverprint in the UK or as 'Classicpan films' from Fotoimpex. Like some other old style films, I found this film to be fairly blue sensitive; it benefits greatly from a yellow filter of some description. Other films from Foma, Forte, Bergger and Lucky (China) are single-emulsion films, but are 'thick' single emulsions. They also work well and can get you that old-style look, but dual-emulsion films have an amazing ability to preserve highlight detail however much you might overexpose. All these films work superbly in Tom A's version of divided D-76 http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v02/msg05860.html Later, Marty _____________________________________________________________ Get your Free Global name@sharkattacks.com e-mail address at http://www.sharkattacks.com _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@yourchoice.com w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html