RE: [Leica] Perfect midtones

["Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics" <saganicc@MSKCC.ORG>]

These folks will sell you bulk Efke in the US.  Their importing directly these days.

http://www.jandcphotography.com/

Chris Saganich

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From: mvhoward@mac.com [mailto:mvhoward@mac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:17 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Perfect midtones


Thanks to all who made film & developer suggestions.  I have (at least 
one) 100 ft roll of FP-4+ in the freezer, so I'll guess I'll be playing 
around with that in Rodinal 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, DD-23 (divided D-23), 
and possibly even Pyro.  The Efke films looked interesting, although 
you cannot get them in bulk in the US it would seem, and I'll probably 
snap up 100 ft roll of Plus-X just to make a comparison to FP-4+.  The 
other one I'm going to have to try is to shoot Fortepan 400 at EI 200 
and soup in DD-23 (or somesuch).  It sounds as though it could supply 
exactly the characteristics I'm looking for.

For now, I'm going to load up the Orwo NP-27 (400 ASA) that I pulled 
out of the freezer some days ago.  Initial trials will be with Rodinal 
1:10 with continuous agitation.  I'm going to try shooting it at EI 
200, 400, 800, 1600, and 3200.  Looking for golf-ball sized grain, 
gritty dark tones, and good contrast.  I thought I'd give it a run 
through Edwal FG-7 1:15 + 9% sodium sulfite solution too, for good 
measure, and DD-23 once I get my electronic scales and some metol, for 
more normal pictorial situations.

Again, thanks.  I'll keep you posted.

M.

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