Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, At 1600 it is very very hard to beat Fuji Neopan 1600. It's a film I wouldn't be afraid to use all the time. It handles wonderfully in Xtol. You get your shadow-detail, smooth mid-tones and nice highlights. You're not pushing it, your just handling it the way it was made to be. Almost all my b/w from November to Feb/March is Neopan 1600. Daniel On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Steve Barbour wrote: > on a related issue...for shooting... in available darkness, how > about Tri X 3200 shot at 1600 and processed normal...I have been told > this works great... very fast, with good results... anybody > know?.....good way to get you to 1600 ?...Steve > > > >Very true. > > > >======================================= > >I have heard that chromogenic films like XP2 is captured better by > >scanners > >compared to silver based films. Don't know how true this is. > > > >Dan K. > > > >At 04:50 AM 1/27/04, you wrote: > >>What are you scanning with? My Minolta Scan Dual II chokes on Tri-X and > > > >>spews out blotchy scans. Some weird reaction of the scanner res and the > > > >>grain pattern in Tri-X. Everything else scans fine. Too bad Tri-X is my > > > >>B&W film of choice! > >> > >>John Collier > >> > >>On Jan 26, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > >> > >>>I did some playing with Tri-X at 800 and 1600. > >> > >>-- > >>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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html