Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] Black and White C41 Films
From: chris at tarsier.freeserve.co.uk (Chris Birchenhall)
Date: Tue May 22 02:34:59 2007
 
Hi,

 

Has anyone compared the Kodak, Fuji and Ilford C41 400 ASA films? 

I have been getting good results with the Kodak version and just tried
Ilford's XP2 and Fuji's Neopan. 

Not too sure about the Fuji but the Ilford film looks promising. Here are a
couple of examples:

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/barbirolli.jpg.html



http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/graffiti.jpg.html

 

using a Leica IIIf and Summaron 3.5cm f/3.5 (circa 1955).

 

Critical comments welcome.

 

Here are two slightly different versions of a third photograph using the
same combination:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/avenue_light.jpg.html



http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/avenue_dark.jpg.html



Any preferences between the two?



 

 

Chris
Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Black and White C41 Films)