Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got to see what Kodak claims for the new film. I don't have a problem with the new film because 8 1/2 X 11 prints pretty much look the same. I'm just surprised at the comparison. Len On Feb 15, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > Very interesting comparison, Len. And rather surprising. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier" > <len-1@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:38 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: New TMax400 film evaluation. > > >> I finally was able to get a few rolls of the new Kodak Tmax400 >> film to compare to the older film. Except for the new box, the >> new film has a black backing instead of the pink/beige backing of >> the older film. After developing the negatives look the same. >> I ran my test using two camera bodies and one lens. I loaded my >> M6 with the old film and my M7 with the newer film. I shot the >> same photos with each body and transferred the lens between >> bodies for each shot. The lens was a 50mm Summilux Asph. Each of >> the duplicate photos from each body was exposed exactly the >> same. The lens aperture was between f5.6 and f11 for most of the >> photos. Most of the photos were taken outdoors on an overcast day. >> Both films were developed in Xtol 1+1 for 8 3/4 minutes at 68 F. >> Agitation in the developer is constant for the first 30 seconds >> and then 5 seconds every 30 seconds. The negatives were scanned >> with a Nikon Coolscan 9000. Except for cropping there was no post >> processing at all. What you see is how they came out of the scanner. >> You can see some photos here. There are crops of the full frames. >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/TMax400/> >> My impression is the new film is nearly identical to the old >> film. Actually the old film has very slightly higher contrast >> and resolution. The test charts represent a resolution of 72-80 >> lpmm for the old film and 64-72 lpmm for the new film. Both >> films are excellent though. >> Len >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information