Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> No: ?the silver is removed in development in XP-2. Not just in XP2 but in all C41 process films - the bleach or blix (bleach/fix) does this, depending on whether you have 3-step or 4-step processing chemicals. Irrespective of your capacity to fix differential loss of dye layers in C41 film, silver B&W films last longer given equivalent storage conditions. Marty On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote: > No: ?the silver is removed in development in XP-2. > > On May 18, 2011, at 7:40 PM, Richard Man wrote: > >> XP2 and the like should last a long time since you are not worrying about >> colors. After all, it's still silver, just suspended in a dye cloud, >> whatever that means :-) >> >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Dan Khong <dankhong at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> For most B&W work, I shoot with film. I soup my own Tri-X and send XP2 >>> to the lab. They scan my negs into jpeg images. >>> >>> At the end of the day, I have a CD of film based images, my roll of >>> film for archival purposes and enjoy a choice of printing either with >>> my inkjet or darkroom enlarger. >>> >>> My workflow involves little of my time as the main bulk of it is >>> handled by the scanning lab. A roll of 36 exposures also means that I >>> need to be mindful and disciplined about achieving "one shot, one >>> kill". With digital it is so easy to be carried away with tardiness >>> and machine-gunning photography. Culling the less than desired digital >>> images is the hard part. >>> >>> I have one question and hope you can help answer. Can chromogenic film >>> (like Ilford XP2) be expected to last as long as silver halide >>> emulsions like Tri-X? >>> >>> Dan K >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >