Re: Sharp BW Film
Which is your favorite for large (8x10 up) prints, in 35mm format? For large enlargements (10x12 and larger) I use Kodak Technical Pan which I rate at ISO 20. Here are my recipes with Rodinal : - Rodinal 1+100 6' 20° for high contrast but still continuous tone (reproduction, abstracts). - Rodinal 1+120 6' 20° for places - normal contrast. - Rodinal 1+135 6' 20° for people - softer contrast. Agitation for the first 10 seconds than 5 seconds every minute. I use distilled water (plain water gives me black spots on the negs) and mix the developper with a 10ml and 1ml syringes (a must have with such high dilutions). This gives nice razor sharp negs, far sharper than those I got with Pan F+ / Tmax 100. My dilutions and times provide negs that print best at grade 2. The other really nice thing about tech pan is that negatives a far thinner and transparent than with other films. Enlarging exposures are about 2 to 4 times shorter and this saves a lot of time with large prints at f/8. Exposures are about 5 to 10 minutes when usually it was 20 to 40 minutes with tri-X ! I can tell that my arms fell the difference... The only problem with Tech pan is its price (about 10 EUR at local stores here). Not the kind of film you will want to use with the motor drive set at 5fps. Hopefully development with Rodinal is very cheap. And since I use to load/unload tech pan in complete darkness I use to develop only the part of the film I just exposed and put the remaining film back on the camera for later use. I'am used to tri-X in Rodinal and can tell that if you like grain 8x10 and 10x12 still look nice enlarged. I only choose tech pan when I need absolute sharpness. I don't use much other films than those two. Oh and since I'am back from my New Year's Eve trip I wish you all a very happy new year, and the best photographic opportunities you can get. Cheers, Thibault Grouas.
Re: Sharp BW Film
Thanks, Thibault, for posting those notes. I'll have to try that combo shortly. t On 1/3/03 11:20 AM, Thibault GROUAS wrote: Which is your favorite for large (8x10 up) prints, in 35mm format? For large enlargements (10x12 and larger) I use Kodak Technical Pan which I rate at ISO 20. Here are my recipes with Rodinal : - Rodinal 1+100 6' 20° for high contrast but still continuous tone (reproduction, abstracts). - Rodinal 1+120 6' 20° for places - normal contrast. - Rodinal 1+135 6' 20° for people - softer contrast. Agitation for the first 10 seconds than 5 seconds every minute. I use distilled water (plain water gives me black spots on the negs) and mix the developper with a 10ml and 1ml syringes (a must have with such high dilutions). This gives nice razor sharp negs, far sharper than those I got with Pan F+ / Tmax 100. My dilutions and times provide negs that print best at grade 2. The other really nice thing about tech pan is that negatives a far thinner and transparent than with other films. Enlarging exposures are about 2 to 4 times shorter and this saves a lot of time with large prints at f/8. Exposures are about 5 to 10 minutes when usually it was 20 to 40 minutes with tri-X ! I can tell that my arms fell the difference... The only problem with Tech pan is its price (about 10 EUR at local stores here). Not the kind of film you will want to use with the motor drive set at 5fps. Hopefully development with Rodinal is very cheap. And since I use to load/unload tech pan in complete darkness I use to develop only the part of the film I just exposed and put the remaining film back on the camera for later use. I'am used to tri-X in Rodinal and can tell that if you like grain 8x10 and 10x12 still look nice enlarged. I only choose tech pan when I need absolute sharpness. I don't use much other films than those two. Oh and since I'am back from my New Year's Eve trip I wish you all a very happy new year, and the best photographic opportunities you can get. Cheers, Thibault Grouas.
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For people: Plus-X For places: TMax 100 -Mat Steve Pearson wrote: Which is your favorite for large (8x10 up) prints, in 35mm format?
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Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which is your favorite for large (8x10 up) prints, in 35mm format? Mine is Ilford Pan-F+, developed in Microdol-X and printed on Ilford paper. It's a pain to work with because it's slow and the grain isn't as fine as some faster films like Dela 100, but I *love* the tonal range. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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Steve Pearson wrote: Which is your favorite for large (8x10 up) prints, in 35mm format? Kodak Plus-X Paul Stenquist
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--- Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently tried Ilfor FP4 (ISO 125). I liked the grain at 5x7, but at 8x10, I did not. I'm giving some thought to: I'm partial to Delta 100. It develops very well in ID-11. I've also developed it in PMK Pyro and the results were fantastic. Mark __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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Kodak TMAX 100, damn sharp! JCO
RE: Sharp BW Film
Delta 100 or Acros in XTOL. tv
