Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm curious about the Classic films. I think they are Fortepan. The 400 is said to be the grainiest 400 film, hands down. Be very very careful with the Fomapan (maybe the Classic films too, I don't know). Fomapan is very, very soft while wet. Don't use a squeegie or anything on it. That would scrape the emulsion off. I think Efke films are also soft when wet. Some people use a hardener in the fixer to counteract the softness. I don't. They're just fine when they dry. Adding a hardener makes washing the films more of a chore. But once again ... I'm curious about the Classic films. Good luck'! Daniel On 3/16/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > I just got my shipment of "Classic 400" and "Classic 200" film from J&C > Photo. At about US$1.50 per roll, I hope I love them. I'm going to try them > out with my standard divided D-76, a developer that works well with long > scale film. I'm also expecting some FOMA, EfKe, and Bluefire Police next > week. And I just souped my first two rolls of Rollei 25. I had to guess on > the development time. Wish me luck. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel > Ridings > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:46 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: so long rodinal > > > I've tried Calbe A49 (in the name of ADOX ATM49) and D76 1:1. I think I > prefer D76 1:1. D76 is a lot easier to find and the combination doesn't > create a lot of chemical fall-out, like Calbe A49 did for me. Mind you, it > might have had something to do with my water, but Calbe and Fomapan was > difficult to work with. I would have to spot (clone) every frame from a lot > of small particles. Very small. They might not even have shown up in a > conventional enlarger, but in a Nikon scanner they were all over the place. > I didn't have the same problem with D76. > > I haven't tried anything else. > > Daniel > > On 3/15/06, Arche, Harvey <Harvey.Arche@jp2hs.org> wrote: > > Daniel wrote: > > > > Fomapan 200 is pretty close, but only close. There _is_ nothing else > > like APX100. It was too special. But Fomapan 200 is a very close > > second. > > > > That's a fairly ringing endorsement. Any developer suggestions to go > > with it? Arche > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >