Re: OFF TOPIC. Help with low light b/w and Tmax

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At 12:04 AM 9/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
><<<<<<Is there anyone who can help me? I have tried using T-max 400 under
>low light conditions, rated at 800 and developed in T-max or HC-110. The
>negatives I get have very course grain and also high contrast. I would like
>to have more tones in my prints. With regards only to Tmax 400, is there
>any way I can do this? >>>>>
>
>Hi Adi,
>
>Gee if you had of called the Concorde hotel in KL sometime during the past
>5 days I could have helped with hands on right there help! :)
>
>I sent an e-mail last week before leaving Canada and had made arrangements
>for you to attend the sports/Olympics slide presentation I was giving to
>the SUKOM KL 1998 Commonwealth Games organizing commitee on Monday morning.
>
>I guess sometimes these email things don't always work. :)  
>
>I can save you a lot of grief!  Get some of the new KODAK T400CN 
>chromegenic B&W film that you can shoot at asa 100 and 1000 all on the same
>roll and it is grainless. It is a C41 processing done in a colour lab, you
>can print some of the most beautiful low light prints you will find.
>
>There really isn't any grain as it is a dye film.
>
>You may not be able to find it in KL yet, but it is truly a very
>interesting film for available light and Leica lenses.
>
>Ted
>
>
How does the Kodak T400CN compare to the Ilford XP2?  I had tried the XP2, it
wasn't bad, but the emulsion seemed to be very soft.  I always got it back from
various color labs with long fine scratches on the film.

Herman