Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Jazz Photography
From: David Guidry <Dave-Sherry@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 07:13:45 -0600

What kind of devlopment are you guys giving these films? That may help me to understand
great disparity in your experiences.

Dave

dannyg1 wrote:

> >  I
> > recall it as having been no contest, all right, but because the Neopan seemed
> > to have fist-sized clumps of grain by comparison to TMZ.
>
> I seem to be running into alot of dead contrary opinions these days. Is it a full moon?
> I've found the Kodak stuff _much_ more grainy, muddier and less sharp than
> Neopan 1600. The Fuji film prints for me much like Tri-x pushed to 800 with the
> exception of less highlight blockage and the existace of actual shadow detail. The
> Kodak 3200 film is just plain ugly in my opinion, while the Fuji is plain gorgeous.
>
> Danny Gonzalez