Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]August 12, 1998 Gary Tardoff wrote today: >I did a 16x20 group portrait from a Summicron DR 50 at f8 on Ilford Delta >100 - WOW! This partially answers a question I have about staying with 35MM. I've mentioned to several photographers I know that I'm in the market for a V35 enlarger. They seem to think it's "limiting"--that eventually I'll want to go to a larger format. One voice of reason, a fellow Leica-user finds the resolution so good with the Leica lenses that the larger format is not necessary. So far I've found Tri-x developed in HC110 too grainy even in an 8X10 format. But when I tried T-Max 100 and 400, developed in T-Max developer diluted 1:9 at 72 degrees for 15 minutes, the negatives were beautiful--fine-grained and not too contrasty. Feedback anyone? Mary