Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford Delta Films
From: "Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:37:29 -0700

Will,
I suspect that if you develop the APX100 in Rodinol you will see much finer
grain.
Joe Stephenson
- -----Original Message-----
From: Vondauster@aol.com <Vondauster@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 3:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] Ilford Delta Films


>Hi All,
>
>In a message dated 98-10-21 18:40:26 EDT, Francois wrote:
>
><< Many say that Ilford Delta 100 is one of the sharpest, if not the
sharpest
>B&W
> film available.  To your knowledge, for general photography, which film
>yields
> the sharpest images, all other things (ie. using a tripod) being equal?  I
am
> looking for emulsions of ISO100 and ISO400.>>
>
>Francois, in my experience the Deltas show the best combination of
sharpness,
>fine grain, and tonality of any black and white films I have used. I'm
>delighted with them. Personally, I find the otherwise excellent Agfa films
too
>grainy, and the TMAX films seem to lack the same edge definition I get from
>the Ilford films.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Will von Dauster