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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford Delta 100
From: Ed Buziak <ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:33:17 +0000

Henning,

Likewise HP5+ in PMK Pyro... best film/dev combo I've used for years from
35mm in an unmetered M3 to 5x7 sheets in a Zone-metered Lotus View.

Regards,

Ed Buziak / Publisher
Camera & Darkroom magazine

ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk
http://www.camera-and-darkroom.co.uk

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>From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford Delta 100
>Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2000, 4:57 am
>

>HP5+ is my preferred 35mm film. It is not as sharp as some, but it has a
>greater range of tonality than most other 35mm films, and I prefer tonality
>to sharpness most of the time. HP5+ in Xtol 1:1 works wonderfully, and I
>use it in 35mm, 2 1/4 and in 4x5. It is consistent across the formats, and
>that is something that Tri-X lacks.
>
>Delta 100 is a great film, and my other preferred 35mm load. It doesn't
>have the same range of tones, however.
>
>   *            Henning J. Wulff
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