Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 9/11/00 11:03 pm, William Gower at wgower@eco-tec.com wrote: > Q1: Has anyone done APX400 in D-76 1:1 ? Could you compare the results to > the various dilutions of XTOL ? I seem to remember doing this and I got substantially more grain. APX 400 is a nice old fashioned film with nice old fashioned grain which Xtol does a lot to tighten up. It definitely has a different grain structure to Tri-X, which looks good in D76 1:1. APX400's grain is *much* sharper and more defined in my experience, and personally I wouldn't use D76 unless I wanted the grain emphasised. But I think you'll like the film... I switched from Tri-X because I felt the tonality (sorry, Erwin) was better. > > (When I get home in a few weeks, I'm going to be confronted with processing > 24 or more rolls of B+W with a 2 roll S.S tank. I'm thinking a 4 roll tank > would be a better bet and a good investment anyway, as I plan on getting a > MF camera next year.) In that case get an 8-roll tank! I have 2, 4 and 8 roll tanks and I almost only every use the 8-roll, with the 4 or the 2 sometimes for overspill. Also MF reels take up a LOT of space... you can only get 2 in a 4-reeler but 5 in an 8-reeler... saves a lot of time. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com