Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have found XP2 to look very grainy when underexposed. As a result, I have been shooting it at E.I. 200. Looks fine at that setting. I would like to see what it does at E.I. 320. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:14 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] XP-2: True grit? > > > The older film was quite what? Are we talking about the same XP-2? From > Ilford? If you found it to be really grainy, as in a "sand painting," I > would suspect some serious problem in either the batch of film, or the > processing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Arne Helme > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:56 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] XP-2: True grit? > > > Peter, > > the XP-2 Super? The older XP-2 film was quite grainy. Did you rate and > compare the films at other speeds too, e.g., ISO 200? > > -- Arne > > > In message <5.1.0.14.2.20020121095459.00a76db0@pop.2alpha.net>, > "Peter A. Klein" writes: > >Is XP-2 inherently more grainy than Portra 400 B&W? I just got a roll of > >XP-2 back from my neighborhood Walgreen's pharmacy's Kodak > minilab. It was > >*very* grainy--more like 3200 film. I checked the film with a 30x pocket > >microscope, and it is indeed very grainy on the negative--it's not just > >grain aliasing on the scanner. I'll post a couple of examples > in the next > >few days--there were some good shots, even if they look like Navajo sand > >paintings. > > > >A roll of Portra 400 B&W processed at the same place by the same > technician > >a couple of months ago was beautiful, and not grainy at all. Both films > >were exposed at ISO 400, and the negs don't look underexposed to me. > > > >Can some failure in the C41 processing cause such grain--exhausted > >solutions, bad temperature control, etc.? I won't be using that minilab > >again if they can't be consistent. Convenience is nice, but not if it > >ruins the pictures. I've been collecting bottles, and will get on the > >Tri-X and Xtol 1:3 bandwagon very soon. > > > >--Peter Klein > >Seattle, WA > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html