Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Slightly OT: C-41 b&w films
From: Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:12:59 -0400
References: <008e01c3261a$f2d36010$1832010a@dcc.edu>

Jeffery Smith wrote:
> Let me just barge in here <g>. XP2 is susceptible to blown highlights when
> shot at 400. If you rate it lower, it blows them out even worse. If you rate
> it higher, it looks grainier. T400CN seems to be less likely to do this.

Jeffery,

This just hasn't been my experience. In fact, my observation is that as 
you overexpose XP2, the highlights just shoulder off nicely. In fact, 
many people expose it at EI200 for exactly this quality, that and the 
fact that grain decreases with extra exposure. I agree that 400 is the 
max EI at which this film should be rated.

When I tried T400CN, it seemed like a perfectly good film, just more 
difficult to print in a wet darkroom. I think this was a case where 
Kodak couldn't make up its mind whether the film should be designed to 
be printed on B&W or color paper, so it stuck it somewhere in the middle 
:-). T400CN is truly not ideal for either one (which is why Portra was 
created), but it certainly does seem to scan nicely.

Rolfe

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