Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Tri-X on the cheap
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Sep 15 16:20:56 2004

The best way would be to show you prints in hand, and then walk through the
differences. 
But overall, it's Neopan's ability to translate the midrange, and/or
specular highlights, the most faithfully to the print.
S. Dimitrov

> From: Feli di Giorgio <feli@creocollective.com>
> Organization: Creo
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: 15 Sep 2004 16:23:33 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Tri-X on the cheap
> 
> On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 16:06, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>> I'm sure many still feel Tri-X is the cat's meow.
>> This past week I had to print material from as far back as twenty+ years,
>> ranging from Ilford, Kodak, to Freestyle house brand, along with Neopan.
>> It just reinforced how much I liked the look of a print from a Neopan neg.
>> On the other hand, Neopan in 120 is about as atrocious as the Freestyle
>> brand. 120 Acros is fine, but impossible to get handily, making T-max the
>> best bet.
>> S. Dimitrov
> 
> What differences are you seeing between Neopan and Tri-X?
> I have read that the grain is a little finer and it has a little more
> shadow detail, but the highlights are more linear.
> 
> I'm very curious. I love Tri-X, but sometimes wish for a traditional style
> 400 film with finer grain.
> 
> Feli
> 
> 
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