[Leica] BW Film

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

Dave,
The APUG site is a good resource for film sources and knowledge.
Chris

At 08:35 AM 10/3/2006, you wrote:
>I realize this might be irrelevant nowdays, but I have some questions
>about film.
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>My PMK kit arrived from Photographer's Formulary. The only film I have
>right now is TMX (and some BW400CN which doesn't count). Anyone have any
>suggestions on bw films and the best place to on the web?
>
>I want to find a good source for FP+ -- a long time favorite of mine
>which I understand works well with PMK. I'm also looking for other
>suggestions. Anyone try Efke or Adox or Lucky? What's the difference
>between the 25, 50 and 100 ASA versions, aside from the obvious film
>speed? I mean, is there really a difference in grain structure. Does it
>work well with PMK.
>
>There are situations where I'd like to have really slow film so I can
>shot at wider apertures in plentiful light. But I'm wondering if the
>grain structure, or tonality is markedly different between say Adox 25
>and Adox 100.
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>I'll probably scan the negs with my Minolta or Leaf. But I may print
>some the old fashioned way. Again, just looked for input and
>suggestions.
>
>Also does anyone know of any forums that are deep into bw film and
>processing. I recently moved to a very different environment. The water
>is different. The climate and temperature are different. Plus I'm trying
>out some new processes. Much to learn, IOW. My objective is to create an
>exceptional image and negative, so hopefully the scanning and printing
>will be fairly straight forward. I don't want to spend any more time
>that I have to piloting a computer.
>
>TIA
>daveR
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