[Leica] New Films

[nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)]

Hi David,

Even though the vast majority of my photography these days is done  
with Canon and Olympus DSLRs, I have not dropped film completely.  
While I do not anticipate ever shooting a roll of 35mm film again, I  
have shot several rolls of MF film in my Bronica 645 in the past  
couple of months. When I put in a roll of 220 Tri-X, I get 32  
pictures on a roll. I have a lab in Barcelona that develops them for me.

The reason I have not posted any of those images lately is that my  
scanner is still in the Netherlands. However, I am going up there  
this weekend and will bring the scanner down to Alicante along with  
the rest of my computer stuff, using my wife's car to transport it all.

So yes, at least medium format film is still very much part of my  
photography world.

Nathan

On 5-feb-2008, at 21:36, David Rodgers wrote:

> There seems to be a number of interesting new BW films appearing. My
> goal for this year was to get back into BW film. That seems to be  
> where
> I'm most comfortable, have the most fun, and perhaps because of that
> seem to have the most success.
>
> I read a post on the APUG that listed all the new BW films. It's
> surprising how many there are. Two of interest to me are the new  
> Rollei
> Technical Pan film and the new TMax 400. I just ordered some of both.
>
> I hope the Rollei ATP is similar to Kodak Tech Pan. That was a  
> difficult
> film to use, but under the right conditions it was amazing stuff. I
> don't know if it's the extended red sensitivity, or the lack of grain,
> or the smooth tonal rendition, or what. Hopefully ATP 1.1 has it, too.
>
> I've always liked TMax 400, even in the early days when a lot of  
> people
> complained about it. The new TMax 400 sounds like it's even better.
>
> I'm also trying out several Adox films and some Rollei IR. I'm  
> going to
> try several developers -- Xtol, PMK and D76.
>
> We'll see how they scan or wet print. Scanning and inkjet printing has
> it's merits, but I'm not quite ready to give up my enlargers.
>
> Has anyone else been experimenting with BW film lately?
>
> DaveR
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