Digital BW, The Print

I used to love the old Kodak Pan X. It gave smooth grain and was 
actually a little faster than advertised in the old Zone VI developer. 
But alas that film is not with us any longer.

Since I shoot only 4x5 slow films present a problem since smaller 
apertures are required which means very slow shutter speeds or very 
little DOF. So I seem to keep coming back to good old Tri-X. I tried 
TMax 400 but it left me feeling a little hollow.

But I guess that is why we have the choice of so many different film and 
developers.

Truman

Paul Roark wrote:

>>I really believe in KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).   Tech Pan is an
>>phenomenal film, but slow, fussy & very contrasty quite quickly.  Next best
>>thing, and grainless in an 8x10 print, is TMX100 developed in D76 1:1.  ...
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>There is a lot of merit in this recommendation.  I rejected TP and used Tmax
>100 for years in a relatively traditional developer (in Microdol 1:3) --
>very consistent and reliable.  I may end up taking this same approach again.
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>But the seductive siren song of ultra-fine grain keeps luring me onto the
>rocks.
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>Paul
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