Digital BW, The Print

Scott McLoughlin wrote:

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>>Hi,
>>what with the demise of Tech Pan and APX 25, I wondered what people 
>>think the finest grained film is. I love the optics of 35mm cameras 
>>and would like to still be able to shoot something like APX 25 if it 
>>existed.
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>>I think the finest grained films are Delta 100 or maybe Pan F Plus. 
>>But how about Velvia desaturated? Or what about the small makers - are 
>>there any emulsion made for example in Eastern Europe that are filling 
>>the gap in slow films that digital has left?
>>
>>Secondly I'd be interested in people thought about shooting infra-red 
>>in digital as opposed to Kodak High Speed Infrared film.
>>
>>You have to use a mighty slow exposure to shoot through an Infrared 
>>filter - though this is useful when one wants a slow exposure. And 
>>grass, for example, can become totally washed out and devoid of any 
>>detail. I have not got the results shooting digitally that I see in my 
>>Charlie Waite book. (BTW, if anyone has not seen his work, try 
>>Googleing him - he's one of the best.)
>>
>>I eagerly await your thoughts.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Richard
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It's a German PDF but this one contains a lot of what already may be 
obsolete at other places:

http://www.fotoimpex.de/catalogus_novus_impexus.pdf

http://www.jandcphotography.com/

is the American agent for many of the items mentioned in the PDF, there 
are differences though and they have less in their list.

Ernst