Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

Delta and Acros are fine films, but I just did not find them better than the
Tmax 100 I have in terms of grain or sharpness.  

However, note that my testing was with the old Tmax 100 before Kodak put all
its B&W films on the same production machine.  I think the new one is very
close, but it may be that they've lost a bit of ground.

I think the "advanced" grain films are essentially the same.  Factors like
which film had the base you like, is more readily available in your market,
or is most likely to survive might be more important than the differences in
the film grain among the 100 ISO "advanced" or "T" grain films.  

The curves may differ a bit, and that may be a good reason some will prefer
one to another.

Developers can make a major difference in how the films look also.
Unfortunately, I've never found any developer with any of the films that
will probably be in production in a few years that can match TP or the
digital smoothness I'm seeing.

If I get totally discouraged by the digital flaws, a staining developer
would be the next thing I'd explore for roll film.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard
> Smallfield
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:07 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Finest grain film and also Infra-Red
> 
> At 03:48 AM Saturday 7/9/2005, you wrote:
> >I've tested them all and find none better than the old Tmax I still have.
> 
> Hi Paul,
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> How did the Delta 100 fare when compared with the TMax? I've had trouble
> with excessive loss of highlight and shadow detail with TMax 100, but have
> also had some lovely results.
> 
> I believe TMax has a straighter curve than most films and is thus less
> forgiving than others.
> 
> But I can't wait to give the Efke 25 a go!
> 
> best wishes,
> Richard
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