[rollei_list] Re: Black and white film question
- From: "Ellestad" <ellestad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:12:28 -0600
I shot lots of Plus-X roll film. It had a very nice gradient. Like with any
black and white film you have to tailor your developement to your printing
system - enlarger (illumination), lens, paper and paper developer. Plus-X
had a very nice shoulder and I had some adjusting to do when the relatively
shoulderless T-Max 100 came in. I always felt that Plus-X was a little more
grainy than a 125 speed film of that era should have been, even in low grain
developers like Microdol. And in the low grain developers it tended to get
even a little flat. Comparativly, Tri-X 400 was a little short on gray scale
(can't recall about the Tri-X 320) and Pan-X, while very fine grained, could
get contrasty very quickly in slightly errant developing.
Tim Ellestad
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From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:00 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Black and white film question
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:06 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Black and white film question
>
>
> > (snipped)
> >
> >> Plus-X roll film seems to have gotten lost in the
> >> shuffle. Its a very good film but no one seems to use it.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Richard Knoppow
> >> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> >> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > I find it too contrasty and difficult to print. Tri-X and
> > Delta are easier
> > for me to print and to control contrast through
> > exposure/development. Then
> > again, I am not the world's best printer...
> >
> >
> > Eric Goldstein
> >
>
> I am curious about this. What sort of images do you get
> with Plus-X. Can you describe how the excessive contrast
> affects the tone reproduction on the print?
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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