[pure-silver] Re: Good acutance and tonality for HP5+ 120 format
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
Bob
I used to shoot Tri-X in the summer time, and Plus-X in the winter time, mostly
because I liked the way that Tri-X held detail in the shadows in the summer,
and in the winter (I live in Maine where winter landscapes mean snow), Plus-X
did a good job of holding detail in the highlights. I realize that the
reasons that I liked these films were precisely because of the way they were
NOT linear, and since I shoot mostly large format, grain is not a major
concern. When Kodak discontinued Plus-X (in sheet film), I tried out a lot of
other films. I didn't like the T-Grain films because I found it harder to
control contrast with development, and I ended up falling on HP-5. I didn't
like it as much as I liked the Plus-X for holding detail in highlights, but it
was OK, and it seemed to do a decent job in the shadows as well. Being
somewhat disgusted at Kodak for discontinuing what I considered to be a
foundation of traditional photography, I
moved wholesale over to Ilford and now shoot almost exclusively HP5. It may
be a terrible performing film, but I am happy with the images that I get from
it.
Mark
--- On Mon, 5/18/09, Robert Randall <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Robert Randall <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Good acutance and tonality for HP5+ 120 format
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:49 AM
As a point of curiosity, I have a question for all of you regarding HP5. In
all my tests, it was the single worst performing film available. The grain
is horrible, the emulsion makes the film inherently soft, and the only
acutance to speak of is a measurable increase in the visibility of the
grain. Mind you, this is based on testing and not usage, so my question is;
why do any of you use it? What feedback do you receive from the final image
that causes you to like the film?
Bob Randall
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