[pure-silver] Re: Kodak vs Ilford
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:50:14 -0700 (PDT)
I have never had good success with the more modern
films. I shoot mostly landscapes, and tended to use
Plus-X in the winter - because of it's soft shoulder
and ability to hold detail in highlights, which you
get a lot of in the snow - and I used TRI-X in the
summer, because I had better luck holding detail in
the shadow areas which you get more of in the summer
time. Then two things happened in relatively rapid
succession - Kodak changed the formulation of Tri-X,
requiring that I do retesting of the film, and they
discontinued Plus-X (I shoot sheet film). As a
result of this I shifted all of my shooting to HP5,
which I am becoming more and more comfortable with. I
still have not found a good substitute for Plus-X.
For me the decision to switch was largely motivated by
my belief that Harman/Ilford have a greater commitment
to continued supply of film and paper for B&W
photography. I think that Kodak is much more fickle
in their support.
--- Ýbrahim Pamuk <ibrahim.pamuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have used HP3 and FP4 once upon a time and swiched
> to Tri-X and Plus-X. Then somewhat used Tmax100 &
> 400. I always preferred to use Kodak HIE. I was
> wondering comparison between Tmax and Delta films.
> Any reccommendation about these? I believe it is
> hard to prefer after one being use Tri-X and then
> switch to HP5 for example. Nevertheless it will
> worth to hear the experience in comparison with
> Tri-X vs HP5 and Tmax vs Delta?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Ibrahim Pamuk
>
>
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