On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:23:15 -0700 (PDT), AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Ilford XP2, without a doubt. He definitely didn't steer you
> wrong. Just be careful about OVER-exposing. It's forgiving,
> but, but the shoulder kicks in so low that there is no
> straight-line section. If you want to give it an extra 1/3 stop
> to protect shadow detail, that's ok, but I wouldn't be shooting
> it at 160 or 200. Highlight details hold very well, but tonal
> separation suffers due to the looooonnnnng shoulder.
>
> When shot at 160 or 200, XP2 becomes a bit too dense. It's
> already a stop slower in the darkroom (enlarger) due to base
> density, and that extra stop of emulsion density really
> lengthens your enlarger time.
dunno if the local minilab goofed, but the last few rolls of XP2, shot at
various EI, the best results were had with gross overexposure (meaning 1
stop over the indicated incident metered value). shot at 400, it was ok,
and even slightly under (limited by aperture/shutter values in low light),
things got mucky awfully quick.
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