Grain is always an emotive issue, and there is something classic about tri-x,
having said that I love Delta 100 and 400 for general use.
I long gave up on FP4.
Tim Hughes
--- On Fri, 5/7/10, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] 250mm F2.1
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 2:38 PM
>
> I want to see whether it can be a Pan-F stand-in for me (I really don't
> like the modern T-grain films like Delta 100 for some or other reason,
> technically good as they are, they need a lot of printing magic to make them
> look "non-boring").
>
I've shot a LOT of Pan-F this past year and agree with your assessment. It
and FP4 print very nicely in the darkoom (as does Tri-X), but Delta 100 has
something just a touch off. I think I figured out what it is for me, though.
Zones II-IV seem to all combine together into Zone III. But if you push them
down in printing into I-II, that the print starts to snap.
Other than that, Delta 100 and 400 are my favorite films.
AG
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