Hi,
For what it's worth, and obviously people here disagree with me, but I've had
better results pushing Kodak Tri-x and T-Max 400 two stops to 1600, than I
have had using Fuji Neopan, their 1600 b&w.
I didn't like Neopan's grey tones at all. I found it far too "contrasty".
Maybe it was the difficult lighting conditions (but isn't that why you use
1600 film?), but Neopan gave me all whites and blacks, with very little grey
in between. And quite frankly the pushed Kodaks weren't much grainier than
the Fuji. In fact, it was suggested to me that for pushing two stops, T-Max
would be best in terms of less grain, but I found my old favourite Tri-X to
be almost it's equal, and I liked Tri-X' grey tones better than T-Max, so I
use Tri-X exclusively for 1600.
Mind you, I missed the first part of this thread. Maybe this is all in terms
of developing your own, which I don't do, so maybe this is all irrelevent, in
which case, my apologies for this.
regards,
frank
"J. Hein" wrote:
> Hi there, I am back from the weekend and read the large number of answers
> to my question. Thanks to all who contributed.
>
> The advise I take so far: Try to avoid push processing and try to buy
> something which has the speed I want printed on the box. What I am a bit
> disapointed about, apparently there is no Kodak offering beyond ASA 1000
> otherwise you would have proposed it to me. (This is a Kodak problem and
> not a PDML problem.)
>
> Anyone has experience with how to mix a fast Fuji under the Porta 160
> VC? They have some ASA 1600 emulsions. -Thanks- Joachim
>
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