Agfa is quite sharp but has golf ball grain ( to me ) and curls even with out hardner. If you want fine grain look else where, FP4 and HP5 are better overall but if you want a sharp film with old fashion chunky grain agfa does it.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Frank. > I have only tried a roll of the 100 i bought from > Aaron last fall,shot it on > a dull snowy day in January and developed in class 3 > weeks ago.I got a keeper print of my > daughter > riding her retired horse but i thought it looked a > bit granier then say T-max or Delta > 100,but as i say > not ideal conditions.The film itself feels thin and > it curled quite a bit. > A girl in class developed a roll each of Agfa,Ilford > fp4 and Tri-x.We all felt the worst > to best contrast > was in this order. > OTOH i tried an liked the FP5 so now i think i'll > carry Tri-x100,FP5,Delta 100, and Tri-x > 3200. > Dave > > > I was buying film today, and noticed that Downtown > Camera here in > > Toronto is selling Agfa APX (b&w 400) for $3.00 > Cdn for a roll of 36. I > > asked them what it was like, and they said "quite > grainy". I asked if > > it was a lot grainier than TriX, and he just said > again, "quite grainy". > > > > OTOH, when I looked on the Agfa Canada site, they > mentioned "good > > fineness of grain". > > > > I chickened out, and bought my usual Ilford HP5+, > for a whole 33 cents a > > roll more. > > > > Anyone familiar with APX, and if so, what do you > think of it? > > > > thanks, > > frank > > > > -- > > "Honour - that virtue of the unjust!" > > -Albert Camus > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
