Ilford's HP5+ is an awesome film. It is 400 ISO but has extremely fine grain. I use it for everything from feature stories to sports action, pushes very nicely too. I develop it in Kodak T-Max Pro.
Nick ---------- >From: "Paul Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fine Grained 400 b/w >Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 6:54 PM > > Hi, > > I'm going to be shooting some portraits tonight under studio lighting and am > planning on shooting b/w film. I have been shooting mostly TriX over the > past few weeks, but would like something a bit finer grained for this. Any > suggestions? I will be scanning them and maybe making a wet print or two wet > prints. If i descide to shoot 100iso then i will use Acros, but i seem to > like 400 more for this sort of work. > > I may shoot a role or two of colour, but have never shot colour with > Tungsten lighting before. I have a correction filter for tungsten lighting > at home (its an 80a or 80b, cant remember which). Any tips for shooting > colour? > > The developers i mainly use are Xtol, Rodinal and ID-11. > > Thanks, > Paul Jones > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
