Too bad Verichrome Pan is being discontinued. An old technology film with a long toe and very smooth transistion to high lights.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: Re: Delta 3200; was: Fast film recommendations? > I bought a roll of Verichrome Pan the other day. Didn't know they still > made it, but I guess it's available in 120. I did a model shoot today, > but stuck with my Plus-X. Perhaps I'll try the Verichrome Pan tomorrow. > I'm not sure if XX is available in the US. Haven't seen it in a long > time. Royal X was a favorite of mine back in the seventies. I used to > shoot 120 Royal X at 4800 for indoor basketball and wrestling matches. > It was grainy but had nice mid tone greys. > Paul > > Frantisek Vlcek wrote: > > > > t> HP5+? I've developed it in everything...it just doesn't like me.... > > > > I would say, stick with your favourite and use only it ;) If HP > > doesn't work for you, you could spend years tuning it when your > > already nice TX works nicely for you. It's only those "darkroom > > freaks" who spend more time in the dark sloshing chemistry around who > > get kicks out of 5% grain reduction by adding some obscure chemical > > into the developer and similar ;-)) > > > > OTOH, I have seen some absolutely amazing 18x24cm (~8x10") prints > > from Kodak XX (NOT TX! it's good ole double X) in Rodinal... now I > > have a roll of the XX I will try to duplicate that ;) > > > > Good light, > > Frantisek Vlcek > > - > > 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 . - 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 .
