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Richard, what is the nearest relation to the original Rodinal that you know of?
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The fast Ilford film, Delta 3200, John. Much better in terms of grain in 120 which in the 135 film tends to get obtrusive beyond 8 x 10
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My own prints bear this out too -- I have four 16x20 and 20x20 prints on the wall beside each other; one with 135 FP4 in ID11; two with 120 TMY-2 in D76; and one 135 TMX in D76. At about one metre distance the 135 FP4 (traditional grain) looks just as detailed and a bit crisper than the rest (all Kodak t-grain). Someone who didn't know the cameras and format would be hard pressed to pick the 135 FP4 image as being small format. Tonality is another matter, however. I find the 120 images have deeper, smoother tones. I think this is something not to be ignored in choice of format. Some time ago I read a quote by a well known photographer, who said that sharpness and grain are apparent with your nose pressed to the glass but tonality hits you from across the room. Hard to argue with that Based on my own experiences above, I have pretty much stopped using Tmax films. I haven't decided yet if the Delta films are a good compromise between traditional grain and Tmax -- I need to shoot more with them and then do some larger prints. So John, you are not imagining things! Your perception is right on
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Mentioned by Svend above
Techpan or to give it it's full title Kodak Technical Pan. I used quite a bit of it in the 80's until it went out of production. Contrasty as hell but reduce the ISO to 20 and altering the developing time, it worked quite well with ID11. The exposure latitude was about the same as colour transparency film or possibly less, but a really nice film to use. I wish they would bring it back as well as their High speed Infra Red. |
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