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Subject: [OM] Re: ilford xp2 super 400 asa or 100 asa?
From: Andrew L Wendelborn <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:17:10 +0930
At 8:26 AM -0500 2005.07.21, <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Andrew,
>
>But when you put the negative on a light box, doesn't it look great? That
>was my surprise when first using it.

Oh yes.  And scans nicely too.

>I think #3 is the lowest grade I've used in printing SP2 negatives. I have
>gone as far as 5 1/2 on my Ilford head, and that still required a lot og
>careful dodging and burning.

OK, that's where I'll go next.

>I'm going to try underexposing in half stop increments next. Don't know what
>to expect.
>

Let's know how it goes.

I'm going to try some more controlled comparisons myself when I get a
chance (which won't be for a while).

This can be a very versatile film. The lab processing can be a letdown
though -- one nice negative came back with a big blotch on it.


thanks for the hints
  Andrew

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