I've been using the Arista Premium 400, which is TriX, for a couple years
now. I'm down to my last 50 rolls and will be ordering a couple hundred more
next week. $2.19 a roll! Tri-X is $6 a roll locally and I think its $5 at
Freestyle, the place that sells the $2.19 version under the Arista name.
Pan F has great rendering but as you said, you have to be a careful worker.
Check the highlights here:
http://tinyurl.com/49vul7e
Chris
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On 3/8/11 9:09 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have mixed feelings about Ilford PanF. On the one hand, it is very
> fine-grained and capable of tons of real resolution. However, I think
> it lacks in implied resolution. The more modern engineered-grain films
> may not have as much real resolution, but they have greater implied
> resolution. Another thing that bugs me with PanF is the highlights.
> When you get the exposure and processing correct, the highlights are
> glorious, but more often than not, I'm less than impressed with them.
>
> Overall, I tend to like Delta 100 better. Tonal separation in the
> shadows isn't as rich as PlusX or FP4, but the midtones and highlights
> are far, far smoother and seem to go on and on.
>
> Recently, I purchased a wad of film large enough to cause a bit of
> domestic discontent as it takes up a substantial portion of the
> freezer, taking away space from frozen veggies and salmon fillets.
> It's labelled as Arista Premium B&W 100, which is a Freestyle house
> brand, but in this case it is Kodak PlusX. Not a Kodak "seconds",
> either. Pure, unadulterated Plus X. It took me years to come to grips
> with this film, but I am convinced that in the studio, this film is
> one of the best portrait films ever in any form. It responds so well
> to lighting. It is especially good on this new MCC 110.
>
> AG
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