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- From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Film Reccomendations Summary
- Message-ID: <C1BIDA.JDB@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 17:39:09 GMT
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- Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
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- agosta@mred.llnl.gov (Keith Agosta) quoted an anonymous recommendation:
- > You didn't mention what format you're using so I'll assume that it's 35mm.
- > In thinking of doing b/w landscapes it's important to remember that Ansel
- > used mainly an 8x10 view camera. His smallest format for landscape was the
- > 6x6 Hasselblad. So sharpness and lack of grain will be very important in
- > choice of film for using in a 35mm camera. There are really only 2 choices:
- > Tmax 100 and Agfapan 25.
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- Also Kodak Technical Pan and Ilford Pan F Plus - Ilford are claiming
- that the latter is the finest-grained film now available.
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- But, if you know how to use the effect, grainy landscapes can be just as
- interesting as those shot on these films. Kodak Recording Film 2475 and
- Konica Infrared 750nm come to mind. (Expensive, though).
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