Re: Ilford XP-2: dunno 'bout this film...


"***" <riosal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <dgpk43$he2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> f_stopblues@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> > I tried using this for the first time recently and I am not sure if I
>> > am
>> > all that thrilled with the results.
>>
>> I don't blame you, chromogenics are a poor substitute for a 'real' mono
>> film
>> stock.
>> I have many images from 1995 shot on the original XP2 not the newer
>> 'super'
>> version, I stored all the negatives in archival storage pages in ring
>> binders and when I went to get them out and scan them earlier this year,
>> I
>> could hardly make out the images on the negatives.
>> The scans were washed out and looked like '65 not '95. I only use real
>> mono
>> films since 1996 till the present. I suggest you do the same, even if you
>> have to do the development yourself.
>>
>> "DD (Rox)" <roxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1d9a0003487d881398972e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I tried using this for the first time recently and I am not sure if I
>> > am
>> > all that thrilled with the results. I got the roll back from one of the
>> > local Frontier labs and they scratched a lot of the negs - which I only
>> > discovered last night as I was scanning them in. It took me ages to fix
>> > in PS (wish I had ICE).
>> >
>> > I found the film to be extremely grainy. I can understand that it's a
>> > fast B&W film (400), but I don't know if it should have this much
>> > grain!
>> >
>> > These pictures were all taken with the Leica M3, 50mm, 90mm & 135mm
>> > lenses. The indoor shots are handheld, some of them probably at around
>> > 1/15 sec! The metering was all done using the Leicameter MC. Some of
>> > them were way out, but I rescued plenty shots in PS.
>> >
>> > Here are some of them:
>> >
>> > http://www.leica.co.za/galleries_featured.htm
>> >
>> > --
>> > Look. See. Click. Share.
>> > www.leica.co.za
>> > www.dallasdahms.com
>
> I've never heard of anyone else having this problem. I have negatives
> taken with Ilford XP when it first came out that are in excellent
> condition as are the negatives taken with XP2

As long as the operator tells the printing machine that the film is b+w
chromagenic there isn't a problem. Jessops are encouraged to charge extra
to neurtralise the slight tint you might get but it is actually tick a check
box. You will notice that the film is slightly magenta cast. I forget the
cause. All in all its why people had their own darkrooms. If you want it
done right then do it yourself.


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