Chris Brown wrote:

I think the point is that you probably wouldn't want to put Kodak Super
Duper Ultra Zoom Grotmatic 800, as used in the grainiest 6*4s from a
disposable, in your MF camera.

Or maybe some of us would -- don't forget that extra negative real
estate will forgive many evils that would be impardonable in 35 mm. I
wouldn't think of using Max 800 in my 16 mm subminiature cameras, even
if I had a convenient way to get two feet of 16 mm C-41 film processed,
but it's acceptable in 35 mm if ISO 400 is too slow; in 6x9 cm (8 on
120), at around six times the negative area of 35 mm, it should be just
fine (or at least the grain and sharpness should be acceptable for
situations where ISO 400 is too slow -- bad color is still bad color,
but once again, if you have the shot with bad color, you can always
correct in printing; you can't correct for missing the shot).

Mind you, if I'm shooting with my Moskva-5 or Kodak Reflex II in light
that's too low for ISO 400 (happens frequently with f/3.5 lenses, I'm
afraid), I'd probably prefer to have Ilford Delta 3200 in my bag (since
I can't get T-Max P3200 in 120). Yes, it's B&W -- but that just means I
can process it myself, with my choice of developer, time, and
temperature, to control for contrast, sharpness, and (to some extent)
grain, qualities that are pretty much fixed by the emulsion with C-41.

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