IMHO the choice of developer is of as much importance.
On
http://www.fotoimport.no/rammer.html I found a collection of curves,
resulting from tests with different combo's of film and developer.
For those of you who don't understand Norwegian ;-)) :
follow the link 2. Sort/hvit film (B&W film) and click on the first item in
the list "Se vare nye fremkallertabeller med kurver" (won't translate that
one). On this page, scroll down to the list of developers. If you remember
that 'fremkaller' means 'developer', you're doing well.
Notice that for e.g. the difference between some curves of the same film in
a different developer are sometimes bigger than the differences between
different films in the same soup.
All in all it's just a ... matter of taste, and one can only develop this by
continuing tasting and getting used to a specific combo before trying
something else.
Good luck!
Jan
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Hello,
I like tri-x, I found it very easy to use, it allows push/pull
treatments, the grain can be choosen depending on developer, with
D76/ID1 it has quite fine grain and good acutance and it has good
scale of grey.
But I think it has not so much details (especially in midtones) as I
would like to see, it has less sharpens than I want, and its curve
seems to be a bit, onlt a bit, flat.
Should I change it with Fuji Neopan 400? Could it be the film I'm
looking for general purposes BW photos?
I've read it has much more details, finer grain and a deeper curve
on low-midtones. Is it right?
After reading that, I'm very interested in testing it, and it seems
my "perfect" film. But I have to order it online because local shops
doesn't have it (I live in a small town in the centre of Italy), so
before buying I would like to receive comments on my post.
Thanks a lot.
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Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it