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Presto 1600 at EI 640 may actually be a bit grainier than shooting it at 1600, due to the thicker (granier) negative. The trade-off is in the shadow detail.&nbsp; Thant&#039;s what I&#039;m hoping to gain with the extra exposure.&nbsp; If I can get a really good-looking 5x7 out of it, that&#039;s about all I normally enlarge 35mm.&nbsp; If I need a bigger print than 5x7, I normally move to a larger film format.<br /><br />I haven&#039;t shot any Tri-X in twenty years, I&#039;m thinking abut getting 100&#039; to try it again.&nbsp; I also think there would be some benefit to getting Ilford XP-2 in 100&#039;, so I can take it to the one-hour.&nbsp; Is the current Tri-X much different in response to the Tri-X of twenty years ago?&nbsp; In the last twenty years I&#039;ve used all HP5+.

I just picked up a few rolls of kodak 400uc. Never tried this film. I think it will be a winner. The bessa lenses really show thereselves in how they render color. For one who likes b&amp;w the skopar lenses have made a fan out of me. I have different b&amp;w roll film I am wanting to get started on. Gekko, TriX-400,Tmax, PX-125, agfa, some infared that should be fun. All I&#039;m wating on is a decent scanner that will scan negs. I have some D76 and some Ilford Perceptol. Is anyone here ever used Perceptol? I got it at a steal so I couldn&#039;t pass it up. Never here anyone using it. I have a couple of bulk loaders so I am thinking on some bulk film to play with. Maybe some Arista. Its pretty cheap at Freestyle.

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<br />I just picked up a few rolls of kodak 400uc. Never tried this film. I think it will be a winner. The bessa lenses really show thereselves in how they render color. For one who likes b&amp;w the skopar lenses have made a fan out of me. I have different b&amp;w roll film I am wanting to get started on. Gekko, TriX-400,Tmax, PX-125, agfa, some infared that should be fun. All I&#039;m wating on is a decent scanner that will scan negs. I have some D76 and some Ilford Perceptol. Is anyone here ever used Perceptol? I got it at a steal so I couldn&#039;t pass it up. Never here anyone using it. I have a couple of bulk loaders so I am thinking on some bulk film to play with. Maybe some Arista. Its pretty cheap at Freestyle. <br />

<br />Mitsubishi Gekko is Maco 100UP is Efke 100 (meaning, Maco buys Efke then packages it in Gekko cannisters). When you develop it it even states Maco 100UP on the edge . I&#039;ve tried it and it&#039;s *okay*...highlights don&#039;t hold much detail (I develop in Rodinal and HC-110) but it&#039;s not bad. Right now my favorite 100 speed film is Shantou ERA100. The emultion is a little soft but the way it renders midtones and the exposure latitude amaze me. I&#039;ve attached a couple of samples to this post...this was taken in late afternoon lighting while driving from LA to Cabazon in the desert. The lens used for the first was a 21/4 Skopar @f11, hyperfocal. The second shot was a 35/1.7 Ultron. I developed the roll in Rodinal 1+50 for 14m @20C.<br /><br />Arista is many things depending on which version you get. Last time I was in LA I stopped by Freestyle and stocked up on the expired bulk rolls of Arista 50 for 20 bucks each...it&#039;s really Ilford PanF.

I ordered a dozen rolls of the Freestyle 100&#039; (just outdated) Aristo.&nbsp; This is really Pan F+ :&nbsp; As I recall it was $11.90/roll, so I couldn&#039;t resist stocking up&nbsp; ;D

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<br />I ordered a dozen rolls of the Freestyle 100&#039; (just outdated) Aristo.&nbsp; This is really Pan F+ ::)&nbsp; As I recall it was $11.90/roll, so I couldn&#039;t resist stocking up&nbsp; ;D<br />

When I visited LA for the holiday season I bought some of that, too...although at the time the &quot;past date special&quot; for it was $19.99 per.

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<br />I ordered a dozen rolls of the Freestyle 100&#039; (just outdated) Aristo.&nbsp; This is really Pan F+ ::)&nbsp; As I recall it was $11.90/roll, so I couldn&#039;t resist stocking up&nbsp; ;D<br />

<br /><br />I noticed that the last time I was on line at Freestyle. 50asa. How outdated is it? Has any of you guys tried it yet?