Tim Gray
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I did some printing with TMZ and PanF+ for the first time last night. As I printed that first TMZ neg, holy crap, the grain. It's awesome. I see a lot of TMZ in my future.
My real questions/comments are about PanF+. First of all, is it curlier than Kodak films? Once my negs dry and I snip them into strips of 5, they usually stick out straight when you hold them from one end, which is always convenient when putting them in their sheets or in the neg carrier. The PanF+ negs gave under their own weight and would curl lengthwise and were kind of annoying to work with. Is this a PanF+ thing or an Ilford thing or just a random thing? This was the 1st roll of Ilford film I've used.
Secondly, when I looked at the negs, they looked a little flat, which is odd considering the environment the pictures were taking in (at the beach at about 3pm over christmas - strong directional light). Exposed at EI 50, souped in Xtol 1:1. They did print wonderfully though once I added a bit of contrast. Very smooth. A little strange to work with for me. I though one print was a little light at 10 secs, so I did a print at 12 secs and whoah! way to dark. This happened a couple times with other negs too. Maybe it was just me, but the negs seemed to have a very small sweet spot in terms of exposure for a proper print, at least compared to my Diafine souped Tri-X negs. So... is this something I should expect out of PanF+ (or other slow speed films - this was my first), or was it just the fumes messing with my head?
My real questions/comments are about PanF+. First of all, is it curlier than Kodak films? Once my negs dry and I snip them into strips of 5, they usually stick out straight when you hold them from one end, which is always convenient when putting them in their sheets or in the neg carrier. The PanF+ negs gave under their own weight and would curl lengthwise and were kind of annoying to work with. Is this a PanF+ thing or an Ilford thing or just a random thing? This was the 1st roll of Ilford film I've used.
Secondly, when I looked at the negs, they looked a little flat, which is odd considering the environment the pictures were taking in (at the beach at about 3pm over christmas - strong directional light). Exposed at EI 50, souped in Xtol 1:1. They did print wonderfully though once I added a bit of contrast. Very smooth. A little strange to work with for me. I though one print was a little light at 10 secs, so I did a print at 12 secs and whoah! way to dark. This happened a couple times with other negs too. Maybe it was just me, but the negs seemed to have a very small sweet spot in terms of exposure for a proper print, at least compared to my Diafine souped Tri-X negs. So... is this something I should expect out of PanF+ (or other slow speed films - this was my first), or was it just the fumes messing with my head?
