Christmas for myself - Portra 400 in 120 or Tri-X in 35mm (silly poll warning)

[celluloidprop]

One of our suppliers gave me a $100 Amex gift card for the holidays.

Debating 20 rolls of Portra 400 and one of Tri-X from Amazon vs 35 rolls of Tri-X (Arista Premium) from Freestyle.

I've already got ~50 rolls of Neopan 400, Arista Premium and HP5+, down to ~10 of Portra 400 and Provia 400X in 120.


Do I want to feed the new Rolleiflex or my Leica...

 

[gb hill]

split it & buy both.

 

[celluloidprop]

Wound up with another Amex gift card, so I got both. That should keep the beasts fed for a little bit.

 

[MISH]

happy holidays indeed.

as for me I promise that 2012 will be the year of the finished print
so I am buying lots of Tri-x 35mm, 120, 4x5 and enough paper and chemistry to last the year (must not look at new gear, must not look at new gear, must not look at new gear........)

 

[celluloidprop]

and just got myself a Plustek 7600 since B&H's $100 off deal ends today. The V700 just doesn't cut it for 35mm scanning

 

[celluloidprop]

The 7600 should arrive at the end of the week, once I get used to working with it, I will.

 

[---f]

Can you post comparison scans?

I agree with the statement. I use my Canoscan 9950F for 35mm contact sheets and high-res 6x6cm and 4x5in final scans. For final 35mm scans I use my Plustek 7500. I didn't like the included silverfast software for my b&w images so I bought vuescan after getting better results with the demo. The Plustek is designed for 35mm single frame scans. Check my flickr portfolio.