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Spotted this in that seminal classic, Batman: The Movie. From an era where the average movie-goer was familiar with development tanks and the concept of "grain".
 
Ektar 25 was untouchable by anything before or since.

For B&W, TMax 100 or Delta 100 , or get into some exotic emulsions.
 
Ronald M said:
Ektar 25 was untouchable by anything before or since.

For B&W, TMax 100 or Delta 100 , or get into some exotic emulsions.
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If you are talking color negative film I couldn't argue. I must have used some but I don't recall doing so, it is just that I used to like to try fine grain film.

But nothing I have ever seen or heard of could beat Kodachrome 25 for fine grain and sharpness.

BLKRCAT said:
Efke 25 though fragile was always a good emulsion for super fine grain
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Yes it was a good film.

But as noted above, I would like to try the Adox CMS 20 II or Silvermax.
 
Im going to throw it out there for Batgrain level: Rollei retro 80s - Its hard to find grain even on relatively large crops from 35 to 8x10
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Bob,

Not necessarily. You just have to know the secret handshake. Or use the decoder whistle.

Cheers,

R.
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Sadly my decoder whistle went out with the trash in 1968 during a fit of cleaning my mother instituted before we moved. I'd hidden it inside a certain stuffed animal that was deemed superfluous. The secret handshakes I recall have only managed to get me more intimate with those I'd rather not be more intimate with. I suppose I could just bite that bullet...

At my age beggars should certainly not be choosers. My wife actually said "wow that got hard quick" the other evening. Out of context, but telling. When she later said it in context we had a very good laugH.
 
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