Ultra Large camera film

Terry King (101522.2625@CompuServe.COM)
26 Nov 96 12:44:49 EST

Tom

You said:

>I've never been happy with enlarged negs for this series (where I want a
>lot of detail). Yes Judy, another F64 style platinum guy ;-) Illford only
>makes there films up to 12x20. I've tried some "Line" films, developed for
>continuous tones. But.... they seem to be about EI 4 or 8. WAY too slow
>(this work is studio still lifes, done under tungsten lights, at or near
>1:1). I'm aware that Kodak will make a custom "run" of film, but that
>comes to about $10,000US!!!! Any thoughts (My dream would be to find T-Max
>400 or HP5).

Kodak stopped making the ideal film this summer but you may be able to get hold
of it still. It is Sep Neg 2. It is expensive but will take beautiful
enlargements from 10 x 8 so that you would not be able to tell that you were not
using a 20 x 24 camera. In camera though, with the densities needed for
platrinum, it is going to be a bit slow unless you use a lot of light.

Terry King