From: Carl Weese (cweese@earthlink.net)
Date: 07/25/02-12:09:42 AM Z
Jonathan,
FP4 Plus responds well to PMK pyro, with a working ei of about 64. Tmax
100 doesn't show as useful a pyro stain as TMax 400, but I don't know of
any direct relationship between grain size, speed, and pyro response. ---Carl
Jonathan Borden wrote:
>
> Carl Weese wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > I'm curious why you find ei 100 "useless" for daylight shooting. Half a
> > second at f/64...what's wrong with that? Won't do for horse races of
> > course, but for most other subjects?---Carl
>
> Of all people I'd have thought you'd suggest that the best reason NOT to use
> an ASA 100 film in 8x10 is that such really fine grained films tend to stain
> less well in Pyro -- on the other hand you _can_ shoot Bergger 200 at EI 100
> and get excellent stain. My stain/grain ratio is maximized with Delta 400 on
> the other hand. Personally my Delta 400 gives me great stain, a straight
> line that goes on and on and pretty fine grain (to the extent that that is
> important in 8x10).
>
> Jonathan
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