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Response to B&W Wedding

from Michael Goldfarb (mgoldfar@mobius-inc.com)
In my experience, the T-Max films run a bit contrasty with most developers. For people pictures with the dreaded "white dress/black tux" syndrome, you're much better off with an "old tech" film like Tri-X or Plus-X.

Agfapan 100 is particularly good (at least in D-76 1:1), featuring pretty fine grain for an old tech film and beautiful, smooth gradation; it doesn't block up in highlights or shadows at the drop of hat like T-Max... and Caucasian skintones are rendered with an unusual, subtle glow. (And even in 35mm, the grain is good enough to make nice 11x14s. If you're shooting medium format, even better.)

(posted 9315 days ago)

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