Response to 35mm equals 6x7!

John, How does the new Delta 400 do with shadow detail at EI 400? I'm used to the good shadow detail that TriX provides, but since I switched to XTOL a year ago, my big enlargements don't seem to have the crispness that they used to (in HC110B). I could just return to HC110, of course, but I like the tonal smoothness that XTOL (1:1) provides. However, I am potentially interested in D400. I gave APX400 a try, at the suggestion of John Browlow. It does have a tighter grain structure in XTOL, but the shadows are just too weak for conventional printing (he loves it for the way it scans). It seems to be a curve-shape problem rather than underexposure, at least in my hands. How does D400 compare to TriX rated normally, in your opinion? Thanks!

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