Response to Silver Rich Film (and Paper)

Older emulsions used to contain more silver, and it used to render richer tones in terms of microcontrast that modern films will never match. They used to have lower resolution and coarser grain tho. This applies to Fortepan, Efke, Fomapan, and Kodak's VP for example. This is on eof the least reasearched areas in photography. Manufacturers tend to keep the silver content to the minimum as it costs more; I think that's the reason.

Xosni

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