Response to film for lanscape work

Tonality is the issue in landscape work, not grain. The best tonality around these days appears to be in Kodak Technical Pan and Ilford XP-2. Tech Pan is easy to process in the Photographer's Formulary kits, which give a useful increase in film speed. XP-2 can be run in any 1-hour-photo-lab's C-41 (color!) line, though if you get proof prints they'll look terrible (all brown and gray). Avoid anything that says T-Max. Avoid Tri-X Profesional, though the ordinary Tri-X is only marginally bad. Above all, use a tripod. Shoot everything you see; film is a lot cheaper than the cost of getting back to Utah to reshoot. Good luck and bes

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