Gast
Hello,
Gast
...well, these things happen.
The Efkes are marketed as ‘classic’ and are among my favourite films, with their atmospheric greyscale tones, but what actually constitutes ‘classic’? I reckon that Kodak’s Tri-X and Plus-X films don’t actually differ much in terms of sensitivity from the material Kodak offered before the Second World War – that deep black with bright, flat highlights and a well-differentiated mid-range.
Forte is reminiscent of Agfa from the 1960s, and the Ukrainians are making a film like the Agfa films of around 1940.
Hence my question: what do you mean by ‘classic’? Are you referring to grain or antihalation?
Roland
Gast
Kodak Tri-X in D76 at a 1:1 ratio or in Rodinal at a 1:25 ratio.
Gast
For me, a classic film is a black and white negative film with a relatively high silver content and a classic crystal structure – in other words, no flat crystals. Examples of this include, for me, Kodak Plus-X and Tri-X, Ilford FP4 and HP5, Fuji Neopan 400, Fortepan 200 and 400...
