Theater Sunday morning

It looks like an Art Deco building and taken in a kind of Art Deco way reminiscent of such shots in the late 20s in terms of the brightness and silvery quality of the building in brilliant sunshineLooks good to me. What haven't you achieved that you believe N-1 would have given you?Thankss

pentaxuser said:

... What haven't you achieved that you believe N-1 would have given you?Thankss

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I think the grain might have been a tiny bit less visible, although it is extremely fine and you can't see it at this size. Also, with a slightly less contrasty negative, scanning might have been easier on some of the other frames I have not yet posted that actually have a little more contrast. So far, I like this film better than TMX or FP4. There is just not much data on it for Xtol.

Thanks for the reply. I suppose it depends on how you do your prints as I note that this one is for sale. I had assumed that the prints would be darkroom prints where the key is the right negative for optical printing.I'd have thought that Silvermax in Xtol will give negs that need a massive print enlargement before any likelihood of grain. It might be nice to show a neg scan "in its best light" on a screen but in this state it is only a virtual print.pentaxuser

pentaxuser said:

... I had assumed that the prints would be darkroom prints where the key is the right negative for optical printing. ...

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That's the ultimate intent but this is mainly a test of the film/developer combination. Scanning saves me some time while I am just testing. Once I get a good scanned image I can then print it wet. The difference between N and N-1 is only about a paper grade - no big deal with VC paper with a little dodging and burning thrown in.

I like the graphic strength of this, Scotty. This is a good subject for the light here.