Medium Format Last Update: July 22, 2001

I just kinda regret for not to use medium format earlier.

I once were super busy in printing pictures from all the negatives that I took. Taking pictures in 135 neg is easy, but not easy for printing in B&W at all. B&W print is an art that you need to invest time; quality is much more important than quantity. 135 is not a good format for B&W. It hardly provides good quality for large print, I'm not saying 11x14, it is bad for 8x10 either. Even for TMX 100, you can still find grains in the prints. In this case, how can one perform a decent job of dodging and burning in a small prints?

The quality of the 120 film is supert. It is too addictive to me. I took the following pictures in the first couple months. My skill is still not reaally mature in that time. And, it is what a petty that the flat bed scanner can't show all the details in the original prints. I will show more pictures in here later. Please come back and check them out. E-Mail.

What I wrote:" I usually use Agfapan APX 25 or APX 100 now, since they are checper than the TMAX. Still, TMAX is the best. I try to use the China make "Panda Era 100"… Holy Smoke! That is not just grainly, but also with uneven emulsion too! I try two roles of it and I think I'll never do it again…

The APX 25 is relatively cheap, and with supert performance in grain and contrast, I really recommend it."

Note: It's so sad that the APX 25 is discontinued. Now the only fine grain film with reasonable price is Ilford Pan 50, sigh~

P.S. All pictures in Page 1 are taken by Seagull 4A-103, printed on Kodak Polymax II RC paper. For Page 2 and Page 3, pictures are taken by Mamiya C330 with Sekon 80mm or Mamiya 645n with Sekon 75mm.; printed on Ilford MGIV RC paper.

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