Rarely is all else equal ... and faster film, as I said, with many cameras, does not allow as much use of wider apertures. Faster film is not better, it's just faster. YMMV, and obviously it does.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10/24/2004 9:20:45 AM > Subject: RE: B&W developers and Tri-x ?? > > Faster film speed is almost always better all else being equal. It > allows > use of faster shutter speeds with same aperture/DOF. > The only time shutter faster speeds are a problem > is if you end up needing a speed faster than your camera's > top speed or you actually want to blur motion, both of which are very > rare situations. > The faster film speeds HELP/IMPROVE nearly almost all of the time.
