William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: RE: B&W developers and Tri-x ??
If you read what Bob said, and what I said earlier: there is no "faster
shutter speed" on some cameras. The Leica is limited to 1/1000 second, and
numerous Leica shooters prefer not to go there, many of the older Pentax
bodies are limited in the same or similar manner. The fastest shutter
speed on any of my cameras is 1/2000 second. TMAX 400 (your chosen film
for this discussion) gives 1/2000 @ F8.0 or so in bright sunlight. F8.0 is
not always the ideal aperture. Wider apertures are often preferred by many
photographers for artistic and creative reasons.
I am pretty sure that artistic merit flies right past JC's head.
Every discussion I have seen him involved in devolves to pure technical detail.
Artistic or creative merits have never, in my memory, been part of any of his postings.
William Robb
I think you're being unfair to JC now, he has mentioned several times that if the films compared were equal in every other way than ISO speed the faster would be generally preferred.
I agree with that fully, especially since I live in the dark side of the world, even ISO400 is too slow for me for regular photographing.
If there was a film that was as good as tri-x but at ISO1600 that would be my film of choice for all other seasons than the summer.
Now, ofcourse, it's not as simple as that, films vary a great deal, grain structure etc., so fastest doesn't mean the best.
But _IF_..
/Henri
