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Pro 160 NS is now listed on the Fuji Film shop website too at £52.88 for 20 sheets. However I just bought up the last 11 packs of Pro 160 from BHPhoto in the US at $16 per pack. Including import taxes it worked out at £1.70 per sheet rather than the £2.60 per sheet in this new 20 pack. I'd have gone...

Shadow differences very nicely highlighted. Which version of DPL did you go for Tim?

In my comparison of an Epson v750 to a Howtek 7500 the Epson scan used the standard Epson 5x4 film holder as I did not have a better scanning holder. I believe Tim's comparison was wetmounted with the better mount.

Very happy with what I'm getting from my scanner. I was never happy with Epson v750 scans though - as Tim points out - halation around high contrast edges, gave chromatic aberrations and impossible to get focus perfect. Here's a comparison with my Howtek 7500 vs an Epson v750. It's like getting a ne...

Not used Tetenal but am currently using Fuji c41. Have had some streaking on roll film (but not on 5x4). I was/am assuming it must be me not getting something quite right - most films are spot on, probably under 10% with some kind of markings. I'm presoaking for 5 mins - though I have forgotten a co...

I think Richard's hits on a key point about prints in that you really can create something truly unique and one off. That's something that attracts me to large format in general - you end up with a unique and physical image where shutter speeds, apertures and so many other variables are never exact....

I mentioned colour negative as this is simply my main film stock. I rarely use b/w these days. The properties apply equally to b/w which is even more flexible in almost every way, more latitude, better control of contrast etc. Negative film pretty much allows you to drop grads altogether if you wish...

For me the main things are:

1. Highlight handling, as Tim has already mentioned, which is compltely different to the harsh way digital handles them.
2. Colour negative film - huge latitude and beautiful realistic colours which for me creates the ultimate medium to work with.

Tristan

I have the Hi-Lux 4.7 brilliant matte maxwell screen and have found it to be an improvement over the Ebony wide Fresnel on all of my lenses - 47mm to 120mm (especially the 47xl - though it's still not exactly bright). Personally I would have thought a 90mm would be fine without a centre filter on 5x...