Response to Acros update

I agree with Ted, let me bore you with my last test of Acros: I recently bought a Gandolfi 8x10 from Badger Graphics and they did not have TMX in 8x10 in stock ( my film of choice) so I said what the heck send me the Acros, let's try it. I also develop my film in a Ctechol developer so I made a pic outside my house at 12 noon in the Houston summer heat.....my guess was since I use EI of 50 with TMX I would use 40 with Acros just to be on the safe side. Well after all the developing and printing was done I was looking at the test print and my roomate walked by....saw me looking at the pic and asked me "what is wrong with your pic?" I said nothing, it was just a test...and she replied " I tell you what is wrong! you have no shadows, you took the pic in the middle of the day and all is bright and sunny!"......LOL...she could see all of this in a half assed test print even though she knows nothing about photography and is happy with her Pentax IQ zoom I got her..... So If you want to see wonderful tone scale with bright highlights and well define shadows give it a try! I will comment on the fact that I did not like the middle tones as much as I do with TMX, but then my test was half assed using standard printing times etc.....

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