Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Beoon and TriX
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:30:51 -0400

Finally at risk of an opinion, the delight in
> rediscovering the joys of Tri-X is very similar to the "old Leica
> lenses are
> the best" arguement.  I think (subjectively) that the mastery of
> the new T-
> grain emulsions requires an upgrade in our process controls that
> frankly not
> all of us are up to.  Once you get that under control, the new
> films surpass
> on nearly any level the old ones.  Really!
> Will Wright
Perhaps yes, perhaps no, as I have heard more informed minds than mine sing
the praises of the look of Tri-X v T-Max. In any case, having to depend on
commercial labs at this point as I'm not set up to do processing at home,
I'm certainly not going to see any advantage in the T grain films...