Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The look of Tri-X in 35mm is simply the look of a film that is the second best for any specific application but one that will produce a passable result 90% of the time. This is something that Fuji has never quite mastered. Dante On Aug 1, 2004, at 11:12 AM, Karen Nakamura wrote: >> >> And why do film snobs eschew Kodak film, execpt for Tri-X? > > Jesse - > > Thanks for the kind words about my site. :-) > > Hmmm...... good question. For me, it's not so much that I eschew Kodak > film, it's just that Fuji film beats Kodak in all of the categories I > care about. > > Fuji Provia 100F is finer than any Ektachrome and scans very well > Fuji Profia 400F has the least grain of any 400 slide film > Fuji Acros 100 is one of the best 100 speed B&W films I've used > > but there's no beating the "look" of Tri-X so I keep using it too. > > Karen > > > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com