Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:19:25 -0230, Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> wrote: > Indeed, this was the year I moved back to St. John's and set up my own B&W > lab for my commercial work ...as there was not a pro lab in St. John's at > the time. I started using the new T-max 100 and 400 with t-max devloper > because it was "quicker" to use and had better contrast then what I was > using before. ...and then a year or two with Neopan before getting out of > it entirely. > > Now, many years later I find myself in a project that the organizered have > requested B&W film... What shall I do? > > Greg Locke > St. John's, Newfoundland > http://blog.greglocke.com According to a recent article in the American magazine "Photo Technique" by the inventors of Xtol, the recently reformulated Tri-X is now finer grained than TMY, aka T-max 400. The curve characteristics have apparently not changed. I'm trying Tri-X again after a pretty long affair with Delta 400, which I still like. -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe.tessem@gmail.com