Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the new one is called Tri X TX400. It has a more gray base, which supposedly makes it scan easier. Supposedly the other characteristics besides generally shorter development time are the same as "classics." At 06:59 PM 7/27/2005, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >actually i seem to recall 4-5 years ago Kodak reformulated tri-x >(though stopped short of calling it Quad-X). i read the article in >Darkroom Techniques, i seem to recall the new XXX had better grain and >acutance than tmax 400, or something like that. being an ilford >guy, i'm sorry i don't recall more. > >-rei > > >On Jul27 11:37, feli wrote: > > > > That's my thinking. [Tri-X] still is the best selling b/w film around and > > the R&D was paid for a looooong time > > ago. It's probably also a fairly simple stock to manufacture. Even if > > worldwide sales dropped to a fraction of > > what it is today, it would still be a very profitable business for > > someone. > > ;-) > >-- >Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >Ridgewood, New Jersey > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)