Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27

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Subject: [Leica] Mixing XTOL
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Wed Jul 27 19:06:08 2005
References: <BF0D452F.2F0D%bdcolen@comcast.net> <37FFB55A-DD6C-4F7B-9454-1B4B5274A5DD@earthlink.net> <20050728015900.GA17412@panix.com>

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
>
>
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// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
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