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

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Subject: [Leica] Mixing XTOL
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Wed Jul 27 19:18:11 2005
References: <BF0D452F.2F0D%bdcolen@comcast.net> <37FFB55A-DD6C-4F7B-9454-1B4B5274A5DD@earthlink.net> <20050728015900.GA17412@panix.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050727191058.05ba3330@192.168.100.42>

speaking about upgrades, i noticed ilford panf sometime in the last
year or so became panf+ to join fp4+ and hp5+.  it might have happened
before that; i have a pipeline of film in the fridge good for maybe half 
a year of use.

-rei

On Jul27 19:12, Richard wrote:
> 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

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


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