Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, I'll bite - Phil did say that it has a cult following. So what makes this film special? I know Plus-X is very fine grained, Tri-X has great latitude and the Tri-X look. Double X is??? On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> wrote: > Now if I could figure out a way to use it in 400 ft rolls. Would have to > go to the dark room and spool it out into 100 ft lloyd dispenser I guess - > do they make bulk film loaders for lengths > 100 ft? > > ernie > On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > > > Yes, this is Double X, the missing link between X+ (Plus X) and XXX > > (Tri-X). It's not a substitute for Tri-X, but it's a great emulsion in > it's > > own right; I really love this stuff. > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Richard Man < > richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > > > >> Isn't this the XX film? Phil Forrest gave me a roll (thanks!) in NYC, > and > >> it does appear to be close to "old school" film. Of course I really > don't > >> know much about old school film but it does the job competently, even in > >> this era of mixed analog/digital workflow. In the "Mark is sometimes > right > >> even when he is wrong" department, I have settled on Acros 100 for > >> landscape at ISO100, TriX for people/landscape at ISO320 and low light > >> stuff of Neopan 1600 at ISO1000, all souped in the 2-bath Pyrocat-HD. I > >> would gladly use the XX for Tri-X stuff but the Tri-X works so well that > >> there's hardly any need. I buy the Arista Premium from Freestyle which > is > >> Tri-X for just over $3 a roll so the cost is not bad either. > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> This film comes up for discussion every now and then. I am surprised to > >>> find it can now be ordered directly from Big Yellow. Just Google a bit. > >>> > >>> -Lew S > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>