Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dali Atomicus is the famous 1948 picture of Dali and cats and water by Philippe Halsman http://www.shootingfilm.net/2013/04/how-famous-dali-atomicus-photo-was-taken.html According to this interview with National Geographic Society photographer Chris Rainier, Halsman used Tri-X film: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583051 But according to Kodak, Tri-X wasn't invented until 1954! http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Our_Company/History_of_Kodak/Milestones_-_chronology/1930-1959.htm and of course Tri-X TX400 is not available in sheet form (currently). So what did Halsman use? -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto