Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Will, I agree. Frankly, I'm surprised to keep hearing continuing praise, not only here, but elsewhere, for tri-x. I used some earlier this year, developed it myself in HC110, and found it much too grainy and contrasty. Did I miss something? Also tried developing in Xtol. MK > >Finally at risk of an opinion, the delight in >> rediscovering the joys of Tri-X is very similar to the "old Leica >> lenses are >> the best" arguement. I think (subjectively) that the mastery of >> the new T- >> grain emulsions requires an upgrade in our process controls that >> frankly not >> all of us are up to. Once you get that under control, the new >> films surpass >> on nearly any level the old ones. Really! >> Will Wright