Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman wrote: > > Recently someone posted asking why we need fast lenses for daylight. > > Yesterday I went shooting around Oxford Street in London. Typical, not too > dull, grey day, with Tri-x @ 320. > > Well, I found myself shooting mostly at 1/60 @ 5.6, sometimes all the way > down to 1/30 @ f4....those tall buildings and doorways just suck up the > light. So much for cloudy f8, huh? > > -- > Johnny Deadman This Tri-x @ 320! I've shot a ton of Tri X professional 320 in 220 and 120 but have just been going through 20 rolls for the first time of regular good old fashioned Tri X 400 in 120, doesn't come in 220. As that is what I shoot in 35 I thought it would give my (street) work some continuity. I don't think Tri X professional 320 is Tri X. They should call it something else. I'm trying to figure out which one Ansel Adams used; the pro or the regular. Next time I buy more I'll ask for the Tri X amateur! See what they say! Mark Rabiner