Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] All hail Tri-X (or is it still top dog?)
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:28:18 +0000
 
>I'm souping everything in Xtol and my Tri-X pictures are much
>finer grained than my old stuff.  The grain structure is still the same but
>you only see it on smoothly textured areas.  Is it the film or developer?
>
>Mike D

I would vote for the developer. I have my doubts that Tri-X has been
improved upon and that the virtues of Tri-X are often overrated. I have
used both Tri-X and HP5+ and the latter is miles ahead. This impression is
confirmed in an article in LFI 8/99 by Roger Hicks. 

Dan K.