Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel like the lone ranger. Maybe I should do this like an AA meeting . . . My name is Bob and I use T-Max . . . We made the switch about 10 years ago. I resisted at first. I insisted that Tri-x was better. I even stocked both films, Tri-X for me, T-Max for the other two shooters here. Somewhere along the line I decided to use it too. Once I discovered that you actually have to expose it properly (overexposure is an absolute no-no) and develop it carefully (I underdevelop slightly in T-max developer) I actually liked it. Yes, print contrast has been a bit of a struggle -- we're still sorting out the PolyMax/PolyRC thing -- but generally, I think it's a good film. It's been so long since I've shot Tri-x I can't tell you WHY I prefer T-Max but I'm pretty sure I do. I have no tests to back it up. I don't even have any magazine articles to cite. When I look back at my Tri-X stuff it just looks "old fashioned" -- the grain is courser and not as smooth. I don't know what to say . . . I just like T-Max . . . I'm so ashamed . . . Bob (I sold my soul to the Kodak company store) McEowen