Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > > KODAK TRI-X Pan Professional Film has a longer toe on its > > characteristic curve > > than KODAK TRI-X Pan Film. The longer toe results in superior > > shadow detail > > when you use exposure equipment and techniques that minimize flare. > > I'm not buyin' it. I've shot thousands and thousands of rolls of > both...perhaps it's that I don't "use exposure equipment and techniques that > minimize flare"...just WHAT does that mean anyway? > > Are there any actual published tests that show this "superior" shadow > detail? > > > TRI-X Pan Professional Film also has a coating > > on the base > > side which makes retouching possible. > > That WAS the primary reason for using it. Anything has superior shadow detail if you rate it at 320 instead of 400. I shot 12 rolls of 220 of the stuff last week. It's OK stuff! Bread and butter commercial film! I love the typeical meaningless Kodak hype discisued as tech info. "exposure equipment"?? Do they mean a camera by any change? Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/