Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The news is old news, but you're timely in that it needs to be updated. When we last spoke about this, it was only an announcement by Kodak, but Kodak has now produced new developing charts for use with the revised films. I don't want to sound paranoid, but I don't think Kodak is telling us the whole story. They have stated that the only change taking place is that the new films will have better anti-static properties, and they have pridefully mentioned their new state-of-the-art film manufacturing plant as if it proved a renewed commitment to B&W. I don't think the developing times would change if the emulsions had not changed. Kodak has been dropping B&W films like pigeons drop feces on statues. The state-of-the-art manufacturing plant sounds like a last ditch effort to keep B&W materials profitable rather than a renewed commitment to B&W. That's okay with me. If they can't make a profit on B&W they will drop the materials, leaving us with even fewer choices. I do not at all like T-Max films. Allan On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 03:51 PM, m wrote: > Please excuse me if it's old news already but I can't find anything in > the LUG archive about this: I was checking out some stuff about Xtol > for Plus-X in the Kodak official site and I found this > > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/blackWhiteIndex.jhtml > > They're changing not only the packaging but the emulsions as well -- > they'll give different development times, it's a question of a few > months. > > Right now Tri-X and Plus-X aren't already as good as the old emulsions > (I'm only 32 but I can see the difference when I re-print my father's > 40 and 30 year old negatives, there's much more silver in the old > negatives), I think mr. Grant and the other old-timers here can tell us > a lot about old Tri-X, how good it was and how good it still is > > Are we the only ones to think that the combo Leica glass + Tri-X is > something unique? > > I know Ms. Manley and many other LUGgers already switched to T-Max > tabular films, but so many of us (amateurs but also 95 % of the pros > who haven't switched to digital, masters like Salgado and Nachtwey and > Pellegrin) still love Plus-X and especially Tri-X. Why change? > > thanks, > > Matteo Persivale > Milan, Italy > > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Japan Search: http://japan.co.jp > Free E-mail: http://jmail.co.jp > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html