Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is sure to be splitting hairs but what is the point of having less grain in Tri X? As someone already pointed out - maybe BD, it is the film's 'signature' grain that makes it TriX - otherwise call it non - T Grain Tmax. Does anyone on the list know Kodak's reason for this new TriX? Is it just that this is what they can produce in their new plant and they are trying to dupe us into thinking this is an improved TriX - what was wrong with the old TriX. Sorry for the rant. Ernie HP5+ Nitka At 09:55 AM 4/24/03 -0600, you wrote: > > Well, the grain is part of the "charm" of the old Tri-X, but this is > > indeed pretty stuff...:-) > >There was a review/test of the "new" films in Photo Techniques by the >ex-Kodak tech developers who produced Xtol. > >I'll have to dig it out, but one of the most interesting things they said >was how Tri-X had been "improved" in terms of grain, while T-Max (400?) had >actually got worse. > >They also said they couldn't see much difference between old and new in >developing times and couldn't work out where Kodak were getting some of >their wilder times from. I think their suggestion was to start with what you >use now and take it from there. > >Worth reading - I think it was the last issue that's just gone off the >newsstands > >tim > > >-- >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