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Subject: [Leica] FYI: Fresh 5222 avail direct from Kodak
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:56:10 -0500
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XX seems to fall below the aliasing threshold of my scanner, which saves a
step if you go this route. Also, most experienced darkroom photogs I know
will swear that they are looking at PlusX, but this stuff is a stop faster.

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
richardmanphoto.com>wrote:

> OK, I'll bite - Phil did say that it has a cult following. So what makes
> this film special? I know Plus-X is very fine grained, Tri-X has great
> latitude and the Tri-X look. Double X is???
>
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Now if I could figure out a way to use it in 400 ft rolls.  Would have to
> > go to the dark room and spool it out into 100 ft lloyd dispenser I guess
> -
> > do they make bulk film loaders for lengths > 100 ft?
> >
> > ernie
> > On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, this is Double X, the missing link between X+ (Plus X) and XXX
> > > (Tri-X). It's not a substitute for Tri-X, but it's a great emulsion in
> > it's
> > > own right; I really love this stuff.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Richard Man <
> > richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >> Isn't this the XX film? Phil Forrest gave me a roll (thanks!) in NYC,
> > and
> > >> it does appear to be close to "old school" film. Of course I really
> > don't
> > >> know much about old school film but it does the job competently, even
> in
> > >> this era of mixed analog/digital workflow. In the "Mark is sometimes
> > right
> > >> even when he is wrong" department, I have settled on Acros 100 for
> > >> landscape at ISO100, TriX for people/landscape at ISO320 and low light
> > >> stuff of Neopan 1600 at ISO1000, all souped in the 2-bath Pyrocat-HD.
> I
> > >> would gladly use the XX for Tri-X stuff but the Tri-X works so well
> that
> > >> there's hardly any need. I buy the Arista Premium from Freestyle which
> > is
> > >> Tri-X for just over $3 a roll so the cost is not bad either.
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> This film comes up for discussion every now and then. I am surprised
> to
> > >>> find it can now be ordered directly from Big Yellow. Just Google a
> bit.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Lew S
> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >>
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>
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>
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