mak@teleport.com
Date: 09/26/02-03:33:56 PM Z
All Tri X and Plus X emulsions were recently DIed to be replaced by slightly
different films I would guess this is what the dealer is referring to
> Chunin,
>
> It's true that there are two very different
> films called Tri-X. Both are
> highly useful. The TX version is high fog and
> early shoulder, excellent for
> silver printing. The TXT version is low fog and
> almost no shoulder,
> excellent for negatives to print in processes
> like Pt/Pd. I haven't used a
> lot of Plus-X, but would call it about halfway
> between the two Tri-X's in
> character. Oddly enough, if you like 35mm
> Tri-X, the sheet film that comes
> closest to its behavior is probably Ilford HP5
> Plus.
>
> ---Carl
>
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> ----------
> >From: Chunin Martinez
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: demise of tri-x 8x10?
> >Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2002, 4:01 PM
> >
>
> > I don't know about that but I have never seen
> Tri-X in 8x10. Just the crapy
> > Tri-X Pro 320 version. No TX in 8x10. And
> if the discontinue that one, I
> > don't think there is any loss. You can
> switch to Plus-X which in my opinion
> > is better and reacts better to processing
> variations.
> >
> > Chunin
> >
>
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