Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]speaking about upgrades, i noticed ilford panf sometime in the last year or so became panf+ to join fp4+ and hp5+. it might have happened before that; i have a pipeline of film in the fridge good for maybe half a year of use. -rei On Jul27 19:12, Richard wrote: > Yes, the new one is called Tri X TX400. It has a more gray base, which > supposedly makes it scan easier. Supposedly the other characteristics > besides generally shorter development time are the same as "classics." > > At 06:59 PM 7/27/2005, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > >actually i seem to recall 4-5 years ago Kodak reformulated tri-x > >(though stopped short of calling it Quad-X). i read the article in > >Darkroom Techniques, i seem to recall the new XXX had better grain and > >acutance than tmax 400, or something like that. being an ilford > >guy, i'm sorry i don't recall more. > > > >-rei -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey