Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/13

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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 15:21:36 -0500
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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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>
> --
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>
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