Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >