Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > Hi gang, > > Leica, Tri-X and D23 or D76 developer. > > I'll try to keep this short and Leica. At the moment we are printing tri-x > negatives that I exposed, processed and in some cases never printed from > 1962 and into the early '60's! > > Tri-x 37 years later! ...... heck older than many LUG folks!:) I'm > surprised at how good the images look, how well the negatives have kept and > most surprised "Why did I ever switch to T-max 400?" > > The early Tri-x has a smoother fine grained look to it over what I see from > the past 12-15 years of using t-max 400 processed with T-max developer. Not > that the T-max doesn't look sharp, it just doesn't have the nice smoother > look to it from the old days. The lens renditions from '62 look different > to what they appear to be cutting in film to-day. Newer M lenses, > completely different glass from 37 years ago, also cameras probably makes > for much of the change.. > > At the time the film was developed in D23 (which were measured powders and > mixed ourselves as it was required) or D76 1:1 Also in powder form to make > one gallon amounts. > > Does the film image look better today? Gee I'm beginning to wonder, as > this stuff from Paris, Nice, Madrid, London and Munich sure looks pretty > good 37 years later. :) > > Just for a test I'm going to shoot Tri-X and develop in D76 and see what > today's images look like compared to the old stuff. Maybe a side by each > thing of Tri-x in one M body and T-max in the other and switch lenses. > > Hell that'll never work as I'm not big on this techie/testing kinda stuff > and all that is just too much trouble. > > I'll just use Tri-x on a shoot or two and look at what the results are, if > they aren't any worse than what the film and developer looked like from 37 > years ago I'm going to look pretty damn good. :) Let me assure you, I doubt > it's going to look worse than T-Max in T-max developer! > > After all these years I may just switch back! > > Let you know. :) > ted > > Ted Grant > This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. > http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant How many regular Tri-X users push it - as standard ?? Peterg "....doesn't work well with others"