Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:28:34 PM -0400 Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > This is sure to be splitting hairs but what is the point of having less > grain in Tri X? As someone already pointed out - maybe BD, it is the > film's 'signature' grain that makes it TriX - otherwise call it non - T > Grain Tmax. Does anyone on the list know Kodak's reason for this new > TriX? Is it just that this is what they can produce in their new plant > and they are trying to dupe us into thinking this is an improved TriX - > what was wrong with the old TriX. Sorry for the rant. > > Ernie HP5+ Nitka > Ernie, It seems to have been an unintentional byproduct of Kodak moving the production to their new plant. The films now have a different backing, and this has made some difference in their characteristics. TMY has apparently gotten more grain, to the point that Tri-X is now finer grained than TMY. If that's the case, I'm not sure why anyone would use TMY, at least in 35mm. You can easily tell the "new" Tri-X in the darkroom as the backing feels thinner. Whether it is actually thinner or just more flexible, I don't know. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html