Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that's the tri-x pro (320 asa) right? back when i was going thru a phase of lots medium format, i was looking for the one film i could shoot in 220 and also 35mm. delta 400 was in 220 for a short while until they discontinued it, and the tri-x you could get in 35mm and 120 was the 400 asa variety and the 220 and 4x5 was the "pro" 320 asa version. so i ended up with hp5+ which you could get from 35 through 120 and 220 to 4x5 (and greater). unfortunately they discontinued hp5+ 220 about 3 years ago; when my frozen stockpile is gone, my 220 days will be over. i've fantasized about ways of taping two 120 rolls together end-to-end but it doesn't seem feasible. 220 is such a great format, 24 on a hasselblad or rolleiflex, 30 on my fuji folder (never sure why fuji shortchanges you by two). -rei On Dec23 16:25, Didier Ludwig wrote: > >http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/2226109 > > > >One of the neat things about this camera is that it takes 220 film. There > >are not many choices in 220, but that perennial street-shooting > >favourite, Tri-X, is reasonably easily available. And this means 32 > >pictures on a roll, not far behind a 35mm camera. > > > >Nathan -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey