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

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Subject: [Leica] FYI: Fresh 5222 avail direct from Kodak
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:53:32 -0800
References: <CAFuU78fgtzDoh72FA+a7kmZnPvO=AMfeScWEabOuj5Mpg4Gx0w@mail.gmail.com>

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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