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Subject: [Leica] FYI: Fresh 5222 avail direct from Kodak
From: charcot at comcast.net (Charcot)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:26:56 -0700
References: <CAFuU78fgtzDoh72FA+a7kmZnPvO=AMfeScWEabOuj5Mpg4Gx0w@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-FPxy1Q4nAKVAdGvbtbqU7Rssm8_brDVkDrwHzB6W8e7w@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuU78c9aN9EgE6btVZU26McN=5uesdNmth7a9C+N==vpOHU8Q@mail.gmail.com>

Now if I could figure out a way to use it in 400 ft rolls.  Would have to go 
to the dark room and spool it out into 100 ft lloyd dispenser I guess - do 
they make bulk film loaders for lengths > 100 ft?

ernie
On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:

> 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
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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