Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love XX. I'm working on a way to cut up an old bulk 100ft loader and adapt the 400ft on the core straight from the can. Shouldn't be too hard but that first roll could be an expensive experiment if I don't pay extremely close attention to light-tightness. Now that Plus-X and 125 PX are truly gone, XX is the next best thing available in my opinion, but I'm a big fan of Kodak emulsions. Phil Forrest On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:52:36 -0500 Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > You've got to spool it off by hand & put in in your bulk loader. A > slight pia, but manageable. > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> wrote: > > > 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 > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > >>> information > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > >> information > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information