Haven't read the other responses yet (but I see there are lots <g>).
I haven't used Tri-X for about 2 years. Use Ilford HP5+ (as you know) quite a bit, for a couple of reasons. First, it's cheaper, and I can usually find at least one shop locally that has it on sale for about 1/2 the price of Tri-X.
There's something else, though. As I've used HP5+ more and more, I've come to prefer it to Tri-X. It's contrastiness isn't as harsh. It's grey tones seem more subtle and pleasing.
Now, I just read somewhere recently that Kodak recently (like in the last couple of years) changed it's formula for Tri-X, so maybe that's part of the problem. I've heard that some photographers actually moved away from it for that reason: they didn't like the "new" formulation. OTOH, my info may not be accurate, I don't know.
cheers, frank
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From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The decline and fall of (Kodak) film Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:30:50 -0800
More bleak news today wrt Kodak abandoning even more film production. Details not important here ... Google is a good place to search for them.
BUT ... I was wondering how many here still use Kodak as their primary source for film. For me, were it not for Tri-X, I'd rarely use a Kodak product, much preferring other films over comparable issues in the Kodak line. This is especially true for B&W emulsions, and pretty much the case for color negative film. I do like Ektachrome G and GX though.
I'm wondering if Kodak has the product line to satisfy more "serious" or involved photographers, which I consider this group to be.
kind regards from sunny California,
shel
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