Tri-X turns 60

In article 2014031621185442579-adunc79617@mypacksnet, adunc79617
@mypacks.net says...

On 2014-03-14 01:39:44 +0000, J. Clarke said:

In article ,
says...

On 3/13/14 5:50 PM, in article
2014031315504673476-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
wrote:

On 2014-03-13 22:32:57 +0000, newshound said:

On 13/03/2014 19:20, George Kerby wrote:
Nice article about Kodaks best B&W film...

http://moreintelligentlife.com/conte...rd/tri-x-facto
r?page=full


I preferred FP4. Kodachrome II every time for colour, though.

The last time I used Tri-X was back in 1971 when I still had a wet darkroom.

Stainless steel reels, or those plastic ones where you "worked" the roll on
from the outside to the center?

When I conquered the ss reels and loaded film without any crimps,
undeveloped area, or resulting 'half-moons', I thought I was king of the
world!

Now try doing that in the trunk to a Volvo sometime because it's the
only place to which you have access that is dark enough after your
changing bag blew away.

Well, the next time I develop film in my car I'll remember that.

The plan was to do it in my dorm room but there was no way to darken it
sufficiently to load the tank.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:39:44 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On 3/13/14 5:50 PM, in article
2014031315504673476-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
wrote:

On 2014-03-13 22:32:57 +0000, newshound said:

On 13/03/2014 19:20, George Kerby wrote:
Nice article about Kodaks best B&W film...

http://moreintelligentlife.com/conte...rd/tri-x-facto
r?page=full


I preferred FP4. Kodachrome II every time for colour, though.

The last time I used Tri-X was back in 1971 when I still had a wet darkroom.

Stainless steel reels, or those plastic ones where you "worked" the roll on
from the outside to the center?

When I conquered the ss reels and loaded film without any crimps,
undeveloped area, or resulting 'half-moons', I thought I was king of the
world!

Now try doing that in the trunk to a Volvo sometime because it's the
only place to which you have access that is dark enough after your
changing bag blew away.

I've loaded bulk film into cassettes while inside a wardrobe.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 3/14/2014 9:16 AM, George Kerby wrote:



On 3/13/14 11:33 PM, in article
, "RichA"
wrote:

On Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:20:05 PM UTC-4, George Kerby wrote:
Nice article about Kodaks best B&W film...



http://moreintelligentlife.com/conte...rd/tri-x-facto

r?page=full

Kodak's best was Tech Pan, it was beyond the capability of lenses. Tri-X was
grainy and only used by news photogs because they understood how it
functioned. HP-5 was better in the 1980's and currently, T-Max is much better
as is XP-2, a chromogenic B&W film. The best developer for conventional black
and white films, if you can still find it, is Agfa Refinal.

Nope, Microdol-X...

It depends. I mixed several different developers, using a formula I
found in my Chemical Rubber Handbook.


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PeterN