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In article <h5fhqn$lci$4@news.albasani.net>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Kenji <kenji@ripco.com> wrote:
> >"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
> >>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>>>Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:
> 
> >>>>>I think the kodak line is down to just two types, tri-x and tmax. I have 
> >>>>>no idea what the difference is between the two.
> 
> >>>>The darkness of the blacks. Tri-x has that newspaper photograph quality,
> >>>>used for quick and easy developing. tmax takes more care to develop,
> >>>>sort of has an unreality about it.
> 
> >>>I'm not quite following what any of that means, and I don't have any 
> >>>newspapers.
> 
> >>>What is an "Unreality"?
> 
> >>TRI-X was manufactured in the same speeds for years (200), a high speed
> >>high contrast film with coarse grain. Ideal for newspapers which cannot
> >>reproduce a fine grain image anyway. Super quick to develop and handle in
> >>the darkroom. Typically it was push processed with acceptable results.
> 
> >>TRI-X images were ubiquitous and had an unmistakable look.
> 
> >>T-MAX has grain similar to color film. The emulsions are the finest
> >>grain available and the blacks are much darker. To me, it looks like a
> >>color image with the color removed, not really explaining it properly.
> >>It doesn't have that documentary image look to it.
> 
> >>The two films produce rather different b&w images.
> 
> >hey nuthead, just noticed yer post. Yer worng.
> 
> >Tri-X is 400iso
> 
> Goody. I was speaking of what I had available to me when I shot pictures
> with it. If 400 ASA was available at the time, we didn't use it. We just
> pushed processed it.
> 
> >It's also not ideal for newspapers. absolutely no one is delivering b&w 
> >prints for reproduction to a newspaper.
> 
> Who the fuck cares. I don't work at a newspaper today and wouldn't know.
> 
> He asked me my opinion of the difference in the images. If you have a
> different opinion, feel free to share with the class.

there was tri-x, at 400, there was plus-x at 125, there was verichrome 
pan at 125, if you rolled it yourself and did the dip and dunk or the 
nikkor reels you prolly used D-76 or rotinal.

if yer gonna be our historian get yer shit straight before sounding all 
perfect and shit

fuck man