Grain can be greatly influence by developer choice. I would also hesitate to make grain comparisons. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryuji Suzuki Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:13 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: TMAX grain - developer modification? From: Peter De Smidt <pdesmidt@xxxxxxx> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: TMAX grain - developer modification? Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:10:38 -0500 > A while ago, the developers of Xtol (who are no longer with Kodak > anymore), evaluated the "new" kodak films for a magazine article. > According to them, the tri-x from the new plant is finer grained then > TMY, which fits your experience. I can dig up the article if you want > me to. I think you are referring to Dickerson and Zawadzki's article published on Photo Techniques. It's also found on their web site. Full reference info and possibly direct links to the article was discussed in the old pure silver several times since its publication. I don't comment on graininess comparison, but T-MAX 400 is still sharper than Tri-X in average contrast. -- Ryuji Suzuki "Keep a good head and always carry a light camera." ======================================================================== ===================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.