[pure-silver] Re: Opinion Please!
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:13:44 -0800
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From: "Eric Neilsen Photo" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:37 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Opinion Please!
I have one more question; what enlarger do you use? It will
of course come
down to your personal taste for grain, contrast, and how
you like to print.
Of the two, I prefer tri x to tmax.
Eric Neilsen
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
Not sure if this accounts for the two boxes but there
are two quite different films sold under the Tri-X name. One
is an ISO-400 film with a medium toe, the other is an
ISO-320 film with a very long toe. Both are available in 120
but the ISO-400 film is the only one available in 35mm and
the ISO-320 film is the only one available as sheet film.
The difference is in the tone rendition. Kodak has made a
long toe film in sheet sizes for many years. It has lower
shadow contrast and bright highlights. According to the
Kodak data sheets its for use in low-flare conditions, i.e.,
in the studio with controlled lighting and modern lenses.
The ISO-400 version is for general purpose use. Plus-X used
to be the same way, the sheet version was a very long toe
film. The tone rendition of the two is not radically
different and plenty of people use the 320 version as a
general purpose film, however, for some use, especially
where one wants bright highlights, it has an advantage. The
characteristic seems to be similar to the films sold many
years ago as portrait films such as Kodak Portrait
Panchromatic. To some degree the difference in tone
rendition is evident by overlaying the curves for the two
films but you really have to photograph the same subjects
and compare the prints to see the actual difference.
In comparison, T-Max films have relatively short toes,
similar to the old Super-XX. The Tri-X 320 film has a curve
which is upward deflected all along its length although not
quite to the degree that the old Plus-X Pan Professional
sheet film was.
Note that the current Plus-X is a medium toe film for
general use. I must say I think it is underrateted by many.
A very fine grain film with good tone rendition for many
subjects. I wish Kodak made it in sheet sizes.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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