old Tri X equal ?

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clay said:

If you miss the 1970's Tri-X look, buy a 400 foot roll of Eastman XX 5222 cine film and roll your own. It is about a 250 speed film, and has none of the fine grained improvements you seem to dislike in the newer Tri-X emulsions. Use Beutler's or Stoeckler's developer and you will have all the sharp, grainy and punchy look you want.

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Here are a couple of examples of what Eastman 5222 can look like. Both frames developed for about 7 minutes in D-76 1+1 at 75F. Printed on Arista.EDU Ultra RC, variable contrast paper, then scanned on an ancient flatbed scanner.

Good 'Ole Tri-X

The backing used to be thinner. I recently found some ancient rolls of 120still sealed up and I just proccessed some of it. WoW! Still happening. I quickly rememberd how fragile the film used to be but after 18 years this stuff still rocks! The negatives are lovely. HP-5 is a good film and I have found it to be extremely versitile. Try exposing it at ASA 100 (off the charts)and process in HC110 in a dilution "H" (1:1 of dilution B) for 4-1/2 min at 20C with just sufficient volumn to fill the film tank. Stop developement using water, letting it coast, then fix it. You will be delighted, especially if you are shooting landscape in clear sky at a high sun angle.

Correction, 38 years old stuff! Unbeliveable!

Neopan 400 is for me as close as I can get to the "old Tri-X" look when developed in Rodinal 1:50

Thomas Bertilsson said:

If you want something that looks a bit like the old Tri-X, try Foma 200 and 400.

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Here i have used Fomapan 100 @25 Iso in Hc110

http://www.tmax100.com/5.jpg

clay said:

If you miss the 1970's Tri-X look, buy a 400 foot roll of Eastman XX 5222 cine film and roll your own. It is about a 250 speed film, and has none of the fine grained improvements you seem to dislike in the newer Tri-X emulsions. Use Beutler's or Stoeckler's developer and you will have all the sharp, grainy and punchy look you want.

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where does one find a 400 foot roll of eastman xx5222 ?

Kodak 5222 - four hundred feet: 38 cents/ft.

http://www.tapesuperstore.com/koblandwhned.html

There's one enormously long thread on 5222 and 5231 in RangeFinderForum.com. Search for 5222.

Thomas Bertilsson said:

If you want something that looks a bit like the old Tri-X, try Foma 200 and 400.

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Yeah, especially Foma 400. You need to rate at around 200 to 250 to get a decent image with it. Just like the "old" Tri-X before they raised the speed to 400 many, many years ago. Don't get me wrong. I kind of like Foma 400. It is not a replacement for Tri-X.