She ideed okayed the purchase of the film, but that okay never comes without collateral damage. Now she may well be asking for that car, or bicycle in question.
In my experience, there is often even more collateral damage if you get the okay, and then don't do what you were okayed for. You still have to pay the
quid pro quo and then get the "don't you appreciate my support of your (silly) hobby?" speech, perhaps including "perhaps you don't really need to spend so much on it, after all."
I do enjoy fresh fast film and this is basically 5222 that I could order fresh.
So I am also interested in that too.
Are there advantages to be had shooting 5222 over TMAX-400?
5222 is Double-X Negative cine film, right? If it's fresh, it does everything Tri-X did forty years ago. It pushes well when needed, makes no apologies for grain, and has exceptional tonality (as one might expect from a Cine film). It works great in Df96 monobath; I haven't shot and processed my second (fresh) roll yet, so can't tell you how it is in Xtol, but my expectation is it'll be very good. Relative to T-Max 400, it's a whole different animal. T-Max 400 is the finest grained, sharpest 400 speed you can buy. Double-X hasn't changed since it was released in 1959. Especially if you push it to 400, it'll look like first generation Tri-X, where T-Max 400 is fine enough you can look at an 8x10 and think it was shot with Tri-X -- in 4x5.
If you have some that's age fogged and desensitized enough to have single-digit speed, you've got something interesting. Shooting wide open, or even long exposures wide open, in full sun, with a film that has the other characteristics of Double-X is a unique experience. Seems like a no-brainer if the funding has already been approved. And a yellow Christmas tree doesn't seem a high exchange cost...