At 12:48 PM 2/17/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Alan Zinn wrote: > >> Guys, >> >> Does anyone have processing experience with the new TX film? Word is that it >> is made at a new factory and that the changes are due to thinner emulsion >> coating characteristics of the new equipment. The development times are short >> in HC110 and may result in uneven development. > >Alan, > >Kodak consolidated and moved their B&W film manufacturing to a single, new and >"better" location. So, everything has changed. The independent reports I've >gotten is that the film is better at worst with nominal changes in speed and >development times. You may find a 1/3 stop increase in speed and 15 - 30 >second reduction in processing time. > >One report just published in Photo Techniques indicates that the new film (TMX) >has a slight increase in grain and that TMY has a little more pronounced >increase in grain. The change in TMX is supposed to indiscernible to the eye >while the change in TMY may be noticeable. > >Once again we experience the demands of the market place. This reinforces the >advice that we buy (i.e., support) only those products we intend to use. It's >the most powerful means we have to let the manufacturers know what we want them >to make. > >Peace! >Sidney > >-- >God said, Let there be light! >Divine Light: Photography by Rev. Sidney Flack >2507 E. 2nd Street >Tulsa, OK 74104-1903 >http://www.divinelightphotography.com > Thanks Sidney, Have you seen data on dev. time for HC110? AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us
