On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 3:03:37 PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   > On 10/07/2014 01:30 PM, Glen Walpert wrote:   
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   > > On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:08:01 -0400, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
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   > > Out of curiosity I did a quick check and found that Tri-X is still   
   > > available, possibly Plus-X also, old stock in both cases.  A search will   
   > > turn up the Kodak data sheets with density curves showing about 0.3 to   
   > > better than 2.3 available with exposure and processing per the data   
   > > sheet.  Density range of both films is about the same, possibly the   
   > > smaller grain size of Plus-X or some other film would be advantageous.   
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   > > Cheers,   
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   > > Glen   
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   > The newer stuff is called Tmax.   
   Back in my mis-spent youth, we had a dark room and I did some BW developing.   
   But no more stinky chemicals for me.   
   Could I do an exposure, and have someone turn it into a negative with   
   controllable properties? No automatic gain control in the development process.   
   (ND between 0.3-0.5)   
      
   George H.   
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