Some ruminations on tri-x from a newbie...

Post by **marc** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:55 pm

How does Fomopan 100 in 16mm compare to plus x in 16mm?

Post by **Nigel** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:15 pm

It is not just the development that was changed for the reversal B&W stocks. The Emulsions were updated as well--Hence the new numbers.

Good Luck

Santo · Post by **Santo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:59 pm

vidwerk wrote:I picked up a cart of the new plus-X 7265 a few days ago(direct from Kodak Canada). I'll be shooting it this weekend in snowy conditions up north. I hope to god that the new speed offers the same fine grain as the original.
Any tips from someone that has tried it?

Simon.

The only tip I know is that you should try and use a standard 18% card if possible. That or focus on getting the right reading off your subjects. Sacrifice snow detail for subject detail. Treat it like you're shooting black on white titles. Grey card if possible.

Snow isn't like "regular" white. Rather it's an infinately deflected mirror for the light so it really throws things off (which is why it's white, water isn't white, snow flakes made of water aren't white -- it's white to the eye as a result of the mixing of all the colors and reflecting it back at you and mixing it in a very complex manner and more bright than a white sheet of paper).

How it would be different than old Plus-X other than speed in shooting strategy, I can't see why.