The Glory of Tri-X

[Roman]

Peter,
Fortepan and Fomapan are two very different kinds of film:
Fortepan from Hungary is a very oldfashioned type of film, even grainier than Efke.
Fomapan from the Czech Republic is rather modern film - Fomapan 100 is almost inditinguishable from Agfa APX100, and theri T200 is a tabular grain film (like Delta or TMax).
Don't know what Arista is, though...

Roman

 

[jyl]

Similar for FP4+, the 3-pack is cheaper per 36-exp roll than the bulk-rolled. Must be some weird Ilford pricing - kind of like how I can buy a pack of Ilford Multigrade paper with two 36-exp rolls of HP5+ for only about $2 more than a pack of paper alone. Perhaps this has something to do with why Ilford got into financial difficulties.

 

[peter_n]

Roman thank you for the information. I should have written Fortepan or Fomapan.

Since several of the threads I read said the film was sourced from Hungary that would make it Fortepan.

Arista is a brand name used by Freestyle, a California based discount photographic retailer with a thriving internet business.

 

[peter_n]

Interesting about the FP4+, John. I didn't notice it as I was only looking at the 400 film.

You may be right about the pricing, now I recall that I got a couple of rolls of film virtually free a year or so ago when I got some Ilford paper.

 

[Tim]

Thanks Bill. Yeah I just learned with my FP4 that Ilfords recommended times were off my 3 minutes. Nice eh? I couldn't believe the grain I was getting from FP4!

Now, they look great.

Thanks!

ummmm....ok then, can I ask what you're using now? I do my FP4 in ID11 cut 1+3 for 20 mins.......
seems to work fine but I'm always willing to experiment - I've got a roll sitting on my desk that I need to dev tonight.....

tim

 

[GeneW]

There are two things I've noticed about the 'new' Tri-X:

1. It's much finer grained. It develops well in Rodinal now

2. The dried negs have more curl than the old Tri-X did. It takes a minimum of 24hrs pressing under the unabridged dictionary before I can get them flat enough to scan well. In comparison, Neopan 400 dries fairly flat.

Gene