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I'll push Lucky 100 to 400 while crying..🙁
What will you do when Tri-x is dead?
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Sejanus.Aelianus
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Not to sound Trolish but I really won't notice when Tri-X goes. On the other hand, I'll be seriously unhappy if FP4 goes off the market.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
mdarnton
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If Tri-X is going to die, it isn't going to be a $9000 camera that kills it, any more than the Rolls Royce "killed" Ford.
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
Maybe XP2 ... Been wanting to try it
Different look but 'looks' lovely
Different look but 'looks' lovely
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
I'll wait for the "Film is dead" threads to appear... Oh wait.
Sparrow
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Yep, looks lovely and a dream to scan ... bit pricey this side of the pond
santela
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Buy a monochrome M...
NOT!!!
NOT!!!
I don't think it's going to matter to him... he moved on from roll film use years ago.
boomguy57
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Like the OP said..."I'm keen on returning to it [film]". If people aren't buying it, they can wax nostalgic all they like on film and it will go away.
If you want fil to stick around, buy some.
If you want fil to stick around, buy some.
sig
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I wiuld use something else,............
Messsucherkamera
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gb hill
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Tri-X will out live ALL of us so I aint worried about it. I like shooting the Arista EDU 400 film so I buy that mostly anyhow!
unixrevolution
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We will all be dead and stinking before Tri-X goes away.
Film is alive. Film is healthy. Film is real. Embrace it. Touch it. Shoot it.
Film is alive. Film is healthy. Film is real. Embrace it. Touch it. Shoot it.
DamenS
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Yes - he's been using digital for ages now. However, he still gets his digital files printed on a film negative before it is printed so I'm assuming this part of his process would have to change if film was to die.
paulfish4570
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shoot more digital ...
Paul Luscher
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Buy a M9M?
stratcat
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I, like many others, don't think Tri-X is going to die soon... But if it where to happen in my lifetime, I'll just go on shooting whichever other B&W film is still available. T-Max, Delta, HP5+....
anjoca76
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Should Tri-X be discontinued, I will throw myself off a cliff because my life will no longer have any meaning...
Joking aside, though I do love Tri-X and it is my most-used b&w film, Ilford's films are just as good, and in fact are probably even a little better at times.
Tri-X ain't dead yet, and neither are lots of other emulsions. On the contrary, although there are less and less choices lately, the films that are still being made are, in my admittedly novice opinion, quite remarkable. Instead of always lamenting the death of a medium that is still being produced and made available to us, how about just buying it and shooting it while it's still here?
I can still buy vinyl records. I can still buy needles for my grandma's 120 year old victrola--and find folks who service those old phonographs. I can still buy cassettes. Atari consoles are still available. Landlines are still here. I know nothing about ham radios, but my guess is that there are people out there who still engage in that too. If I want to sit down and write a letter and bring it to the post office, as opposed to typing out an email, I can. The list of things still available to us that are supposed to have been dead for years are still out there to be enjoyed should we choose to enjoy them. Film will never completely go away in my lifetime (I'm 104 years old--just kidding, 35 😉. Stop talking about film's end and just shoot it. The best way to keep it around is to buy it and use it. Sheesh.
Joking aside, though I do love Tri-X and it is my most-used b&w film, Ilford's films are just as good, and in fact are probably even a little better at times.
Tri-X ain't dead yet, and neither are lots of other emulsions. On the contrary, although there are less and less choices lately, the films that are still being made are, in my admittedly novice opinion, quite remarkable. Instead of always lamenting the death of a medium that is still being produced and made available to us, how about just buying it and shooting it while it's still here?
I can still buy vinyl records. I can still buy needles for my grandma's 120 year old victrola--and find folks who service those old phonographs. I can still buy cassettes. Atari consoles are still available. Landlines are still here. I know nothing about ham radios, but my guess is that there are people out there who still engage in that too. If I want to sit down and write a letter and bring it to the post office, as opposed to typing out an email, I can. The list of things still available to us that are supposed to have been dead for years are still out there to be enjoyed should we choose to enjoy them. Film will never completely go away in my lifetime (I'm 104 years old--just kidding, 35 😉. Stop talking about film's end and just shoot it. The best way to keep it around is to buy it and use it. Sheesh.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Tri-X is not dead yet.
If it does, I'll be more than happy to give my money to Ilford, Foma, Adox, Lucky, whomever.
Meanwhile I'll continue to show people around me that film photography is both satisfying and rewarding. 50% of them will listen, the others won't. That's life.
Now stop being depressed and shoot your film cameras this weekend 🙂
If it does, I'll be more than happy to give my money to Ilford, Foma, Adox, Lucky, whomever.
Meanwhile I'll continue to show people around me that film photography is both satisfying and rewarding. 50% of them will listen, the others won't. That's life.
Now stop being depressed and shoot your film cameras this weekend 🙂