From: Jim Carlile (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 06 2010 - 14:29:44 PDT
In a message dated 4/6/2010 12:27:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
email suppressed writes:
I have to vent about this to some people who might understand.
The yellow giant are a mystery to me, from the fact that they refuse to
sell me certain products to the strangee and bizzare choices they make in
their product lineup.
I mean is there anybody here who is a huge fan of double-x negative?
Somebody must be, please speak up.
Well, Double-X is a much older film stock-- might be cheaper to
manufacture, or they might have more of it in storage. It also has a higher film
speed, which appeals to more people- supposedly.
Tri-X reversal was reformulated a few years ago and improved-- they
basically left Plus-X alone but for the bleach step-- which might account for it
winning out over Plus-X--and high ASAs are the future anyway-- there's
nothing unusual about ASA 500 being the baseline for most work, something that
would have been unheard of 30 years ago.
Also, for years Double -X was the more common 35mm B/W camera stock, which
might account for its being chosen over Plus-X neg.
There are other 16mm alternatives. Try the positive release print, or the
sound stock, while they last... They are much cheaper than camera original,
too.
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