Thanks Tris, I shall enjoy pointing this at complete strangers in the
street. I have bought a couple of rolls of 120 to put in my RF645...
Or perhaps I will stick to photographing my students. They want a
calendar shoot taking off some famous scenes - such as little Tom
Cruise in "Top Gun" with his motorbike and the runway. I shall have no
F14s or Miramar in the sunset, but my Boss with his Harley with little
Grob aircraft in the background ;-). One, less famous, scene will be
from me in an F16 surrounded by Hooters girls. It was not my idea; a
fellow learner on the F16 thought it up, and I went along with it
without knowing what a Hooters girl was. But it now (nearly 15 years
later) gives me great street cred with my young student pilots - the
chaps anyway.
The original can be seen at
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/threeshoes/F16Hooters.html
It was a scan from a 6x4 print which I have in my pilot's logbook,
hence the slightly "woolly" quality.
Chris
p.s. not OM. cb
On Friday, Mar 7, 2003, at 17:11 Europe/London, Tris Schuler wrote:
John's right re the old packaging for 135 rolls (and for all I know
the other format "Professional" packaging as well, which was ISO 320).
My new packaging for 135 stuff reads "Professional" in green lettering
as well. Your box might also display "new processing" directions.
I didn't want to jump in because it's always unclear how packaging
might change from one region to the next. Sounds as if you have the
new formulation, though.
Tri-X is basically as good as B&W-emulsion photography gets,
especially for street use--it has great latitude, almost impossible to
completely blow an exposure--there's a reason it's been the standard
film stock for newspaper half-tone work the past half century. You're
in for a treat.
If you're curious in the difference from the old kind to the new, find
a shop that still has some of the old Tri-X on hand--say, 24-exposure
rolls, those usually hang around longest. The grain's bolder.
Tris
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