320 TXP the portrait photographers film!

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We know that Kodak prices are not what you would like them to be (although Ilford and others are catching up!). We are doing the best we can and Kodak Alaris are helping with their approach to us with some late dated sheet film stocks.
We all know that this film will last many years past its date. Kodak are doing large format users a favour here, lets face it their films are the best!

320TXP is a great general purpose film, but the "to die for" film for portrait photographers of decades. We have a limited number of boxes of this legendary film in 5x4 and 10x8 dated towards the end of 2023.

A box of 10x8 is £118, a saving of over £60 a box! A great price....

We have stashed a box for our own use!
 

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It's a very good film and I used it when it was available in 220 roll film.
Having said that, I preferred FP4 and HP5 films for portraits and general use.
That's just me, so don't let me put you off using the excellent Kodak film, it's still great.
 
Are there 25 sheets in a box? Can't see the quantity on the website. Thanks.
 
Alan Klein said:
Why Tri-X over Tmax 100 or 400?
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There are people who don't lke T grain & similar B&W films, and they are (or were) quite vocal in their dislike. These are photograpgers across the range of genres.

I remember 30 years ago discussing this with a photo-journalist friend who only shot TriX 35mm, he tried Tmax 400 and it was too fine grained, and had a longer lonal range, he wanted and the pblications he worked with also wanted was that more gritty look. Here in the UK we would call it the Siunday Times supplement approach of people like Don McCullin.

Tri_X has been through at least two upgrades since then. and is now very much finer grained. Personally I'd always preffered HP5, until Tmax 400 was introduced when I switched to it for 35mm & 120. From the mid 1970s to 2006 I never neded or wantd to use a faster speed film for LF work, I love long exposure times, That all changedwhen I moved abroad 206 and went to Chile& Peru 2007, I just couldn't get Tmax 100 or 400, Ilford and Foma films werereadily available, when I got back to Turkey it was the same, That prompted a switch back to Ilfors films and by then Delat 100 & 400 were on a par with the Tmax film. but there was no loner any LF Delta 400, only HP5.

The revaltion was how amazing LF HP5 is in Pyrocat HD, most of the locactions in Turkey & Greece I was shooting banned tripods, getting permissions was long winded and extremelytime consuming, and a lot of extra travelling, so instead I started working han held with a Crown Graphic, and later also a Super Graphic,

You have to know your films, and make the right choices, but it's ulitmately down to the printing (or scaning). In my current exhibitions sets there are prints from Delta 100 & 400, HP5, Fortepann 200. EFKE PL25. oh and Fomapan 100 & 200. Youwouldn't know from the prints wih film was used.

Ian
 
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