Jarin Blaschke Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I'm about to test this in a couple weeks, but in the meantime, does anyone have any anecdotes (or images!) regarding how, when processed as a negative, Tri-X 7266 looks compared to Double-X? I'm desperately grasping for a way to shoot true black and white film, while avoiding the mush that is Double-X. Thanks. -Jarin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted January 20, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted January 20, 2018 Try ORWO UN 54. http://www.orwona.com/b-w-motion-picture-cinematography-films/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 21, 2018 Site Sponsor Share Posted January 21, 2018 Tri-X cross proceses ver well a negative and has a much smoother grain pattern compared to 7222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Carter Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Reversal first developed grains are rougher than the second developed ones. Anyway, double X is made to print onto higher contrast stock to make the positives. Edited January 21, 2018 by Michael Carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Tri-X cross proceses ver well a negative and has a much smoother grain pattern compared to 7222 Does Cinelab process Fomapan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted January 21, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted January 21, 2018 Why shouldn’t they? Fomapan is the trade name of several black-and-white negative stocks. If you mean Fomapan R, R for reversal, then things look different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Why shouldn’t they? Fomapan is the trade name of several black-and-white negative stocks. If you mean Fomapan R, R for reversal, then things look different. Why, yes! That is exactly what I mean and I should have said it. Thinking of getting some for the Filmo 70-DR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted January 21, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted January 21, 2018 Well, it took my about four seconds for this: Cinelab can develop 16mm, Super 16mm, and Ultra 16mm Color and Black and White Negative Films. We are also one of the very few laboratories in the United States doing daily processing of BW Reversal. http://www.cinelab.com/16mm.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Well, it took my about four seconds for this: Cinelab can develop 16mm, Super 16mm, and Ultra 16mm Color and Black and White Negative Films. We are also one of the very few laboratories in the United States doing daily processing of BW Reversal. http://www.cinelab.com/16mm.html Yes, but it didn't specify which ones. I'm not aware of which process Fomapan R requires, or if the one used by Cinelab is the best one for this stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yes, but it didn't specify which ones. I'm not aware of which process Fomapan R requires, or if the one used by Cinelab is the best one for this stock. You can process literally any b/w film, neg or reversal, in the same developer and get an image. Reversal involves a couple of extra steps. So if a lab says it processes b/w, it processes any b/w. There are differences between developers, but now that no-one is developing for print or projection anymore, they have less influence on the final images than they used to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 You can process literally any b/w film, neg or reversal, in the same developer and get an image. Reversal involves a couple of extra steps. So if a lab says it processes b/w, it processes any b/w. There are differences between developers, but now that no-one is developing for print or projection anymore, they have less influence on the final images than they used to. Thanks, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Carter Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I print I project movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Pinder Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Well, it took my about four seconds for this: Cinelab can develop 16mm, Super 16mm, and Ultra 16mm Color and Black and White Negative Films. We are also one of the very few laboratories in the United States doing daily processing of BW Reversal. http://www.cinelab.com/16mm.html Yes, but it didn't specify which ones. I'm not aware of which process Fomapan R requires, or if the one used by Cinelab is the best one for this stock. Its been discussed before that Fomapan uses different times than Tri X, and I cannot remember which lab, maybe Spectra, does special runs with Fomapan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Its been discussed before that Fomapan uses different times than Tri X, and I cannot remember which lab, maybe Spectra, does special runs with Fomapan. I found what Robert from Cinelab posted a long time ago. We develop allot of B&W Reversal, more than any lab in the world. 20,000ft in a day at times. Foma has a much softer emulsion than Tri-X does, if you run it in the same time/temp as Tri-X the emulsion cooks off. Spectra has called us in the past to ask how to deal with bleach issues, there is not a "Special mastery" of developing this stock. Foma has to be run in special batches because the emulsion is not hard like Kodak or Orwo. I see that dr5 charges $135 to develop an 100 ft roll of 16mm Foma, seems a bit expensive. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 22, 2018 Site Sponsor Share Posted January 22, 2018 We develop Fomapan. We have a dedicated Treise 8mm/16mm B&W Reversal processor and a Allen 16mm/35mm processor with developer tanks for B&W Negative and B&W Print. We run FomapanR in batches as it comes in compared to Tri-x which is a daily run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 We develop Fomapan. We have a dedicated Treise 8mm/16mm B&W Reversal processor and a Allen 16mm/35mm processor with developer tanks for B&W Negative and B&W Print. We run FomapanR in batches as it comes in compared to Tri-x which is a daily run. Thank you, Robert. How much Fomapan constitutes a batch? What's the average turnaround? Ever since I saw this stock I can't wait to use some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 22, 2018 Site Sponsor Share Posted January 22, 2018 We charge $17/roll and turnaround can be 3-4 weeks when we are busy with allot of Tri-X 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Pinder Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 We develop Fomapan. We have a dedicated Treise 8mm/16mm B&W Reversal processor and a Allen 16mm/35mm processor with developer tanks for B&W Negative and B&W Print. We run FomapanR in batches as it comes in compared to Tri-x which is a daily run. Robert, Are you guys only developing as a negative? No B&W reversal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Robert, Are you guys only developing as a negative? No B&W reversal? Robert Houllahan, on 22 Jan 2018 - 02:40 AM, said: We have a dedicated Treise 8mm/16mm B&W Reversal processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Rob, I have a 400' roll of 7265 that I am itching to shoot. What would be the benefits/differences if I were to process as negative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 reposted here http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=76303 sorry to highjack it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarin Blaschke Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Well, my interest is in trying Tri-X as a negative before reaching for a somewhat obscure film. We will need 350,000 feet, which would be another issue. No anecdotes of TriX as a negative, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 We have processed a couple thousand feet of Tri-X reversal as a negative for a school. The grain is very fine, the latitude is much less than Double-X, same as reversal and you loose about one stop of speed. I don't recommend it except as special effect or in emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiliam Cardoza Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Jarin, here is some Tri-X as negative @ 7:33 Password = test 35mm and 16mm lighting, filter, exposure tests from the past year or so for a feature I'm writing, shooting, directing. I've already started shooting on 35mm short ends, it's probably going to take me a year. I sent Tri-X to Video and Film Solutions assuming they processed reversal, they don't, they said I would lose some speed, so I went ahead and had them process as negative, (2k scan, K3 camera and Meteor zoom). This is a somewhat high contrast scene, for comparison ther Double XX starting at 2:06 in essentially the same bright afternoon California sun ...the only Tri -x is that end clip and BTW @ 5:08 Double XX shot at night, pushed 1 stop, under-cranked For further comparison 35mm Double XX pushed 1 stop. I love this but hard to get in short ends. Every cut I adjusted the lighting, there are a few seconds with a b&w filter. What I learned shooting b&w tests: the contrast you see is the contrast you get. W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Jarin, here is some Tri-X as negative @ 7:33 Password = test. William, what sort of diffusion did you use for that first scene with the girl 30 seconds in? And about a minute in? I love the look of it. Was that 35mm 50D? Can you tell us more about how you accomplished this? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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