Quote " The problem with doing this with Kodak films is that they just changed their film base with TMX for sure and also for Tri-X I believe about a year ago, unannounced I might add. The new base does not pass UV radiation hardly at all and so it makes these films essentially useless for alternative process like Pt/Pd or VDB, etc. That's why I switched over to Ilford HP5+ in the first place."
They did NOT change the base on the new Tri-X. I was part of a custom order of 12x20 after Kodak went to the new emulsion, and it passes UV radiation just like the old stuff. I am a platinum printer, so I have ample proof to know this to be a fact. It is true that the new Tmax 100 has this problem, however. Useless for alternative processes.
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