Just out of curiosity, anyone have any idea when/why 160 was adopted as the "standard" speed for professional color negative films?
Thanks.
Just out of curiosity, anyone have any idea when/why 160 was adopted as the "standard" speed for professional color negative films?
Thanks.
Last edited by johnnydc; 1-Nov-2006 at 13:57.
I've never heard of that...what if I am using a 100 speed film or a slower one for that matter?
I dunno but most people shoot 160 color neg at 100 because Kodak was a little optimistic and Fuji was a copycat.
The film was Kodak VPS which was available in every "pro" format including 70mm bulk rolls for "school" cameras.
It might also have something to do with a relationship to Tri-X, which traditionally was a 320 speed film. 160 is one stop slower than Tri-X, which made it easy to adjust exposure settings when switching between films.
Last edited by johnnydc; 3-Nov-2006 at 13:57.
Yes. At least as far as film speed is concerned. You'd have to ask Ron Mowrey over on APUG about it (hes a Kodak engineer) as to the exact distinctions. There may be no real difference between TX and TXP, but one is labelled as 320 and the other 400 (we're talking less than 1/2 stop film speed between them, so there's no qualitative difference there). It might just be a similar kind of difference between "Pro" and "amateur" color films, where the amateurs are shipped "unripe".
Last edited by Scott Davis; 3-Nov-2006 at 13:59.
This is true. But while there is little confusion about the fact that TMax 100, 400 and P3200 are different films - perhaps because of the different speeds - the TX vs TXP (and previously TXT) distinction causes no end of trouble. It's not just on discussion boards - most of the camera store salespeople I've encountered over the years haven't understand the difference either, and have been baffled as to why Kodak should have two films, both named "Tri-X", with speeds that are almost the same.
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