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A Weekly Column By Mike Johnston

© Mike Johnston 2002

For many years after his death in the early '80s, the influence of Ansel Adams's technical choices remained pervasive in art photography, especially among art photographers who made "Zone System" landscapes similar to his. He used Tri-X, like I do. But he used HC-110 dilution "B" with it. And so, from time to time, people ask me why I don't use HC-110 with Tri-X.

It's an easy question for me to answer. I love D-76 with Tri-X and dislike HC-110 with it.

Another reason is that although a rose is a rose is a rose, Tri-X is not always Tri-X. Although this news hasn't made much of a stir, Kodak is about to change Tri-X. The film's packaging is going to look different and the recommended times are different. As to whether the film itself will have changed, well, I can't answer that yet.

But even historically there have been two films called Tri-X. One is Tri-X 400 (coded TX), which is available ...

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