Street Scene
A shot from a test roll of Tri-X rated at EI1600 and processed in DD-X 1+4. This is as fast as I like to go when pushing film, and it is marginal at best for street photography as typical nighttime exposures here are in the 1/30th to 1/60th second range when using a 50mm f1.5 lens wide open.
I normally shoot film images using Ilford Delta 400, partly because it is slightly cheaper, and partly because their web site has Don't Panic written metaphorically in large friendly letters through all the processing guides.
The Tri-X definitely has a strong curve compared to pushed Delta 400, although with a hybrid workflow it is easy to adjust the scans to look very similar. What I like is the slightly better exposure latitude and slightly increased grain which I think helps the images rather than being too intrusive.
I am very tempted to try a project on night-time street photography using Tri-X, although with an existing on-going long-term project based on Delta I do not really want to mix film stocks just now.
Street Scene
A shot from a test roll of Tri-X rated at EI1600 and processed in DD-X 1+4. This is as fast as I like to go when pushing film, and it is marginal at best for street photography as typical nighttime exposures here are in the 1/30th to 1/60th second range when using a 50mm f1.5 lens wide open.
I normally shoot film images using Ilford Delta 400, partly because it is slightly cheaper, and partly because their web site has Don't Panic written metaphorically in large friendly letters through all the processing guides.
The Tri-X definitely has a strong curve compared to pushed Delta 400, although with a hybrid workflow it is easy to adjust the scans to look very similar. What I like is the slightly better exposure latitude and slightly increased grain which I think helps the images rather than being too intrusive.
I am very tempted to try a project on night-time street photography using Tri-X, although with an existing on-going long-term project based on Delta I do not really want to mix film stocks just now.