Today we went for a walk in Darmstadt, where I also took some photos like this one for instance:
Grand Duke Ludwig IV. on horse with doves, Darmstadt 2016
We got some additional SD cards for all of us for the upcoming summer holidays, but what’s more interesting for me is this:
TRI-X 400 film
Fuji tries to emulate the look of their own Neopan Acros 100 black & white negative film in their newest digital camera (the X-Pro2), but about everyone else is trying to emulate this one here, Kodak Tri-X.
Since around 1940 this was the standard film for many professional news reporters and artists.
What comes close – I’ve seen direct comparisons – is the Leica Monochrom. Sadly, I currently don’t have some 8000€ for that camera body plus at least half as much for a nice 50mm Summilux lens, so for me the original film in my Olympus OM-2n has to do.
Currently my camera is still loaded with some DM “Paradies” ISO 200 colour negative film (which is made in the USA, so it must be Kodak as well), but I can hardly wait to see some resulting photos taken with this 400TX, as it is also called.
And unlike the mentioned Leica Monochrom, I can simply swap my “sensor” from black & white to colour and back… 😉 I could even have a look at the original Neopan Acros 100, or – like when I was much younger – at Ilford HP5 or FP4 or whatever.
Isn’t choice wonderful? The old film camera, nowadays often called “analog” is more modern (because modular) than anything except super expensive medium format systems. And it’s easier to use than even a modern digital Fuji camera, the only ones which really try to get what the old ones all had.
Thanks for reading.