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From: jordan@ucbvax.ARPA (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: XP1... (joe_film)
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 14:23:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 14:23:48 1985
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In article <478@tymix.UUCP> kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) writes:
	Perhaps you should get some experience with the stuff before
	you go shooting your mouth off with excruciatingly funny bits
	of sarcasm.

Sorry to hear that you thought it was sarcasm. I've shot thousands of
rolls tri-x, and have grown used to the performance I get from it.  I
suppose that explains why I still use it. I also suppose that's why I
don't use XP-1, which I tried in sample quantities before it came out.
Exposed and developed properly, tri-x gives me better performance than
XP-1 (or AGFA's vario-xl for that matter).

My question is this: how much is "some experience" ?? Can you say "200
or so" ?? That is how many rolls I shot of XP-1 before I realized that
what I had hoped for when I first read of it was all just a dream. The
choosing of film, of course, comes down to a personal level, just as
anything else does (like camera equiptment manufacturers).

I buy Nikon equiptment because I can trust it. Note, by the way, that I
don't think it's inherently *better*, only that I know when I have a
strap break or get run into by a 300lb football player that my F2as
will hold up. I know that when I have the need for a 600mm f/4 lens, it
will be available. There's a lot to be said about trust when it comes
to picking products.

I know I can depend on tri-x. I had high hopes for XP-1 when I first
saw it, and tried to give it a chance, but it let me down.

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