emulating specific B&W films with channel mixer

hi,

does anyone have any tried and tested combinations that acn emulate Tri-X, with the channel mixer? I am screwing around a lot, but haven't quite come up with it. I know I'm going to shoot myself they actually stop making that "film".

thanks,
j

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:30:50 GMT, "joe mama"
wrote:

hi,

does anyone have any tried and tested combinations that acn emulate Tri-X, with the channel mixer? I am screwing around a lot, but haven't quite come up with it. I know I'm going to shoot myself they actually stop making that "film".

thanks,
j

I found this awhile back.
The Channel Mixer is my second favorite, especially if you use the following C.M. recipes to emulate the following films:

Agfa 200X: 18,41,41

Agfapan 25: 25,39,36

Agfapan 100: 21,40,39

Agfapan 400: 20,41,39

Ilford Delta 100: 21,42,37

Ilford Delta 400: 22,42,36

Ilford Delta 400 Pro: 31,36,33

Ilford FP4: 28,41,31

Ilford HP5: 23,37,40

Ilford Pan F: 33,36,31

Ilford SFX: 36,31,33

Ilford XP2 Super: 21,42,37

Kodak Tmax 100: 24,37,39

Kodak Tmax 400: 27,36,37

Kodak Tri-X: 25,35,40

And these basic ones:

Normal Contrast: 43,33,30

High Contrast: 40,34,60

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I found this awhile back.
The Channel Mixer is my second favorite, especially if you use the following C.M. recipes to emulate the following films:

Agfa 200X: 18,41,41

Agfapan 25: 25,39,36

Agfapan 100: 21,40,39

Agfapan 400: 20,41,39

Ilford Delta 100: 21,42,37

Ilford Delta 400: 22,42,36

Ilford Delta 400 Pro: 31,36,33

Ilford FP4: 28,41,31

Ilford HP5: 23,37,40

Ilford Pan F: 33,36,31

Ilford SFX: 36,31,33

Ilford XP2 Super: 21,42,37

Kodak Tmax 100: 24,37,39

Kodak Tmax 400: 27,36,37

Kodak Tri-X: 25,35,40

And these basic ones:

Normal Contrast: 43,33,30

High Contrast: 40,34,60

thanks a lot. i'll start playing around with this info.

joe mama wrote:

hi,

does anyone have any tried and tested combinations that acn emulate Tri-X, with the channel mixer? I am screwing around a lot, but haven't quite come up with it. I know I'm going to shoot myself they actually stop making that "film".

thanks,
j

I don't understand this desire to emulate the old restricting technology of film. I see one of the great advantages of digital is that I no longer have that restriction. I can now turn color scenes into B&W by using the best conversion FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCENE. Why would I limit my options?

I know there are plenty of old B&W shooters who fell in love with the look of certain films. I certainly had my favorites too. However, they were my favorites because of how they improved the pictures of certain scenes. I never fell in love with a film for that film's sake.

If the final picture is the only real requirement, ignore the old technology and use digital to do it better.

Clyde

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:30:50 GMT, "joe mama"
wrote:

hi,

does anyone have any tried and tested combinations that acn emulate Tri-X, with the channel mixer?> >j

I found this awhile back.
The Channel Mixer is my second favorite, especially if you use the following C.M. recipes to emulate the following films:

Thanks for that information. However one question: Wouldn't these recipes be dependent on what medium was used to capture the original image?? Digital vs film. Color negative vs color reversal???

--Mike