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'''Tri-X''' is a [[black-and-white]] [[photographic film]] produced by Eastman [[Kodak]] Company and remains the world's best selling black and white film.<ref>{{cite web|title=KODAK PROFESSIONAL TRI-X Films|url=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/triX2.jhtml|website=Kodak|accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref> It is appreciated for its wide exposure latitude and classic grain structure.<ref>{{cite web|title=KODAK PROFESSIONAL TRI-X Films|url=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/triX2.jhtml|website=Kodak|accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref> The combination of smaller 35mm cameras and high speed Tri-X film was transformative for [[photojournalism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Life without Tri-X|url=http://www.absolutephoto.com/index.php/interviews/233-life-without-tri-x|website=Absolute Photo|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>
'''Tri-X''' is a [[black and white]] photographic [[photographic film|film]] produced by the [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Company]]. Since 2013 it is distributed by [[Kodak Alaris]] which controls the ''Kodak Professional'' product line under which it is grouped.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodak Professional Films|url=http://imaging.kodakalaris.com/professional-photographers/photographers/professional-films|website=Kodak Alaris|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> The combination of hand held cameras and high speed Tri-X film was transformative for [[photojournalism]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Life without Tri-X|url=http://www.absolutephoto.com/index.php/interviews/233-life-without-tri-x|website=Absolute Photo|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722231438/http://www.absolutephoto.com/index.php/interviews/233-life-without-tri-x|archive-date=22 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and for cinema.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Adam|last1=Thirlwell|access-date=2018-11-26|title=Adam Thirlwell on the Nouvelle Vague cinema movement|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/18/nouvelle-vague-film-cinema|date=17 April 2009|website=The Guardian}}</ref>


== Overview ==
== Overview ==


Introduced around 1940 in [[sheet film|sheets]] rated at [[film speed|ASA]] [[Color temperature|daylight]] 200 and tungsten 160, it was one of Kodak's first high-speed (for the time) black-and-white films. Tri-X was released in [[135 film|35mm]] and [[120 film|120]] in 1954. Currently it is available in two speeds, ISO 320/26° (320TXP) and 400/27° (400TX). Tri-X 400 is the more common of the two, available in 24- and 36-exposure rolls of [[135 film|35 mm]] and rolls of [[120 film|120]] as well as 50 and 100&nbsp;ft bulk rolls of 35mm. Tri-X 320 is available in 4×5", 5×7", and 8×10" [[sheet film|sheets]].
Introduced around 1940 in [[sheet film|sheets]] rated at [[film speed|ASA]] [[Color temperature|daylight]] 200 and tungsten 160, it was one of Kodak's first high-speed (for the time) black and white films. Tri-X was released in [[135 film|35 mm]] and [[120 film|120]] formats in 1954. Currently it is available in two speeds, ISO 320/26° (320TXP) and 400/27° (400TX). Tri-X 400 is the more common of the two, available in 24- and 36-exposure rolls of 35 mm and rolls of 120 as well as 50 and 100&nbsp;ft bulk rolls of 35 mm. Tri-X 320 is available in 4×5", 5×7", and 8×10" [[sheet film|sheets]].


Tri-X 400 is usually rated at ISO 400 when processed in standard developers and remains among the fastest black-and-white films today. [[Push processing]] Tri-X to EI 800 in a standard developer yields very good results, while further pushing to EI 1600 requires more sophisticated processing. A popular method for pushing Tri-X film is using highly diluted developers with little or no agitation and extended development times. This method which is referred to as [[Stand development|"stand" or "semi-stand" development]], can allow the film to be pushed to speeds up to EI 3200 or 6400.
Tri-X 400 is usually rated at ISO 400 when processed in standard developers and remains among the fastest black and white films today. [[Push processing]] Tri-X to a higher "exposure index" of [[Exposure index|EI]] 800 in a standard developer yields very good results, while further pushing to EI 1600 requires more sophisticated processing.<ref name="nytimes-1979">{{cite news|access-date=2018-11-26|title=Camera|date=6 May 1979|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/06/archives/camera-when-even-a-highspeed-film-is-not-fast-enough-camera-when.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> A popular method for pushing Tri-X film is using highly diluted developers with little or no agitation and extended development times.<ref name="nytimes-1979"/> This method which is referred to as [[Stand development|"stand" or "semi-stand" development]], can allow the film to be pushed to speeds up to EI 3200<ref name="nytimes-1979"/> or 6400.{{cn|date=November 2018}}


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Tri-X [[panchromatic film]] was once one of the most popular films used by [[Photojournalism|photojournalists]]<ref>{{cite web|first1=Roger|last1=Tooth|access-date=2018-11-26|title=Kodak: a fond farewell|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/19/fond-farewell-kodak|date=19 January 2012|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and many amateurs. It was manufactured by Eastman Kodak in the U.S., Kodak Canada, and Kodak Ltd in the UK. Kodak data-sheets once recommended different processing times depending on where the film was manufactured. Its sales declined in the 1970s and 1980s due to the falling price and increasing popularity of color film. Since the advent of digital photography, Tri-X has all but fallen out of use in newspaper journalism, though it remains popular in documentary journalism.
In 2004 Kodak celebrated 50 years of Tri-X's introduction on November 1, 1954<ref>{{cite web
| last =
| first =
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| title = Kodak's Venerable TRI-X Black-and-White Film Celebrates 50 Years of Unparalleled Popularity and Quality
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| url = http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/pressReleases/pr20040212-03.shtml
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| accessdate = 2008-01-30}}</ref> in 35 and 120 formats.


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Tri-X has undergone a number of minor engineering changes during its long history. An early change in ASA (ISO) speed from 200 to 400, around 1960, was due to a change in the ASA standard rather than the film. In 2007{{cn|date=October 2021}}, Tri-X was extensively re-engineered, receiving the new designation 400TX in place of TX or TX400, and became finer-grained. The amount of silver in the film stock was reduced.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Eamonn|last1=McCabe|access-date=2018-11-26|title=Don't take my Kodak away|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/05/kodak-photography|date=5 October 2011|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2018-11-26|title=Shortcuts|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2004/jan/15/features11.g2|date=15 January 2004|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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Tri-X [[panchromatic film]] was once one of the most popular films used by photojournalists and many amateurs. It was manufactured by Eastman Kodak in the US, Kodak Canada, and Kodak Ltd in the UK. Kodak data-sheets once recommended different processing times depending on where the film was manufactured. Its sales declined in the 1970s and 1980s due to the falling price and increasing popularity of color film. Since the advent of digital photography, Tri-X has all but fallen out of use in newspaper journalism, though it remains popular in documentary journalism.


Tri-X also exists as a reversal film for the 16 mm and Super-8 cine film formats. The speed for tungsten lighting (3200 K) is ISO 160 and for daylight ISO 200 when processed as reversal. It can also be processed as a negative at a small loss of speed while the grain will be slightly increased.
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Tri-X has undergone a number of minor engineering changes during its long history. An early change in ASA (ISO) speed from 200 to 400, around 1960, was due to a change in the ASA standard rather than the film. In 2007, Tri-X was extensively re-engineered, receiving the new designation 400TX in place of TX or TX400, and became finer-grained.


<gallery>
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File:Kodak Tri X Film 1959.jpg|Kodak Tri-X 120 Film (Expired: March 1959)
File:0184 Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967! (5136414722).jpg|Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967
File:0184 Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967! (5136414722).jpg|Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967
Image:Tri-X.jpg|A Tri-X 35mm (135) film canister
Image:Tri-X.jpg|A Tri-X 35mm (135) film canister, version 2002.
File:Kodak Tri-X film.jpg|Tri-X box, circa 1986
File:Kodak Tri-X film.jpg|Tri-X box, circa 1986
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Kodak T-MAX]]
* [[Kodak T-MAX]]
* [[Ilford HP|Ilford HP5]]
* [[List of photographic films]]
* [[List of discontinued photographic films]]


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Kodak TRI-X films}}
* [http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/triX.jhtml?id=0.2.22.14.17.16&lc=en Kodak professional Tri-X films]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583051 'Photo Op: Devoted to Kodak's Tri-X Film Stock'] - National Public Radio's Alex Chadwick talks with National Geographic Society photographer Chris Rainier about Tri-X
* [http://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites/prod/files/files/products/f4017.pdf Kodak Alaris Tri-X data sheet]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583051 'Photo Op: Devoted to Kodak's Tri-X Film Stock'] – National Public Radio's Alex Chadwick talks with National Geographic Society photographer Chris Rainier about Tri-X
* [http://motion.kodak.com/KodakGCG/uploadedFiles/Motion/Products/Camera_Films/7266/Resources/7266_SS.pdf 'Kodak Tri-X Reversal Film 7266 product information brochure PDF']
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{{Eastman Kodak}}
[[Category:Kodak photographic films|Trix]]
[[Category:Kodak photographic films|Trix]]

Revision as of 08:33, 22 March 2022

Tri-X
A box of a 2002 version of Tri-X film
MakerKodak
Speed400/27°
TypeB&W print
ProcessGelatin-silver
Format35 mm, 120
ApplicationGeneral
Tri-X Professional
MakerKodak
Speed320/26°
TypeB&W print
ProcessGelatin-silver
Formatsheets
ApplicationGeneral

Tri-X is a black and white photographic film produced by the Eastman Kodak Company. Since 2013 it is distributed by Kodak Alaris which controls the Kodak Professional product line under which it is grouped.[1] The combination of hand held cameras and high speed Tri-X film was transformative for photojournalism[2] and for cinema.[3]

Overview

Introduced around 1940 in sheets rated at ASA daylight 200 and tungsten 160, it was one of Kodak's first high-speed (for the time) black and white films. Tri-X was released in 35 mm and 120 formats in 1954. Currently it is available in two speeds, ISO 320/26° (320TXP) and 400/27° (400TX). Tri-X 400 is the more common of the two, available in 24- and 36-exposure rolls of 35 mm and rolls of 120 as well as 50 and 100 ft bulk rolls of 35 mm. Tri-X 320 is available in 4×5", 5×7", and 8×10" sheets.

Tri-X 400 is usually rated at ISO 400 when processed in standard developers and remains among the fastest black and white films today. Push processing Tri-X to a higher "exposure index" of EI 800 in a standard developer yields very good results, while further pushing to EI 1600 requires more sophisticated processing.[4] A popular method for pushing Tri-X film is using highly diluted developers with little or no agitation and extended development times.[4] This method which is referred to as "stand" or "semi-stand" development, can allow the film to be pushed to speeds up to EI 3200[4] or 6400.[citation needed]

Tri-X panchromatic film was once one of the most popular films used by photojournalists[5] and many amateurs. It was manufactured by Eastman Kodak in the U.S., Kodak Canada, and Kodak Ltd in the UK. Kodak data-sheets once recommended different processing times depending on where the film was manufactured. Its sales declined in the 1970s and 1980s due to the falling price and increasing popularity of color film. Since the advent of digital photography, Tri-X has all but fallen out of use in newspaper journalism, though it remains popular in documentary journalism.

Tri-X has undergone a number of minor engineering changes during its long history. An early change in ASA (ISO) speed from 200 to 400, around 1960, was due to a change in the ASA standard rather than the film. In 2007[citation needed], Tri-X was extensively re-engineered, receiving the new designation 400TX in place of TX or TX400, and became finer-grained. The amount of silver in the film stock was reduced.[6][7]

Tri-X also exists as a reversal film for the 16 mm and Super-8 cine film formats. The speed for tungsten lighting (3200 K) is ISO 160 and for daylight ISO 200 when processed as reversal. It can also be processed as a negative at a small loss of speed while the grain will be slightly increased.

  • Kodak Tri-X 120 Film (Expired: March 1959)
    Kodak Tri-X 120 Film (Expired: March 1959)
  • Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967
    Tri-X 6x9 Sheet Film Expired in 1967
  • A Tri-X 35mm (135) film canister, version 2002.
    A Tri-X 35mm (135) film canister, version 2002.
  • Tri-X box, circa 1986
    Tri-X box, circa 1986

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kodak Professional Films". Kodak Alaris. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Life without Tri-X". Absolute Photo. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ Thirlwell, Adam (17 April 2009). "Adam Thirlwell on the Nouvelle Vague cinema movement". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  4. ^ a b c "Camera". The New York Times. 6 May 1979. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  5. ^ Tooth, Roger (19 January 2012). "Kodak: a fond farewell". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  6. ^ McCabe, Eamonn (5 October 2011). "Don't take my Kodak away". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  7. ^ "Shortcuts". The Guardian. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

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