Black and white in the film library: TX 1600 and TX 3200
The film library has a new Black & white group with two films, TX 1600 and TX 3200. We simulated them ourselves from Kodak’s TRI-X 400 data sheet: the film is push-processed and printed on hard paper, giving the inky, burnt-out, raw black and white of street photography. Both are pure black and white; for coarser grain, turn up that film’s grain in the camera’s film vault.
The pictures are simulations computed the way the camera processes colour, not camera shots.
Black & white
TX 1600
A two-stop push printed on grade 4 paper: hard contrast, inky shadows and clean highlights, with detail still in the signs and wet reflections.
TX 3200
A three-stop push printed on grade 5 paper: the most extreme black and white; midtones nearly vanish, crowds turn to silhouettes and bright areas burn out.
If you own the GRLife Pro Film Collection, both films are already included at no extra cost:
- Open the film library, tick TX 1600 and TX 3200 and download your film pack again.
- Replace the old film pack on your memory card with the new file.
- In the camera’s film vault, swap them into any slots; for coarser grain, turn up that film’s grain.
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