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TRI-X Film 
Quick Exposure Guide: Film@200 The 3D-Effect
Photographers have heralded TRI-X film for its incredible tonal range, wide exposure and processing latitude and its distinctive grain structure. TRI-X film has traveled the world with some of the world’s most esteemed photographers – including such luminaries as Sebastiao Salgado, Alfred Eisenstadt, Mary Ellen Mark, Henri Cartier-Bresson and John Sexton during the past fifty years.
Just before the digital age other films worked nicely too. Agfa, Ilford HP5, osv.
Kodak Tri-X – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Tri-X
Kodak HC-110 is a liquid-concentrate film developer introduced in 1962 and widely used ever since, particularly in photojournalism and fine-art photography.
Kodak HC-110 Developer – Unofficial Resource Page
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110/