Wow that's so odd, PC! The one time I tried Tr-X film I really disliked it for it's extreme grain and cause no shot was really well exposed. For some reason Ilford HP5 Plus has given me much better and evenly exposed results, with much more shadow detail. The Tri-X seems to get never extremely under/over exposed, but perhaps that means that it at the same time is never really spot-on....unlike for instance slide film, where it's easy to under expose, but when it's well exposed it's really really spot on. Perhaps it was just due to the fact that I've only done one roll sofar, so maybe I should try it again. Really weird to read the exact opposite of what I experienced :) Thanks a lot for sharing! =)