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From: David Nebenzahl on 16 Jul 2010 01:20 Well, the results of my first use of Tmax 100 are in here at Nebenzahl Laboratories, GmbH, and I can tell you that I'm very happy with them. I developed it in D-76, 1:1 dilution, using rather old (~5 years) stock, and the negatives came out looking gorgeous. The prints, too. (This was 35mm film. I'd really like to shoot something larger in this film stock someday.) There may be better developers for Tmax; the consensus seems to be that Xtol is the best stuff to use. But while this combination may not be the ultimate, D-76 certainly does a quite credible and creditable job with this film. I only wish I had a better scanner so I could post pictures that would do the prints justice. -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: Richard Knoppow on 18 Jul 2010 11:02 "David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in message news:4c3febea$0$2406$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > Well, the results of my first use of Tmax 100 are in here > at Nebenzahl Laboratories, GmbH, and I can tell you that > I'm very happy with them. > > I developed it in D-76, 1:1 dilution, using rather old (~5 > years) stock, and the negatives came out looking gorgeous. > The prints, too. (This was 35mm film. I'd really like to > shoot something larger in this film stock someday.) > > There may be better developers for Tmax; the consensus > seems to be that Xtol is the best stuff to use. But while > this combination may not be the ultimate, D-76 certainly > does a quite credible and creditable job with this film. > > I only wish I had a better scanner so I could post > pictures that would do the prints justice. > This has been my standard combination for years. I also use full strength Microdol-X or Perceptol on 35mm T-Max 100 negatives. That combination has grain nearly as fine as the late, lamented, Technical Pan but with much greater speed (about EI 50) and much more easily controlled contrast. There are certainly better developers than D-76, but not very much better, and D-76 has been extremely reliable. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk(a)ix.netcom.com
From: David Nebenzahl on 18 Jul 2010 15:04 On 7/18/2010 8:02 AM Richard Knoppow spake thus: > "David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in message > news:4c3febea$0$2406$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > >> Well, the results of my first use of Tmax 100 are in here >> at Nebenzahl Laboratories, GmbH, and I can tell you that >> I'm very happy with them. >> >> I developed it in D-76, 1:1 dilution, using rather old (~5 >> years) stock, and the negatives came out looking gorgeous. >> The prints, too. (This was 35mm film. I'd really like to >> shoot something larger in this film stock someday.) > > This has been my standard combination for years. I also > use full strength Microdol-X or Perceptol on 35mm T-Max 100 > negatives. That combination has grain nearly as fine as the > late, lamented, Technical Pan but with much greater speed > (about EI 50) and much more easily controlled contrast. So do you use D-76 full strength or diluted 1:1? I have some Microdol-X, so I'll use it on my next roll of T-Max. A one-stop loss of speed is no big deal. -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: Lawrence Akutagawa on 18 Jul 2010 15:44 "David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in message news:4c434fff$0$2395$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > On 7/18/2010 8:02 AM Richard Knoppow spake thus: > >> "David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in message >> news:4c3febea$0$2406$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > > >>> Well, the results of my first use of Tmax 100 are in here at Nebenzahl >>> Laboratories, GmbH, and I can tell you that I'm very happy with them. >>> >>> I developed it in D-76, 1:1 dilution, using rather old (~5 years) stock, >>> and the negatives came out looking gorgeous. The prints, too. (This was >>> 35mm film. I'd really like to shoot something larger in this film stock >>> someday.) >> >> This has been my standard combination for years. I also use full >> strength Microdol-X or Perceptol on 35mm T-Max 100 negatives. That >> combination has grain nearly as fine as the late, lamented, Technical Pan >> but with much greater speed (about EI 50) and much more easily controlled >> contrast. > > So do you use D-76 full strength or diluted 1:1? > > I have some Microdol-X, so I'll use it on my next roll of T-Max. A > one-stop loss of speed is no big deal. > My favorite with TMax 100 is Rodinal 1:50 for about 11 minutes at 68 degrees fahenheit. Full agitation first 30 seconds, then for 5 seconds out of each 30 seconds thereafter. Beautiful negatives.
From: Richard Knoppow on 19 Jul 2010 11:15
"David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in message news:4c434fff$0$2395$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > On 7/18/2010 8:02 AM Richard Knoppow spake thus: > >> "David Nebenzahl" <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote in >> message >> news:4c3febea$0$2406$822641b3(a)news.adtechcomputers.com... > > >>> Well, the results of my first use of Tmax 100 are in >>> here at Nebenzahl Laboratories, GmbH, and I can tell you >>> that I'm very happy with them. >>> >>> I developed it in D-76, 1:1 dilution, using rather old >>> (~5 years) stock, and the negatives came out looking >>> gorgeous. The prints, too. (This was 35mm film. I'd >>> really like to shoot something larger in this film stock >>> someday.) >> >> This has been my standard combination for years. I >> also use full strength Microdol-X or Perceptol on 35mm >> T-Max 100 negatives. That combination has grain nearly as >> fine as the late, lamented, Technical Pan but with much >> greater speed (about EI 50) and much more easily >> controlled contrast. > > So do you use D-76 full strength or diluted 1:1? > > I have some Microdol-X, so I'll use it on my next roll of > T-Max. A one-stop loss of speed is no big deal. I usually use D-76 diluted 1:1 as a one-shot. For a time I was using it full strength and replenishing but I found I was not developing enough film to justify that and I also prefer the somewhat longer developing times the diluted developer gives. Microdol-X and Perceptol, which are essentially identical, lose their extra-fine-grain property when diluted so must be used full strength is minimum grain is the objective. At 1:3 they produce full film speed and begin to show some acutance effect but the grain is then about the same as D-76. -- -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk(a)ix.netcom.com |