[pure-silver] Re: 35 MM T-MAX 100 IN PYROCAT?

Hi Bob,
Haven't come across the prints I made but notes say acutance was not better than Xtol 1:2.
In fact, in testing another group of developers, where the scene was a 1920's school room, painted white except for the floor, partially sunlit, with a glowing 100w bulb hanging from the ceiling, only Xtol held the shape of the bulb without letting it "glow out" or exhibit acutance failure. Haven't found the material from that test (haven't looked) so I don't remember if Pyrocat was included, but Rodinal 1:100 was.
I've temporarily suspended the quest for the grail of developers. I think. Well, okay, I've recently been using Instant Mytol. 

Hope This Helps,
Jeff

BOB KISS wrote:

DEAR HTH,
        Did the T-max 100 in Pyrocat at least have good acutance?  Or HD
(high definition) as Sandy calls it?  Though it seems there is often a trade
off between grain and acutance, can you recommend a high acutance developer
that doesn't produce too much grain with T-max 100?  I find that, with my
Leica and Leitz lens that perform VERY well with other film/developer
combinations, though 35 mm T-max 100 is fine grain and yields fine detail it
simply looks soft.
                CHEERS!
BOB 
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1:1:100, 15 min. 72deg. F in a 16 or 32 oz.SS tank. This printed well on VC paper with a #2 MG filter so all further were using this time, temp., dil. ISO 100.
Agitation for all was 30 sec. initial, 10 sec. every 2 min. thereafter. Good negs but grainier than others and no other benefit.
I thought I remember reading that Mr. King developed this formula for negs that could be printed in either silver or pt./pd. Again TMX 100 (the old stuff) 135 & 120 

HTH


BOB KISS wrote:

DEAR LIST,
        Has anyone developed 35 mm T-max 100 film in Pyrocat HD?  Please
suggest starting times, temps, and effective speeds.  Please also let me
know what you thought of the results; grain, tonal separation, sharpness?
                CHEERS!
                        BOB
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