[rollei_list] Re: Kodak T Max 400, Rodinal 1+25, 3.5F and Epson 4490

  • From: Jeff Dilcher <dilcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:20:50 -0400

I like the pics.  The grain is evident though, but grain isn't necessarily
bad.  I think some grain gives a perception of sharpness, but I don't like
grainly clouds much in landscape pics.

I have always developed Tmax-400 in HC110 dilution H, which is twice
as dilute as what most people use.  I do this for 4x5 film, and use a rolling
jobo drum.  The dilute hc110 lets me extend the devlopment time enough where
I can do -1 and -2 stops contractions in contrast without having an unmanageably
short development time.

That has been my main film/developer combo for 4x5 for a couple of years,
but I've been using Ilford FP4+ and Rodinal 1:100 for about 40 minutes using
stand development in a still tank, and having good luck, lately, and really
like that combo a lot.





On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 08:02:01PM +0000, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
> This roll has some significance to me, it's the first
> T-Max 400 120 that I used, it's the first time I
> developed it using Rodinal 1+25, it's the first roll I
> scanned using my new Epson 4490 and I used the Rollei
> SKY GRADUATED FILTER for the first time in two
> photographs.
> The main explanations are in some photographs
> captions, they are seven photographs 750x750 more or
> less and then you need to click on the thumbnails and
> even on the enlarged image if your OS reduces it
> automatically.
> I liked the Epson 4490 scanning quality, at least in
> comparison with my former scanner and the software
> allows more choosing possibilities in the
> "professional" mode,I think I could learn even more
> about it afterwards.
> I also liked the T-Max ISO 400 and the way the Rodinal
> 1+25 at 20?C developed it, however as Richard K told
> me once, the Rodinal is a bit grainy for MF, anyway
> the grain is reasonable for normal size enlargements:
> 
> http://silveremulsion.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> All the best
> Carlos
> 
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