[rollei_list] Re: TMax 100 Development


On Oct 20, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Marc James Small wrote:


At 09:39 PM 10/19/2008, Allen Zak wrote:
>D76 was used in the development stage when Kodak was perfecting the
>film.  It works very well diluted 1:1.  T-Max will also produce fine
>results in its 1:7 dilution.  Compared to conventional films, Tmax
>develops contrast more rapidly and must be timed carefully to avoid
>blowing out highlights. Developer should be chosen and used with those 
>options that allow for longer times to minimize small deviations from
>optimum. If, for example, T-Max times out at 6.5 minutes @75% in T-Max >developer diluted 1:4, a 30 sec. or 2°F error will produce a noticeable 
>variations in negative contrast.  At a 1:7 dilution, requiring 9.5
>minutes, the deviation would be, by percentage, less.  In any case, I
>recommend standardizing on one of the Kodak products because they are
>ubiquitous in US photo supply shops, not Rodinal so much.

Allen
You make me sad I do know where my earlier postings on this have gone a-gley. Ctein, now some sort of Digital guru, posted a note back in the CAMERA AND DARKROOM days to use Rodinal with TMX, and the results were great. No, they were grand: I have some shots from Myrtle Beach which are deathlessly sharp. Not the content: I am delighted with the content but I generally do not post my photography as it, to me, is a VERY private affair of what you guys deride as "happy snaps". I rarely shoot anything else.
I suspect that a search of the Rollie List archives or the LUG archives around 1995 would provide more. I will have to dig: it might have been a Rodinal mx at 1:70 at 8 minutes? I"d have to look it up. Ctein is available and he might recall. It was not that long ago. 1991 or so. 

Marc


Marc,
Um... not sure what in my post saddens you. My comment on Rodinal refers to its availability. In Columbus, a large city, it is not stocked at any of our local shops. I imagine that might be true elsewhere. Kodak D76, OTOH, can be found at any photo specialty shop, perhaps at supermarkets, flea markets and hardware stores ;-).
Although results with other films were good, I never used Rodinal to develop TMX, so couldn't comment on its suitability. Regrets for having missed your earlier posts on the subject, but I don't always read everything posted here. During large periods of time (almost all of 2004, for example), I wasn't signed on at all. 

Allen Zak

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