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

  • From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:18:31 +0000 (GMT)

Thank you for your comments Jeff, I agree about the
grain, it helps to give character for a photograph and
I also agree it's not so good for clouds.

All the best
Carlos
 --- Jeff Dilcher <dilcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> 
> 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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