[rollei_list] Re: TMax 100 Development
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:51:39 -0400
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
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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