[LargeFormat] Big Old Cave
Ted Harris
tedharris at mac.com
Sun Jun 5 21:30:20 EDT 2005
I also shoot Tmax .... Fuji ACROS as well .... develop them both in
Rodinal 1:50.
On Jun 5, 2005, at 9:26 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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>> Kodak TMAX is a great B&W film for most applications. And the
>> (matching) TMAX developer/replenisher makes life so easy...
>> Mike
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> I also like T-Max but it can be developed in other developers
> than T-Max. It works quite well with D-76 and Xtol but can be used
> with most standard developers.
> The trick with T-Max is to be careful of developing time and
> temperature. The film grains contrast faster than conventional film
> so control is more necessary. The common complaint about
> excessively dense highlights is, I am conviced, due to
> overdevelopment. A +/- 20% change in development time with T-Max
> will cause as as large a change in contrast as a +/- 30% change
> with other films. With a little care it makes beautiful negatives.
> I mostly use D-76 diluted 1:1 as a one shot for most films.
> Despite the name T-Max developer was not intended especially for
> T-Max films. As always Kodak has trade names it likes and sometimes
> applies to several products. T-Max RS is suitable for both sheet
> and roll films. It will give slightly more speed and slightly more
> grain than D-76. The normal T-Max RS working solution which is made
> from the concentrate by diluting it 1:4 with water can be further
> diluted 1:1 to give longer development times. Longer time is mainly
> why I dilute D-76. The longer time allows easier contol of
> development.
> If you are where Kodak products are hard to find Ilford FP-4 and
> HP-5 are excellent films of the conventional type and Ilford makes
> several good developers. ID-11 is similar to D-76 (but the packaged
> versions are not identical). Microphen is a phenidone version of
> D-76 yielding somewhat higher speed and larger grain. Ilford DDX is
> a liquid concentrate similar (but not identical) to Microphen and
> probably similar in performance to T-Max RS. Ilford Delta films are
> tabular grain films similar to Kodak T-Max. I've not used them so
> can't comment on quality. Fuji's sheet films are also reputedly
> excellent, but again, I can't personally vouch for them.
> Kodak Tri-X sheet film has a peculiar rising characteristic curve
> which is intended to exagerate highlights. Its good for some
> subjects but you have to try it to see if the tone rendition is
> satisfactory. All these films develop in the same developers.
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> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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