Sid ... Since you were all over the place with your film and developer choices, and don't have much in the way of notes to fall back on, I'd suggest starting over. I'm as bad as you are WRT notes and record keeping, and the only thing that saves my butt when processing B&W is that I became intimate with one film/developer combination, mastered it to my satisfaction, and then learned another in much the same fashion. I like Tri-X - it's ubiquitous, it's constant, and it works well and easily with many different developers. It's hard to screw up TX in D-76 or XTOL, or Acufine, or Rodinal, or FG-7 or .... I've still not settled on a 100 speed film, probably because I don't have much use for one. But for slower rated films I swear by Agfapan APX 25. Since it's been discontinued I'd suggest you buy as much as you can afford and freeze it. IMO it's one of the worlds greatest emulsions, and when used with Rodinal - at various dilutions - you can make the negatives sing and dance and put on a show that will make other films pale by comparison. I'm still learning all the subtleties of the APX/Rodinal combination, but thus far it's been a winner for me. And one other thing - get a copy of the Film Developing Cookbook (2nd Edition) by Anchell and Troop. If you've not already read it you're missing out on one valuable experience when it comes to learning to process B&W. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sid Barras wrote: > I shot almost everything. To the point of never knowing much about any > of them. (new developer each time, new ISO, different combinations, > sloppy record keeping) > I was just having fun... - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Visit the PUG at http://pug.komkon.org.
