Well.... I want to thank everyone for their advice!!! Because I was so eager to try developing my own negs after about 10 years... I went out a bought what was only available at the local camera shop.
T-MAX Developer Kodafix Solution Kodak Stop Bath Kodak PhotoFlo I developed the film and everything looks great... except where the film buckled a little and it did not develop correctly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frantisek Vlcek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Developing Tri-X 400 > PJ> After some discussion with Shel, he reccomended TriX to me and i've been > PJ> using it for most of my b/w since then, i do use Neopan 1600 when i need > PJ> some xtra speed (which is a really good film for its speed). > You have TX and use Neopan 1600 to get to 1600 ISO?!? What a > blasphemy! Both TX and HP5+ are no problem pushing to 1600, no problem > at all, even in D76 (although Microphen is best for it IMO). IMHO > better to use it than a Neopan, not that it's bad, but because with TX > or HP5+ you can cover 400-1600 (3200 sometimes) with one film _you > know_. > [...] > PJ> I develop mine in Xtol, I have also developed it in Rodinal (only twice) and > PJ> ID-11 a number of times. But with Xtol i seem to get a nice combination of > PJ> sharpeness, fine grain and nice tones. I think it was slighty sharper in > PJ> Rodinal, but not by much. But the grain was a problem for me. > Try Rodinal with medium format film. I have a personal love for > Rodinal, so I like it even in small format, but then, I also like > contrasty, super-grainy photographs :) (if the content is good of > course<g>). > > Snowfield Willie wrote that grain looks are very important for the look > of photograph. I have several very good films where I simply don't > like the grain looks in the resulting photo. And grain looks are, in > small enlargements, a lot influenced by paper too, and of > course enlarger light source, and paper grade - hard grades show the > grain a lot more. > > Good light, > Frantisek > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
