TMax developer works well, and it has a long shelf life. I shot a roll of BW in my Leica a few months ago and processed it with some TMax that's been sitting on the shelf for about seven years. No problems. At normal development times, the negative density was spot on. When I was shooting a lot of BW, I preferred D-76 mixed 1:1 with water -- a somewhat gentle soup that yielded a nice range of midtones-- but it involved a lot of work, since D-76 is only sold as a mix-it-yourself powder. Paul On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Thibouille wrote:
> I bought Tmax because that's what my reseller had in stock. > Heard a couple time Tmax is the best developper, ever. Dunno what to > think about that but at least it is a good one, which is OK for me. > > 2010/12/8 Gasha <[email protected]>: >> Welcome to the club!!! >> >> I discovered these nice things about 5 years ago. So far used only Rodinal, >> but i hope to try also Ilfosol. >> >> Gasha >> >> Thibouille wrote: >>> >>> Just understood how cheaper it was to process film in house. >>> Got material from my brother, just needed the chemical part. >>> Got developper + fixer for 30 Euros, dunno if it is about a right >>> price or not... >>> >>> I can process 40 35mm films with that, compared to 6 euros per film >>> when dropped to my reseller. Ouch ! >>> >>> BTW, just found out there're a couple nice apps helping, at least on >>> iPhone. >>> The Massive Dev Chart, ( http://www.digitaltruth.com ) is available >>> with complete database of developper/film times, stopwatch etc. >>> Very impressive. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs > ---------------------- > Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, > DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... > Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 > Programing: Delphi 2009 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
