Tmax Developer is excellent, but just about the most expensive option. I use it solely for pushing film as it's also just about the best for maintaining shadow detail when pushing. I most of my developing with D-76 or Rodinal, with the latter used solely for slow films and D-76 for any medium speed films.
-Adam On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
