Interesting to know about ther options than tmax. Thank you AdAm. Le vendredi 10 décembre 2010, Adam Maas <[email protected]> a écrit : > 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. >
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