Went out and burned a test roll of Tmax 400 today. This time I rated it at 400 instead of my usual 250. Developed it longer ( 10 min.) like Kodak recommends using 24 deg C and 1:9 in Tmax developer. Contstant agitation. Lens is the 55mm F3.5 SMC Takumar/6X7.
Contrast and went thru the roof! I dont like this much contrast for sunny daytime photography. At least it proves the lens is contrasty as hell. I'm going back to my old method using ISO 250 and 6.5 min development. Aside from normal contrast there is less grain too. BTW, the print was done on grade 2.5 polycontrast paper. I know, I could have lowered the paper grade but I dont want to. The ISO 250 negs with "pull" processing just look better to me. http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/p67_55mm.jpg JCO - 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 .
