Re: Start-up B/W kit

On Saturday, January 26, 2002, at 03:41 PM, Len Paris wrote: Geez, David! Isn't there some other e-mail system that you can use other than Excite? I see a few recognizable words amidst a sea of br /. Is that botched HTML or something? Maybe excite has a 'plain text' option in the setup

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Mike Johnston said:br / br / br / br / It certainly agrees with my anecdotal evidence. I once brought home from the store five brand-new lenses--an El-Nikkor 50/2.8, a Schneider Apo-Componon-S 45mm, a Componon-S 50/2.8, a Rodagon 50/2.8, and an Apo-Rodagon-N 50/2.8--and tested them all directly

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: Start-up B/W kit Mike Johnston said:br / br / br / br / It certainly agrees with my anecdotal evidence. I once brought home from the store five brand-new lenses--an El-Nikkor 50/2.8, a Schneider Apo-Componon-S 45mm, a Componon-S 50/2.8, a Rodagon 50/2.8, and an Apo-Rodagon-N 50/2.8

Start-up B/W kit

Hi, So it finally got me:) I decided to enter the blackwhite world... I've alre ady bought a developing tank but I don't know what film and chemicals I shou ld get at the beginning - Ilford, Agfa, Kodak (no, you won't talk me into us ing the Kodak Academy:)) What are their pros and cons? What do

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Well at the risk of appearing not to answer the question at all, here goes: The choice of darkroom process really depends on your setup, and preferences. I use Ilford Delta 400, underexposed by about 1/3 stop, and developed normally in Agfa Rodinal Special Developer, printed on Ilford RC

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Artur, In my very non-professional opinion, Kodak Tri-X and D-76 make an excellent film developer combo for those just beginning bw. My first batch of Tri-X I'm sure was way off specs for temperature and time but I still got acceptable results. Evan - Original Message - From: Artur

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Hi Artur, There are so many BW films and developers that it would be hard to make a suggestion as to the brand of film to start with. Kodak's Tri-X is a very forgiving film, is readily available almost anywhere, has good keeping properties and requires little in the way of special handling or

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On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, at 08:00 AM, Terence Mac Goff wrote: A good place to start though is with something like Ilford Ilfosol-S, which is a fairly good allround developer, and something like Ilford HP5, or FP4 (I don't have much experience with T-Max, although Tri-X should be ok

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While I agree with you WRT the TX/D-76 combination, one may argue (although it's not my position) that it's almost a too easy and forgiving combination, and that more can be learned by using a film/developer combination that forces one to be more precise. Evan Hanson wrote: Artur, In my very

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PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 4:27 AM Subject: Start-up B/W kit Hi, So it finally got me:) I decided to enter the blackwhite world... I've alre ady bought a developing tank but I don't know what film and chemicals I shou ld get at the beginning - Ilford, Agfa, Kodak (no, you won't

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What is Tri-X developer? I never heard of it. gabriel bovino wrote: I just got into BW photography... well, I just got into photography recently. I've been shooting Tri-X and developing with Tri-X developer... -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Artur, In my very non-professional opinion, Kodak Tri-X and D-76 make an excellent film developer combo for those just beginning bw. My first batch of Tri-X I'm sure was way off specs for temperature and time but I still got acceptable results. Evan, I'll second my professional opinion as