Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 15/8/00 8:57 am, Richard E. Baznik at reb10@po.cwru.edu wrote: > Over the weekend I shot eight rolls with my two Ms to document the arrival > of a second grandchild. Five were color negative (Supra 400), and they are > outstanding -- great skin tones, sharp, fine grain, everything I wanted. > Three rolls were B&W (TMY), and they are uniformly disappointing -- grainy, > and lacking sharpness and contrast. I used a fresh stock solution of TMax > developer to process them (I had used the same stock four days earlier to > process several TMX and TMY rolls, and they were great), and used my > standard method. I used both bodies (one 3 and one 6) and three lenses (50 > 2.8, 90 2.8, and a Tri-Elmar) to shoot both kinds of film. Tmax developer? BONG. However, I can't account for the difference you saw between the two batches. Something must have been different... sounds like underdevelopment possibly complicated by underexposure to me. Possible causes: exhausted/oxidised developer, low temperature, shorter time, insufficient agitation, different water supply, general displeasure of the tutelary deities. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com