[Leica] tri-x and microdol-x

[dstate1 at hotmail.com (Dan States)]

Microdol x used at recommended times does reduce film speed, but when shot 
at 250 and developement is extended it produces proper negative density.  I 
have found that much of what I used to call poor resolution was actually 
underdevelopement.  Tri-x needs to be fully developed or the sharpness 
impression is reduced.  The problem with high accutance developers like 
FX-39 and Ilfosol s is the granularity increase is very unattractive at 
greater than 5x enlargement.  (FX-39 is really not even recomended for high 
speed film.)

Considering that maximum resolution on hand held photography is rarely more 
than 60lp Tri-x is capable of all the sharpness you could need.  The 
reduction of grain appearance is, in my opinion, more important to final 
image quality with that film.

So far I have found Kodak's rec development times to be total crap.  Nearly 
all thier films require 15-30% more developement time than their website 
states.

In the end, you should try microdol, d76, xtol, DDX, rodinal and other 
developers.  They are not expensive, and you will be able to find what works 
best for you...plus, it's fun!

best wishes
Dan

>From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] tri-x and microdol-x
>Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:09:45 -0600
>
>I found that the grain-dissolving action of Microdol-X left very little 
>snap
>in the images. It even made Panatomic-X look bad. My advice would
>be....don't use.
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>Philippe
>Orlent
>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:40 PM
>To: LUG Group
>Subject: [Leica] tri-x and microdol-x
>
>
>Just bought both to see how they combine.
>But having never worked with either: are there things that I should
>know?
>Do's and don'ts?
>Push or pull?
>Dilute or not?
>...
>I would be very grateful if the combined knowledge base of the LUG
>would help me on this one.
>
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