Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] B&W film: Ilford vs. TMax
From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:42:40 -0400

Mark Rabiner wrote:

> You guys sound like you're mixing Martini's!!!
> The compensating effects of intermittent agitations is a basis of
> photograhy
> 101.

 Except, and this is important, stirred not shaken :-)) I think the proof is
in the negatives. It appears that T-MAX film used with T-MAX developer works
better with more agitation. Perhaps it has something to do with the emulsion
and developer, who knows, except that it appears better.

 Question for Ted: why do you change your solutions with the tops off in the
dark? I think if I tried that I'd end up developing my shoes and fixing my
shirt!

Jonathan Borden