Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 31 Dec 99, at 4:06, Dan S wrote: > What a waste...Whatever Salgado does to Tmax, it looks a hell of a lot > better than MY stuff. All I get is murky crud. I either overdevelope by > 15 sec and blow out the highlights, or end up with negs that print flat. > (I'm pretty careful about temp/time etc, so I am guessing there is > something else in my equation that is not adding up) Agitation, maybe? From what little I know of T-Max, I do recall that this emulsion is especially finicky about the way it's shaken. > > As for the PAPER....I have been using Ilford for years and was not > prepared for the tremendous "dry down" of Kodak VC. As Adams said, paper > can dry with a "dull thud". And HOW! Amen. That's why I've stuck with the Ilford RC and FB papers for printing Leica (on topic) negs, Through experimentation which involved Adams' approach of microwaving wet prints, I came up with a drydown factor 15 percent for Ilford's VC resin and 3 percent for the fiber. Roy