Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, >TMX tends to produce lower acutance negatives under similar treatment than >Delta 100 and some of the other slower, non-tabular films. This is news to me. But I think similar treatment is the key phrase, here. TMX is a unique film. IMHO, properly exposed TMX negs look thinner than other negs (which is difficult to get used to). TMX seems to like contast agitation, ie rotary processing. It's very responsive to changes in developers, as well as development times. It may not like some developers, I don't know. I've only used it with Rodinal, TMAX, D-76 and XTOL. A difficult film to master, perhaps. But capable of very high acutance. Delta always has had a reputation for high acutance, due, from what I understand, to it's thinner emulsion. But I've never seen it to result in sharper looking prints than TMX. At least not using any of my workflows. DaveR - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html