Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > > You would lose that bet. John Sexton was one of Kodak's main > consultants on their films. And they tuned the films based on his > experience with them. I was also a beta tester of TMY, TMX and P3200 > for Kodak. One interesting point he made was that TMax developer has > such great longevity that even at high dilutions he was able to process > his film in full tanks, rather than in tanks with only half the number > of rolls they normally take, like would have to be done with dilute > HC-100 or D-76 or whatever. > When T Max films were in their beta state T-Max developer was in even a Fig Newton in George Eastmans great grandsons imagination. It came almost a year later. The tab grain film technology was "developed" using D 76 1:1. When they introduced T-Max developers the results we got from D76 1:1 fell down sharply. Most went back to D76 1:1 at that time. I know the developer has been developed... and changed it's name accordingly and how it works now I've not had the direct experience to comment on. That Sexton got nice results from Beta versions of T-Max in ultra highly dilute Phenidone developers I'm sure was a thrill to Kodak to hear about. T-Max developers being a liquid Phenidone developer of no known atypical composition or results. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com No Archive Hold the Anchovies - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html