Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To make matters worse, when T-max came out, I was shooting in the Palm Springs-Indio area at least 3-5 times a month. All middle of the day shoots. That's where I learned to go one stop over on exposure, with flash fill, and pull back 20-30% in the processing. But more importantly was the issue of consistent temperature controls. I found that if my stopbath was more than 2-3 degrees over the developer temp, the highlights would blow out. Then of course, if one is using daylight tanks, the dev. temp. would go up 2-3 degrees, adding that much more aggravation to the whole experience. In hot weather, I use water jackets to maintain a semblance of temp. control. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] WAS: 35mm color vs. the tyranny now.. T-max dev. >Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2003, 8:36 AM > > Slobodan Dimitrov said: >> I have the same recollection that the developer was late coming out of the >> gate. That in itself is nothing new with Kodak. >> Speaking of developers, I even tried Microphen and Microdol with T-max. I >> can't remember the exact results, but I do remember being very > disappointed.<< > > I believe that was the case as I'm sure the first few rolls I tried were > souped in D76 1:1 before the Tmax developer was available. Besides D76 1:1 > had been standard dev in the darkroom for about 20 years. > > I think many photographers who used Tmax film and Tmax developer were > disappointed with it by making the mistake of not "reading the developing > instructions which was different from what they were accustomed using D76 > and other films. > > I had horrible results at first and almost stopped using both. But I was > sure it couldn't be as bad as I was getting. Then remembered the old adage > ........" if all else fails read the instructions!" > I did, and learned the "vigorous agitation the first 30 seconds and 3 rapid > inversions each 30 seconds until time was up." Also use 75 degrees as the > developing temp! And bingo! I started having wonderful results the likes I'd > never seen. And shot at ASA 800 it was producing beautiful available light > negatives. > > I used it until I switched back to Tri-x with XTOL 1:1 some time ago. And on > occasion since I've thought about returning to Tmax, however one can't do > that in the middle of a photo project. But on the next one we might go back > to all Tmax. > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html