Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PJ's Help
From: Michael Leitheiser <flyh2o@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 19:30:16 -0700

Dunno the whole answer, but I use tmz at 1600 in 1:1 xtol a lot and don't
think there is much grain at all.  TMZ in Rodinal (not too exotic(:  should
give you all the grain you could possibly wish for.

At 08:32 PM 5/13/98 EDT, you wrote:
>OK you PJ's--I'm a commercial guy and for the first time in my life I am
asked
>to do a real grainy photo (don't ask).  This is a B&W job and contrast is
very
>narrow (all between about 3 stops).  Our lab is set up to do only XTOL so
>please no exotic developers.  My question is simply -- will I get more grain
>with T3200 or Tri-X pushed two stops?
>Roy Feldman
>
Mike Leitheiser

"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
                                   Tom McGuane