Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Enlarger V35
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:42:43 -0400

35mm Tmax-100 in D76 1:1 will produce negatives fully capable of 16x20
enlargements with only mild grain.  It is a beautifull film.

Dan C.

At 11:48 AM 12-08-98 -0500, you wrote:
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>August 12, 1998
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>Gary Tardoff wrote today:
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>>I did a 16x20 group portrait from a Summicron DR 50 at f8 on Ilford Delta
>>100 - WOW!
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>This partially answers a question I have about staying with 35MM.  I've 
>mentioned to several photographers I know that I'm in the market for a 
>V35 enlarger.  They seem to think it's "limiting"--that eventually I'll 
>want to go to a larger format.  One voice of reason, a fellow Leica-user 
>finds the resolution so good with the Leica lenses that the larger format 
>is not necessary.  
>
>So far I've found Tri-x developed in HC110 too grainy even in an 8X10 
>format.  But when I tried T-Max 100 and 400, developed in T-Max developer 
>diluted 1:9 at 72 degrees for 15 minutes, the negatives were 
>beautiful--fine-grained and not too contrasty. 
>
>Feedback anyone?
>
>Mary
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