Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/2/99 8:03:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dwpost@email.msn.com writes: > My friend Bob uses Delta3200 in Xtol and I'll be honest with you. From a man > who has sworn by, and at, HP5 and Tri-X in Rodinal and D-76 for about 35 > years, I was impressed with the small grain figure and control of contrast > that he was able to obtain!. The J109 document on Kodak's website has the > time and temperature charts for Xtol and about any B&W film you'd care to > try, and it's got times and temps for both small tanks, and rotary > processors, and gives the contrast index for each combination! It's gotta be better than what I just got back from Penn Camera. The non-XTOL developed grain in the prints I received has to be seen to be believed. They look like bad pointillism paintings. > Give the Xtol a try- I was truly impressed with the tonal quality, and the > fine grain he obtained with that combination. > Dan (slowly, slowly, becoming a believer!) I'll look for it here locally. Thanks! /Mitch