Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How to develop TriX for best results?
From: "Dan S" <dstate1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:35:00 GMT

I have used D76, stock at 72 degress for 7 minutes, with agitation every 30 
seconds.

I find the latitude of Tri-x so great that I do not change development for 
800 rated shots.

Dan




>
>Hello
>
>I'm a newbie to the LUG and keep reading praise on TriX in your mails.
>I've had a good time with Ilford's FP4 (developped with the late
>Promicrol, sob...) and out of darkroom-inertia have recently shot my b&ws
>on XP2. Having turned back to an old and not consumed flirt by buying a
>Leica M6 again (after years of not being able to afford one), I got this
>lust for rich negs back and would like to try the TriX (no pun intended)
>which seems to be your favorite for available light photography, the kind
>I'm interested in, too.
>
>Could you please be so kind as to point me out, which is the best
>developer/dilution/temperature/time as for your darkroom experiences - be
>it the nominal 400ASA or pushing it to 800ASA?
>
>Thanx in advance,
>Lutz Konermann

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