Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i just mixed me up a package of xtol. it seems to have a strong following on this group. i'm going to try it out on D100 tonite or tomorrow nite. i don't know about you guys, but just mixing up the developer and fixer made me feel so wonderful, so *analog*; a feeling that almost never strikes me while sitting before a computer--and i work with computers :-( thanks to everyone for the inspiration and advice. if i get anything nice, i'll throw up scans on my site. - -rei > For several years I used HC110 (also influenced by Picker) with Tri-X Pan and > was quite happy with it. If you use any of the "Old Technology" films, > including HP5+, it is still a viable option. Many photographers don't like > the look of tabular grain films and stick with the traditional emulsions. I > like the newer stuff (TMX, TMY, TMZ, D100, D400 and D3200) which seems to > prefer developers like T-Max and Xtol, at least in my experience. > ID11/D76/HC110 works well with them, also, but I think the newer soups do > slightly better with regard to the speed/grain/tonality balance. > > Allen Zak > >