Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly. TMax developer was designed specifically for pushing, which explains in part why it works so well even highly diluted. It's formula is very active. TMax 400 and 100 were actually optimized for D-76. But they are best pushed with TMax developer. (In Kodak's opinion). Some time after it was introduced, they came out with the replenishing version. I find it cost-effective enough to use one-shot which for most people is the best way to get consistent results. Although, for TMX and TMY, my preferred developer is not D-76, it's PressMaxx developer, which was developed (by Beseler?) specifically for those two films. I always got Tri-X tonality with TMax grain with both films. It was much easier to avoid blown-out highlights if you accidentally overdeveloped more than 30 seconds beyond the correct time. TMY especially, but TMY were very unforgiving in terms of highlight density. The shoulder does not flatten out like Tri-X. I actually do miss working in the darkroom now that I don't have to do it every day. :-) On Dec 6, 2003, at 8:30 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > I think that making the T-max developer replenishable was a later > development. If memory serves correctly, large production labs were > looking > for more cost effective processing. Eric Carlsbad, CA A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, philosophers, and divines. - Ralph Waldo Emerson - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html