Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I think that I've been in the darkroom only five or six times this past year. I use NACCO Super 76, as it doesn't have the bite of a fresh batch D76, or the T-max chemistry. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm color vs. the tyranny of the masses >Date: Sat, Dec 6, 2003, 10:06 PM > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html