Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm color vs. the tyranny of the masses
From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:56:38 -0800

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


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>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
>
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