Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't been shooting a lot of film lately, but I was getting good results with homebrew (original formula) D-76 1:1. I think times were 9 minutes at 20C. I tended to overexpose about a stop, but my tendency is to underexpose so that may just compensate for how I meter. Mike D Michael E. Berube wrote: > Does anyone have a favourite formulation for the new TriX? How does it look in > Rodinal Mark? > > My local most trusted B&W lab guy hates the new TriX with a passion (he prefers > Bergger and HP5) and indeed all of the new TriX rolls that I've seen from his > lab have the tonality of lith film. He's using D76 for TriX but I know not at > what time/temp. I do not want to send him the film if he isn't having a good > time with it so it looks like I'll be processing silver again for my fun > shooting (then having it scanned and print via Epson or Frontier. > > I have been out of the B&W darkroom for about a decade. > I got 20 rolls of the new TriX to push through my Leicas at a really nice price > but don't want to waste them all in experimenting so I'd love a jumping off > point if someone is using the new emulsion with a custom ISO rating, a > favourite developer or a custom time/temp/agitation choice and is liking the > results. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Carpe Luminem, > Michael Eric Berube > GoodPhotos.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >