Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fili, Are you printing in a darkroom or are you scanning and printing? The reason I ask is that I've found that a staining developer provides greater detail for scanning and has a lot of temperature lattitude (very forgiving in my uncontrolled kitchen environment!). I use Barry Thornton's formula (diXactol Ultra)with TriX and Ilford and am very pleased; hopefully his products will be back online soon. http://www.barry-thornton.co.uk/ Bob --- Feli di Giorgio <feli@creocollective.com> wrote: > Recently I was going over some older Tri-X negatives > that were processed > by A&I and noticed just how fine grained they were. > In comparison my TX/D76 > negs were not nearly as smooth. I've been looking at > my work flow and > have come up with the following: > > a) They are not using D76, but maybe something like > Xtol? > > b) I am using Namco Super76. Perhaps the Kodak or > Ilford version of > D76 is different and dissolves more grain? > > c) Temperature control. I can guarantee that their > work flow > is far more consistent and controlled than mine... > > > Any ideas? I try to be very consistent with my > processing, but maybe I > am missing something. Is this level of quality only > achievable with > automated processing? > > thanks, > > Feli > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information ===== Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA rgacpa@pacbell.net