Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Daniel. I will cerainly try this out. Philippe Op 21-mrt-06, om 08:25 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: > On 3/20/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: >> Hi Daniel, >> >> First one is wonderful. I'd even crop something of the left to get >> full emphasis on Rebecca. >> BTW, how do you get the TX to look so grainless? I saw you developed >> it in HC-110 and tried it myself with 6,5 minutes in dilution E this >> weekend, but the grain still is very apparent. > > Philippe, I _have_ tried HC-110 in the past without getting the result > I wanted. Marty whispered in my ear that I would probably never be > able to get it either. I like HC-110 on just about everything else, > but Tri-X gets too harsh. > > So this was processed in Xtol. I alternate between Xtol, HC-110 and > D76 depending on film and situation. > > Maybe it's just me, but I find Xtol and 400TX just a tad too soft to > my liking. Perhaps I should lengthen the time a bit to get some snap. > On the other hand, D76 1:1 seems to be returning more and more as a > favorite. It works with so much. I had been using D76 with Fomapan and > still had some Xtol in stock. I was really satisfied with D76 1:1 and > 400TX (kind of a tried and true combination so I wasn't being very > daring) but had that Xtol still in stock. I mixed it up a couple of > months ago so I didn't want it to sit around. So I developed this roll > of Tri-X in Xtol 1:2 for 12 1/2 minutes (Tri-X exposed at closer to > 800 than 400, but not quite 800). > > I think some of my success depends on an agitation technique I picked > up from a guy name John Hicks (not sure about the John part, but I > know his last name is Hicks) over at photo.net a few years ago. > > I was having problems with uneven development in 120 size. The edges > of my films were darker than the rest. Here's a sample: > > http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/folder-7519.html > > The explanation was too little development. At the time I was using a > 4-reel (135) tank / 2-reel (120) tank and processing 4 or 2 rolls at a > time. I was filling the tank. > > He pointed out that this was not letting the developer flow around > enough and the exhausted developer was gathering at the edges of the > reels. > > The easiest cure (the solution is to get the developer moving around > by agitation) was to develop halv as many rolls as the tank would > hold, placing empty reels on top and pouring in just enough developer > to cover the bottom reels with film on them. > > Then just agitate normally. Two inversions of the tank every 30 > seconds. Those inversions would allow the developer to flow off the > film into the empty space and then when you turn back, the film would > be covered with fresh developer. > > Every since then I have been having good luck with my processing. My > skies, in medium format, have an even density across the whole frame > and it even seems to benefit 35mm. > > I'm not sure if you need to limit yourself to just half the number of > films. I suspect that three rolls in a four reel tank with only one > empty reel would work out about the same. It's the empty space that > gives the developer some breathing room that helps. > > Daniel > > >> Not that I don't like that, but I also like the B&W look of your >> photographs. >> >> Thanks for showing, >> Philippe >> >> >> >> Op 20-mrt-06, om 20:05 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: >> >>> Remember when the kids were young and we could pack them into the >>> back-seat and head out on a little field trip? >>> >>> Ewa, my wife, and I got a little sentimental. We gave them 20 >>> minutes >>> warning (in order to save their games etc) and then an order to pack >>> themselves into the backseat of the Renault Clio. >>> >>> Now a Clio isn't big. We quit buying big cars because we rarely >>> made a >>> long trip all five at the same time. It's a little car ... and the >>> kiddies are no longer little runts. They're 20, 18 and 16. >>> >>> But they have enough sense not to fight with us when they know >>> we're serious. >>> >>> So they packed in. Really needed that 20 on the M3 ... but the 35 >>> had >>> to do today. I just had to take three shots to take them all in: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v12/06v12-0003.jpg.html >>> >>> Sure, it's cramped ... but "yes", "you have to have a seatbelt" >>> (actually, we didn't need to point that out): >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v12/06v12-0001.jpg.html >>> >>> Rebecca is the youngest, so her big brothers make her sit in the >>> middle: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ >>> 2006v12/06v12-0002.jpg.html >>> >>> Then off we went and surprized them with an excellent Sunday >>> dinner at >>> a decent restaurant (not too far away ... they were kind of >>> cramped). >>> >>> M3, 35/2.0 Summicron and 400TX. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >