Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] RE: The first roll I have ever developed.
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Jun 2 07:01:00 2008
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>
Yama Nawabi  told us this...

> Took me five months to get all of my gear in order and what not, and I
> finally developed my first roll of Tri-x this past week. Tri-X rated  
> at ASA
> 2000, developed in XTOL 1:1 20C 3x agitation every 45 seconds. Shot  
> with an
> M6ttl and Summicron 35/2 v3 (Thanks SonC!)
>
> My favorite shot from the roll:
> http://flickr.com/photos/helloyama/2533142048/sizes/o/
>
> Also, I seem to notice that Vuescan is so much more forgiving on the
> highlights and shadows than Nikon Scan is, without any fidgeting done
> beforehand.
>
> Needless to say, I'm so glad to be a film convert. This is so much  
> more fun
> :)
>
> Thanks to all of those that supported me and helped me get to this  
> spot! I
> know I asked a lot of questions, and I appreciate everyone's time!  
> Remember
> when I asked for that Summicron v3 or v4 way back when? ;)


I am glad you are  "rolling" Yama... the posted photo looks fine, we  
look forward to more.

I am surprised and impressed that the first roll  of Tri-X  was shot  
at 2000... looks excellent,

I don't think I ever went above 800...

more power to you, have fun, show us...



Steve

In reply to: Message from mknawabi at gmail.com (Yama Nawabi) ([Leica] RE: The first roll I have ever developed.)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] RE: The first roll I have ever developed.)