[Leica] Adox ATM49

[luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi John,

Excellent B&W, sometimes it seems some one a little too contrasted on  
the highlights, but this is a question of personnal choice of the the  
artist. My favorite in all aspects is No. 6, my second choice will be  
for No. 5.

Saludos cordiales
Lluis


El 21/04/2009, a las 22:32, John Beeching escribi?:

> Dear All,
>
>
>
> It is a pleasure to hear people talking about film and developers  
> rather
> than the latest plastic digi-wonder.  I have tried digital cameras,  
> I use
> them at work, but they are too complex for what I like to do, my  
> wide angle
> lenses cease to be so and I don?t end up with something tangible in  
> my hands
> like film. On prints the grain I get from my Tri-X negatives is like  
> the
> brush strokes on canvas; certainly I don?t want to add that with a  
> bit of
> software.  My approach to film developing is developer in distilled  
> water,
> final rinse in distilled water plus photo-flo and hang in the shower.
>
>
>
> Usually I use Tri-X in Xtol, though I occasionally experiment with  
> other
> things.  Recently I have been using Adox ATM49 at a 1+2 dilution and  
> a time
> of 14 minutes at 20 degrees; the time could possibly be cut back a bit
> further.  The results I like very much; they have more ?guts? to  
> them than
> Xtol-developed negatives, more like the old Tri-X in D76.  I have  
> two litres
> left, enough for 20 more rolls; at that point I will decide whether  
> or not
> to carry on with it.  For the time being I like it.  Has anyone else  
> tried
> this developer?
>
>
>
> While small JPGs are not much good for evaluating the results, here  
> are some
> examples with not claim to artistic merit:
>
> http://johnbeeching.com/ATM49/album/index.html
>
>
>
>
>
> John
>
>
> -- 
> John Beeching
> http://johnbeeching.com/
>
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