Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] RIP TMZ
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 02:51:05 -0500
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I was all thumbs in developing it. Awful results with it and with the Ilford 
Delta films. 

Sent from my iPad

Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA

On Oct 2, 2012, at 21:30, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> well for those still shooting film it's a big deal.  My wedding two years 
>> ago was shot entirely with Delta 3200 which I think the photog shot at 
>> 1000 - I shot a whole train trip out west with this film at 1000.
> 
> Sure, it's still a big deal for me too, in reality and conceptually,
> but Delta 3200 is nice and responds similarly to speed-enhancing
> developers and pushing.  After recent reformulations, its base speed
> is sightly higher too.
> 
> And don't think you can store TMZ.  It fogs really fast.  Fine for
> your Lomo or whatever, but for quality work it's useless well before
> its expiry, at least in the climate we have here.  It won't sit
> happily beside that freezer full of APX 25 you have that still works
> fine . . .
> 
> Marty
> 
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