Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Ilford HP5+ is a FAR better 400 speed film in my > opinion. It is truley an improved Tri-x. Finer grain > and sharpness but has the wonderfull sparkle and > latitude of the original. > I find TMAX 400 a truley boring film to look at. Too > fussy, too little atitude , lousy Dmax, no sparkle, > the only thing it has going for it is fine grain. You're rigth. That's the reason why I develop TMY400 with the old RODINAL (1+25). You get fine grain (compared with that you can get with HP5+) AND high acutance. HC100-B doesn't work fine on TMY400. You have exactly the problem you mentioned above. HC100 and HP5+ is a truly excellent combination, which I've practiced a lot, but with TMY400 is "boling". Try also RODINAL (1+50) with TMX100, I'd like it. I always overexpose 1/3 and develop with the recommended times. But pay attention, it depends on the water hardness. I then print with a diffused color head (DURST). Francesco -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francesco Ricci, IRST, Loc. Pante' di Povo, 38050 Trento, Italy Tel: ++39-461-314334, Fax: ++39-461-302040, email: ricci@irst.itc.it WWW http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/ricci --------------------------------------------------------------------