Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:14 AM 2/6/98 -0500, you wrote: >Marc, I've done a fair amount of jazz and blues photos in B&W and color. >T-Max p3200 is the film to use. I'll be flamed for the next suggestion but >it works for me and the newspaper I shoot for. Shoot it at 6400 and >develop it in Diafine. It will be sharp, very acceptable grain with easily >printable contrast. Follow the Diafine directions...make sure agitation is >GENTLE. The only time I have trouble with this combination is when I don't >believe my meter and overexpose the neg. I agree with the gentleman who >suggested shooting a rehersal. >Bill Bresler---------- I just want to query this for a moment- rating T-Max 3200 at 6400 and developing in Diafine- I haven't tried it. But in the instructions that come with Diafine it says to rate it at 1250. This seems like quite a big difference, so I just thought I'd ask you to double-check (although I suppose it isn't something you'd forget that easily!). From what you say above it would seem that rating it at 1250 would give over-exposure. Joe Berenbaum