Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]35mm Tmax-100 in D76 1:1 will produce negatives fully capable of 16x20 enlargements with only mild grain. It is a beautifull film. Dan C. At 11:48 AM 12-08-98 -0500, you wrote: > >August 12, 1998 > > >Gary Tardoff wrote today: > >>I did a 16x20 group portrait from a Summicron DR 50 at f8 on Ilford Delta >>100 - WOW! > >This partially answers a question I have about staying with 35MM. I've >mentioned to several photographers I know that I'm in the market for a >V35 enlarger. They seem to think it's "limiting"--that eventually I'll >want to go to a larger format. One voice of reason, a fellow Leica-user >finds the resolution so good with the Leica lenses that the larger format >is not necessary. > >So far I've found Tri-x developed in HC110 too grainy even in an 8X10 >format. But when I tried T-Max 100 and 400, developed in T-Max developer >diluted 1:9 at 72 degrees for 15 minutes, the negatives were >beautiful--fine-grained and not too contrasty. > >Feedback anyone? > >Mary > >