Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BE5A12.F2B03D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bob, and Ernie I agree with you. Although I'm rather new in the "mettier" I never = had a good relationship with this (supposed to be wonderful) kodak = invention: the T grain.=20 Here in Argentina there is a tradition among elder photographers in = relation to the legendary tri X pan. I don't really know if it is = justified or not. I could never get a T max well developed. It's said = that ID-11 or T-max developer at 24 celsius gives very good results. To = this date I have only seen just one production acceptably done. On the other hand (I don't work for Ilford either) I use HP-5 and it = has an extraordinary latitude and resistance to whatever mistake you = could make while processing (except of course changing the order of the = devoloper, stop bath and fixer!) And I have to add that these results are also extended to = overprocessing up to 1600 ISO. - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BE5A12.F2B03D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Bob, and Ernie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> I agree with you. = Although=20 I'm rather new in the "mettier" I never had a good = relationship with=20 this (supposed to be wonderful) kodak invention: the T grain. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Here in Argentina = there is a=20 tradition among elder photographers in relation to the legendary tri X = pan. I=20 don't really know if it is justified or not. I could never get a T max = well=20 developed. It's said that ID-11 or T-max developer at 24 celsius gives = very good=20 results. To this date I have only seen just one production acceptably=20 done.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> On the other hand = (I don't=20 work for Ilford either) I use HP-5 and it has an extraordinary latitude = and=20 resistance to whatever mistake you could make while processing (except = of course=20 changing the order of the devoloper, stop bath and fixer!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> And I have = to add that=20 these results are also extended to overprocessing up to 1600=20 ISO.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BE5A12.F2B03D20--