Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So true about the tonality. I recently received Salgado's "Terra" and was amazed by the results he got with Tmax...So I jumped from good old Tri-X or Delta 100 back into Tmax 100 and Kodak Polycontrast paper. What a waste...Whatever Salgado does to Tmax, it looks a hell of a lot better than MY stuff. All I get is murky crud. I either overdevelope by 15 sec and blow out the highlights, or end up with negs that print flat. (I'm pretty careful about temp/time etc, so I am guessing there is something else in my equation that is not adding up) As for the PAPER....I have been using Ilford for years and was not prepared for the tremendous "dry down" of Kodak VC. As Adams said, paper can dry with a "dull thud". And HOW! I hope for Kodak's sake they start fixing up some of their newer generation products...Or at least make them as user friendly as Illford. Best Wishes Dan States Chicago Illinois >From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> > >Its BEST quality, though, its its tonality. There's almost no mistaking >Tri-X prints. They can have a tonal beauty that is most remarkable. In >my opinion, tonality or gradation, although discussed relatively >infrequently (if ever), is a more important property of black-and-white >prints than ANY OTHER SINGLE PROPERTY. And the curves it yields at >normal development times match up very usefully with the highlight >contrast of many of the better VC papers. > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com