Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim Atherton wrote: > > Ever try processing T Max in D76 - by all accounts it was designed using/for > that developer - but try getting Kodak to tell you that (and I've lost the > articles that detail this, by John Sexton and others I think). T-Max > developer is a load of old crud for 35mm. > > BTW, I get better results with Xtol > > BUT, Ilford Delta still beats it hands down (and the Fuji Neopan is pretty > good Greg - more forgiving). > > Tim I always got much better results from T Max in D76 than in it's proprietary developer. The legend goes the when they were inventing the film they used D76 to develop the many prototypes. Then they had to screw it up with a weird proprietary developer after the film came out which maybe by now is ok. Xtol is the way to go now as far as I go. Mark Rabiner