Re: [Leica] Tri-X rated at 200ASA with an M2

[Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>]

I shoot Tri X at 200 and develop it at HC 110, 1 to 32 ounces for 4 and  a half
minutes. GREAT CONTRAST.......

Dan Honemann wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Can you give details on this combination, please?
>
> Interested,
> Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Michael
> > Darnton
> > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:40 PM
> > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tri-X rated at 200ASA with an M2
> >
> >
> >      I did used to believe that until I took a workshop with
> > David Vestal.
> > His negs were THICK and his prints were great, too. He's the one
> > I learned
> > Tri-X at EI 250 in D-23 from, which is the magic combination I
> > find myself
> > repeatedly coming back to. There's nothing quite like shadow detail!
> >      --Michael Darnton
> >
> > >>From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
> > But a 35mm neg requires the minimum density to get the image.  In other
> > words no more exposure or development than needed for adequate detail. Or
> > grain builds up and you get a mushier negative to make a less
> > well separated
> > print.
> >
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