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Subject: RE: [Leica] Tri-X rated at 200ASA with an M2
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:45:09 -0400

I'm curious as to Michael's method of using EI 250 in D-23, and am curious
as to the same details you supply here: how much and for how long?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill
> Satterfield
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:53 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tri-X rated at 200ASA with an M2
>
>
> I listed all the details. What is it you want to know?
>
> Bill Satterfield wrote:
>
> > 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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