Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]before switching to delta 400, i was using agfapan 400 - maybe it's time to give that film another chance. i'm not against tmax either, and will also consider switching to that. i'd like to settle on just 1 film for most of my needs (which is what i did with d400) and really learn it. time to do some comparison testing... guy - ------------------------------ Guy, I've been doing a bit of that testing in the past few weeks. I am surprised to find that I like TMY, Tri-X and HP5+ MUCH BETTER processed in good old D76 1:1 with hand agitation than my usual method. The usual method for several years has been to use XTOL and a roller processor at the times Kodak suggests for roller drums. I had been getting too much contrast on the roller but couldn't find the right adjustment. Hand agitation exactly as per Kodak's suggestion produces beautiful results in D76 1:1. And as somebody warned me, outstanding smooth tonal values with Plus-X. Mavbe the big yellow gods know what they are doing. I used to do Plus-X at 64 with a yellow filter in D76 1:1 in the old days. Now I remember why. I saw a guy driving a hot rod roadster with a 1953 flathead ford V8 today and thought that would go good with my M3, D76 and some Plus-X. Bill Lawlor