Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Robert, You may want to try Fuji Acros (100 asa) and compare results. Regards, Greg Robert G. Stevens wrote: > > One of Erwin Puts newsletters comments that Tmax 100 is the finest > grained of the pictorial films. I am inclined to believe him. There > were a few rolls of Tmax 100 on my shelf that I decided to try yesterday. > > I was off to shoot some more eagles, but it was too cold and the birds > were in the woods up in the evergreens and out of range, rather than > in the Elm trees and near the side of the road. I then decided to try > some B&W with the M6 and M3 and shoot some snow scenes. A few of the > results are at the page below. > > One thing I learned is the grain of the Tmax 100 is much finer than > that of the Tmax 400 which I usually shoot. It also seems to be much > harder on fixer. I develop in a Jobo and the fixer is used one shot. > On the Tmax 100 negatives there were little spots where the base > didn't clear. It looked like a lot of dust on the negatives when I > scanned them. There were also larger spots near the sprockets where > the negatives didn't clear. I am using an Agfa concentrate for fixer > and I guess I will just have to mix it a little stronger for the Tmax > films. Kodak warns that fixer exhausts quicker with Tmax. > > Comments are welcome on the images. They were shot with a 50mm > Summicron, 35mm Summicron ASPH, and 24mm ASPH. I used yellow and red > filters. The film was developed in Xtol 1:1. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/BW.htm > > Regards, > > Robert > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html