Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your reply. I nearly bought a bottle of Technidol a few weeks ago but the shop had sold the last bottle that morning. I do my own black and white developing at home, almost exclusively Delta 100 & 400 using ID-11. I knew I wasn't going to get a chance to develop the roll of TP before the weekend and I was eager to see the results. Unfortunatley the lab didn't do a good job. I shall be investing in some Technidol and do it myself next time. Simon on 21/5/02 6:30 pm, m at matteo1970@fish.co.jp wrote: > Simon, > > unfortunately labs (even good ones) and TP don't mix. > > you've got to use Technidol if you want to avoid > nightmarish contrast, very few labs stock it and > if they do maybe they don't use it because it's not > cost-effective for them to (very very few TP users) > > if you really like TP (I'm crazy about it) > you have to develop it yourself. it's easier than it seems > don't need a professional darkroom, just a tank and two reels > and those cute little yellow bottles of technidol and some fixer > > then take the beautiful negs to the lab to make a contact sheet, > or scan them > > but please, don't let a lab develop TP. buy your own Technidol, > learn to develop (very easy, you just need an easy to load > plastic reel) > > if you dont want to do that, avoid TP, really > > I'm willing to bet it's not overexposure, it's been > developed in something different than Technidol > > I mean Xtol (great for Tri-X and Plus-X) can kill your TP > > matteo > > >> >> I know from previous posst that some of the members have used Kodak >> Technical Pan in their M6. I just had a roll developed by a lab and I >> exposed it at ASA25. Just about every image on the roll is overexposed by >> about one stop. Assuming the lab did not process it incorrectly (I know them >> well and they take great care) is there a nominal speed rating for Technical >> Pan and could I have therefore overexposed the film by a stop, or is it >> variable and one should develop it at the speed it was used? >> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html