Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:37, Mike Durling wrote: > About 20 years ago while I was working for a summer theatre I used > replenished Microdol-X. It seems to me I got the finest grain ever on > that generation of Tri-X, but when I looked at those negatives later > they wern't too sharp. Can't swear it was the developer, but I suspect > it was. > > Mike D Oddly enough I had a similar experience with Nacco D76 1:1 and APX100. The grain was dissolved to the extend that the image appeared soft. It probably didn't help that the picture was shot with a Noctilux @ f1 in a low contrast situation...shutter speed was high enough to allow for a sharp image. Rodinal has become by developer of choice for these type of films, but there are always exceptions. Plus-X with D76 1:1 and a Summicron-DR is magical. Feli