Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With Tri-X and HC-110(B), I would start at 4.5 minutes @ 68F. I gently agitate for the first 30 sec, and the one inversion every minute. Give's a slightly flatish neg that is good for scanning, so I don't think there should be any fear of HC110 kicking in too hard at 4.5 minutes. Daniel Ridings wrote: >On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Aaron Sandler wrote: > > > >>Daniel...it should be obvious that pulling out an M2 is the best way to end >>up with candlelight and a pretty woman! ;) >> >> > >You're waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy ahead of me :) (I hear Hasselblads work well >too) > > > >>I think the HC110 time I posted is actually from Kodak's specs...I admit >>I'm not a big tester... >> >> > >No, neither am I. But with the new Tri-X Kodak is publishing something >like 3 3/4 minutes at 68F. That just can't be right. But at the same time >I've been afraid to start out higher with something I care about because >HC110 really kicks in and 5-6 minutes is a big difference from 3 3/4. I >haven't had anything to run through that I was willing to scrap if it was >way off. > >Now for that Rolleicord ... same wife, nice window lighting and the >aperture around 5.6, get as close as you can and focus carefully. Nice >creamy portraits. She'll keep smiling at you every time you pick up the >camera :-) > >Best, >Daniel >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >