Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, totally, Paul. I used the same developer for the same reasons and find it very difficult to scan acceptably. Tina On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Richard Wasserman > <disfromage at ameritech.net> wrote: > > ... I use reduced agitation?... which increases edge effects ... > > FWIW, my standard development procedures when I was using the Rollei > SL66 with Tmax 100 was to use dilute (1:3) Microdol-X with agitation > at 3 minute intervals. The infrequent agitation gave great sharpness, > which was a real plus with the enlarger, but it has turned out to be a > mistake with digital tools when these negatives are scanned and > printed today. I find it much easier to sharpen in Photoshop than to > reduce the grain (and local unevenness) caused by the infrequent > agitation. If I were to go back to shooting the SL66 and Tmax 100, > I'd look at developers that gave me maximum smoothness and leave the > sharpening to PS, where I can do it locally as opposed to globally. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com