Re: [Rollei] Tmax and Rollei Planars

["Gene Johnson" <genej2 >]

Nick,

I posted a recipe a while back for a version of Patrick Gainer's Vitamin C
developer.  I use this developer and TMX pretty much exclusively now and I
think it might be the best TMX developer I've used. It's VERY cheap and easy
to make and has VERY low toxicity. It has very fine grain and generally nice
"tone" or "gradation" etc.  It also has the ability to push TMX 2 stops for
certain pictures where I really want a lot of contrast and still have fine
grain.  If you're interested, let me know and I'll send the recipe.  I have
heard many good things about Dixactol too.

Gene


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Roberts" <nickbroberts  
To: <rollei  
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Rollei] Tmax and Rollei Planars


> Bob, my findings with TMax 100 are that it doesn't
> actually work that well with TMax dev - I struggle to
> get anything like a full tonal range on the neg. I
> understand that TMax dev is really designed as a
> speed-enhancing dev, and indeed I love it with TMax
> 3200 and Delta 3200 - I also have found it the best
> dev for F+Delta 400 for my taste. I personally have
> found TMax 100 a difficult film to work with, but I
> think I've found the answer - DiXactol. The results
> I've seen from this combination are stunning, with a
> magnificent tonal range  - a friend of mine swears by
> it - so I'm going to give it a go. And I think that
> this combination should indeed preserve the best from
> the Planar, a lens that I personally think shines with
> B&W.
>
> Nick
>
> --- Bob McClelland <bob  > wrote:
> > Hi All - I've just been given some TMAX 100 and am
> > wondering about how best
> > to develop it (once I've exposed it, of course!)  Is
> > it worth getting TMAX
> > developer?  What are your findings?  I want to
> > preserve the best from the
> > Planar on my Rollei . (There - we're on topic now
> > :-)
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > regards,
> > Bob
> > Cornwall (U.K.)
> >
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> >
>
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