Re: [Rollei] Tmax and Rollei Planars

["Gene Johnson" <genej2 >]

Actually,  I liked the results I got with TMAX developer too.  I had no
complaints other than I was going through a lot of it.  The developer I use
now is definitely smoother grained and just as sharp. Rodinal produces a
very interesting look with Tmax.  I really like that combination with highly
detailed landscapes.  It's a little "hard" for people work, especially
female people.  All in all I love TMX as a very versatile film.  Can't say
the same about TMY.  I'm going to try some Fuji BW film in the 400 asa
range, as I don't currently have a 400 film I'm nuts about.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Zak" <azak  >
To: <rollei  
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Rollei] Tmax and Rollei Planars


> This is yet another example of the extreme variability of what, in the
end,
> are taste-based results.  When TMax 100 first came out in 1986 I exposed
and
> developed it in TMax exactly according to directions (long version in
Kodak
> publication F32) and it came out "perfect".  It was the first time ever I
> tried a new film and everything went right on the first try.  OTOH, it
took
> me 20 rolls and the better part of a year to get comfy with TMax 400.
>
> Since then I have had excellent results developing TMX in D76 at various
> dilutions, also Edwal TG7 and Rodinal.  The results between one and
another
> have shown slight differences that could matter to some photographers but
> not others.
>
> Yes, there are differences in developers, and I am enough of a tinkerer to
> test a new one from time to time.  But I half-remember an observation by a
> photographer from the early 20th century who, when evaluating a new
process,
> remarked there seemed to be countless ways to arrive at the same result
(you
> say potato, and I say potahto ;-).
>
> Allen Zak
>
> on 5/19/03 6:56 AM, Nick Roberts at nickbroberts  wrote:
>
> > 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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