Re: TMY (was Gum tonal range) (was Miracle size for gum)

[Paul Viapiano <viapiano@pacbell.net>]

Don,

What developers do you like for TMY? And why?

I haven't used it much, though on a trip this year I used a half dozen 
rolls. I processed with D76 1:1 in a rotary processor and found that even 
with the adjustment for the rotary I got pretty contrasty negs. Admittedly I 
was shooting it at ISO 200 without testing, and assumed that's why. I 
haven't tried another roll since...

Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bryant" <donsbryant@gmail.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: Gum tonal range (was Miracle size for gum)


> Loris,
>
> >
> Well, not everyone use T-Max films (I'm not much fond of them -> to be
> frank, almost to the point of detesting). But point taken anyway.
> >
> What's not to like about TMAX-400, especially the new version? It's an
> outstanding film. Having tried it in sizes from 35mm to 4x5mm  I've found
> that  it's one of the best 400 speed films to go through my cameras.
>
> Mind you, I also like Tri-X 400 and Tri-X 320, and HP5 , but TMY delivers
> true box speed and has good reciprocity (with a number of  non-staining 
> and
> staining developers) as well which is something difficult to obtain with
> other 400 speed B&W films.
>
> And it is very easy to push another stop or stop and a half without losing
> shadow detail and pumping up the grain. TMY-2 is a marvel IMO.
>
> Don Bryant