Longer presoak, more even agitation. Just my 1/2 cent
David Milton
SCHRAMMR@WLSVAX.WVNET.EDU wrote:
> Joe et al,
>
> I frequently process T-Max 400 4 x 5 in pyro developer. When compared to
> D-76, the results are astounding. The first time I tried it, I took two
> photographs of a brick building on our campus using a Toyo 4 x 5 field
> camera with a Schneider lens. I processed one neg in D-76 and the other
> in Pyro. When the negs were dry I put them on a light table and examined them
> with a loop. Wow! I about fell through the floor. With D-76 you could count
> the bricks and poof tiles. But with Pyro you could see the sand in the morter.
> No kidding. Caution: I was using 4 x 5 sheet film. When I tried the same
> pyro formula with 120 roll film (T-Max 400) - disaster. Clumped grain and
> way too much contrast and density. T-Max 400 shet film and T-Max 120 and 35mm
> films are not the same. e.g. you can develop 35 mm and 120 T-Max in high
> energy T-Max developer, but don't try using T-Max developer on sheet film
> or you will get a lot of background fog. Take it from one who has learned
> though bitter experience. ;-)
>
> Bob Schramm