Re: Pyro
Hamish & Sophie (Hamish.Sophie@wanadoo.fr)
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 23:05:11 +0100
>Subject: Re: Pyro
>Sent: 13/1/98 3:26
>Received: 14/1/98 21:53
>From: Larry Bullis, lbullis@ctc.ctc.edu
>To: Alt Photo Process List, alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
>
>Bob,
>
> I may be one of the few holdouts; I just don't like tmax for
>a variety of reasons -- not the least of which is the failures my
>students encounter when they try to process it in FG7. So I just avoid
>the stuff.
>
>Does anyone else use TMAX films with brontosaurial developers? How do
>you find it works?
>
>Larry Bullis
>Skagit Valley College
>
Larry,
I find your comments interesting about T Max. When it was first
introduced I used it happily, and tested with a number of developers -
HC110, TMax and Rodinal. The results with HC110 and Rodinal were fine,
and rodinal was especially good with TMX 120. But ultimately something
was missing, yes the grain is wonderful and so on, but I didn't like the
film's contrast. When I was teaching, I did what the school used TMAX.
But the students were having all sorts of problems, and finally I
switched back to TRI-X, my old favorite. The students loved it too and
I've gone back to using TRI-X. My own personal feeling is that TRI-X
seems to respond better to pushing and pulling for contrast control than
TMAX.
I wonder if anyone else has had similar experiences?
Cheers
Hamish
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