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Re: [OM] B&W thoughts

Subject: Re: [OM] B&W thoughts
From: "Tom A. Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 13:32:28 -0400
How about Kodak Tech Pan?

On Sunday, September 16, 2001 at 0:17, Michael Darling <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] B&W thoughts," saying..

> on 9/15/01 9:51 PM, Ken N at image66@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Thirdly, I'm going to bug my father to let me use his film
> > developer stuff (canisters, spools, beakers, changing bag, etc)
> > so I can process my own B&W.  I'm going to land back in the
> > world of either Ilford Pan-F or Kodak Plus-X.  My primary desire
> > is to get as grainless and high resolving of a film as possible.
> > I know I can get that with both of these films.  What are the
> > "soup" recommendations that you have for either (or both) of
> > these films.  Along with that, I will also need a current "soup"
> > recommendation for Tri-X.
>
> I've had good luck with Tri-X in Kodak HC-110.  Smooth and sharp negatives.
> I'm like to try Xtol soon...
>
> Currently I'm shooting:
> Plus-X - Rodinal 1:50
> Tri-X - HC-110 or Rodinal 1:50 (I've tried 1:100 dilution but not more than
> once)
> TMAX 100 - Tmax developer
> TMAX P3200 - Tmax developer
>
> I _LOVE_ Rodinal.  If I could only have one developer that would be it.  But
> I also love the way it looks and it is far from grainless.  Shooting bulk
> loaded B&W and scanning with the newspaper's Nikon is the only way I can
> afford to shoot as much as I do (and that¹s not much for a starving
> engineering student :)...
>
> I'd suggest you look to Kodak Xtol or HC-110.  Unfortunately my experience
> in the dark doesn't even start to touch Ilford or other chemistry.

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