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Subject: [OM] Re: Fast B&W film?
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:17:17 -0400
Thank gawd there is someone geekier than me!  But wait... Rodinal has 
been around longer (maybe by quite a bit) than D-76, so maybe it's still 
a contest twixt us.  BTW, doesn't that solvent in the D-76 throw away 
some of what you paid for?  <ducking>

Earl

Walt Wayman wrote:

>Heavens to Betsy, Earl!  I guess I'm geekier than you.  I love Rodinol, even 
>for Plus-X sometimes, but I never wet my Tri-X, shot at ASA 400, with anything 
>but D-76 1:1 @ 70F. for 9 minutes.  Talk about stuck in a rut, but then, if it 
>ain't broke....
>
>Walt
>
>--
>"Anything more than 500 yards from 
>the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
>Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  
>
>>R. Jackson wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>On Jul 12, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
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>  
>
>>Well, it's better to be a geek, uncool, or whatever, and get the shot 
>>captured/processed well than to be at the bleeding edge.  I am used to 
>>Tri-X @ 200 in HC-110 in my sleep, with great results; I never believed 
>>in the "effective film speed depends on developer" school  Zone III 
>>detail is Zone III detail, and if you ain't got it, it's an exposure 
>>issue, not a developer issue, IM.  Now that Tri-X has changed, it's 
>>apparently a true 400, I don't have a workflow for it.  I have one or 
>>two rolls exposed at 400, and I'll probably soup one in Rodinal 1:50 and 
>>one in DD-X 1:4 and see what it looks like.
>>    
>>



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