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- From: tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse)
- Subject: Re: Developing Tech Pan; hints?
- Message-ID: <Bzzx8J.9GL@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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- Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
- References: <1992Dec28.231716.19183@unet.net.com>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:55:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.231716.19183@unet.net.com> nowacki@porsche.net.com ( Michael Nowacki I.T. Database Contractor) writes:
- >My objective is to produce negatives with finer grain than the ASA 100
- >films I have learned to work with: FP4 and T-MAX.
- >
- >I found myself out of film when preparing for a shoot last weekend, so I
- >bought 2 rolls of TP and exposed 1 at ASA 25 as advised for pictorial
- >applications.
- >
- >The seller made a point about TP being originally intended for microfilm
- >use, and that it has very high contrast characteristics. Beyond this, it
- >appears that my (limited) experience in processing will be adequate for TP
- >using Technidol and following intructions for temp and timing.
- >
- >What I want is to see if I can approach the look of medium format with
- >my 35mm equipment.
-
- Being another medium format shooter want to be (and in some occusion,
- when the moon is just so and the tide is just so, I even dream about
- large format), the only b&w film I use is TP and TMAX100. I use
- Rodinal one shot for TP diluted 1:100. At 68 degree, I soak it for
- about 7 minutes with 5 sec agitation every minute. What you will get
- is ultra fine grain and unbelievable tonal range. Nothing in 35mm
- format can touch it. Unfortunately, at ASA25, it's a damn pain in
- the ass to use. I use 1:3 diluted MicrodolX for TMAX100, and it suprise
- me with acceptable result enlarged to 8x10.
-
- -Anthony
-