"piterengel" <pslaviero@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
"David Nebenzahl" wrote
> > why would you want to ruin the potential results of
> > a fine-grain film by developing it in Rodinal?
My thoughts exactly.
> I've developed TP in Rodinal 1+300 using a semi-static procedure,
> obtaining a continuous tone negative and virtually no grain.
Shoot two identical rolls of TP. Develop one in Technidol, the
other in Rodinal. Make 11x14 prints. Compare.
I kept hearing about how dilute Rodinal, Rodinal with sulfite,
dilution-x of HC-110 give wonderful 'continuous-tone, fine grain'
negatives. Being as cheap an stingy as the next man, I tried them -
having used TP and Technidol since '83. The results _were_
negatives, and they _were_ continuous tone, and the
grain _wasn't_ monstrous - but the results were truly awful.
TP in Technidol produces prints with the same low, smooth and
creamy tones of 2 1/4 - 4x5. Nothing in the print makes you
think 'contrast'.
TP in Technidol looks a bit like TMax-100 in Microdol. However TP
and TMax prints, when viewed side by side, are very different and there
is no doubt which is which.
> I have never used Technidol for TP
It is possible that's why Rodinal looks good.
If cost is an issue try POTA, it has to be the cheapest
developer in creation.
Better yet, have your girlfriend/wife buy you some Technidol for
your birthday. It is the ideal gift: You need it, you want it (you
will), and you won't buy it for yourself.
--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index2.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com
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