Hi,
A question about a statement below: "Develop one in Technidol.....".
That implies that Technidol is still available??? Is it??? I'd like to
get some. I was informed somewhere along the line that Technidol was no
longer available, hadn't looked because I didn't need it but now that
I'm shooting with a Minox B, Technidol sounds good.
Cheers,
Bogdan
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
> "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.
>
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Bogdan Karasek
Montr‚al, Qu‚bec bogdan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
"I bear witness"
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