Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> I happen to have all three sets of Kodak rotary-processing
recommendations
> for Tmax 400 in front of me: the old (prior to move to new coating
facility)
> Publication F-32, the "new" (first generation at new coating faciity)
F-4016,
> and the "newest" (current production, "finer grain!") F-4032.
>
> Kodak claims that the "finer grain" TMY -- the newest stuff -- has
"slightly"
> different processing times than the generation immediately prior. If
their
> table is to be believed -- nonsense.
>
> The data in the newest -- F-4032 -- publication, for the "finer grain"
> film appear, for rotary processing of sheet film, to exactly match the
> data in the oldest -- F-32 -- publication, for the "old coating
facility"
> film.
>
> Time to plug in the densitometer again and hope it's still working, I
> suppose. I wonder what exactly Kodak is up to: did they revert
production
> to how (and where?) it used to be before the first set of changes?
>
If anyone here needs I have an ESECO Speedmaster B&W densitometer Model
T-80BD and a Bessler 45 MXT enlarger4 looking for a new home.
Also have a couple of Componon S lenses, carriers and other goodies also
looking.
Best,
Dave
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