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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you use to get good negatives?
(120 roll films.) So many developers to choose it is bewildering. |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
"Darkroom User" wrote
Is Kodak 400 2-TMY (120) a good choice for portraits? Yes. TMX 100 is better if you have the light or can tolerate a lower shutter speed. What developer do you use to get good negatives? D-76 is still the best general purpose developer. ID-11 is another good choice. Xtol is very good but still suffers from sudden death syndrome. I like Microdol 1:3 for TMX but Kodak has stopped making it. Claims are that Perceptol is just as good but I haven't tried it. HC-110 is good if you need negatives in a hurry, not so good otherwise. So many developers to choose it is bewildering. But very few really good ones... It is possible to get negatives out of just about anything - coffee, Tylenol, vitamin tablets, peat moss - and somewhere there is someone who will swear by any of them. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/da-main.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
"Darkroom User" wrote in message news Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you use to get good negatives? (120 roll films.) So many developers to choose it is bewildering. -- Darkroom User I've used T-Max 400 for portraits for a long time. I like its quality very much. I usually process it in D-76 diluted 1:1. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Most of my b&w activities are in medium format but I've had some
projects in the past year or so with TMY-2 in 35mm and it seems that Xtol and this film were made for each other (and maybe that's the case!). Xtol 1:1 has given me easy-to-print results, rating at 320. I've only done a few TMY-2 rolls in 120 as it seems I tend to use my "go-to" film/developer combos for things that matter more in 120 and 4x5 so far. It certainly looks to have great potential in 120 and 4X5, though. I've played a bit with some sheets in 4x5 in Xtol and PyroCat and it seems that it has good potential and I like the idea of not needing to deal with as much in reciprocity issues like most other films. An acquaintance gets beautiful results in D76 1:1 as others have mentioned. I think you could start with one of these basic soups and get very nice results quickly in your project. Most of his portraits display great skin tones and transitions. He uses D76 simply because that's what he's used for many years on everything. I think anyone reviewing his results would be very pleased. On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:03:30 +0000, Darkroom User wrote: Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you use to get good negatives? (120 roll films.) So many developers to choose it is bewildering. |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
In article , Darkroom User
wrote: Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you use to get good negatives? (120 roll films.) So many developers to choose it is bewildering. -- Darkroom User The slower the film, the better. |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
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O. Lindan wrote: What developer do you use to get good negatives? I've been out of it a while. Do they still make TMAX developer. It was all made together to work together. If not, then I'd go D-76 1:1. |
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On 2010-10-31 16:03, Darkroom User wrote:
Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you use to get good negatives? (120 roll films.) So many developers to choose it is bewildering. Both TMAX RS and D-76 1+1 seem to work very well. |
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I have switched to this recently for studio portraiture photography with my RZ67. I use an ambient & flash incident meter set to ISO 250 to allow for bellows extension (exposure compensation) and develop normally according to the Kodak publication. |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
"Mr. Strat" wrote in message ... In article , Nicholas O. Lindan wrote: What developer do you use to get good negatives? I've been out of it a while. Do they still make TMAX developer. It was all made together to work together. If not, then I'd go D-76 1:1. Actually, T-Max is just a trade name and T-Max developer was NOT made specially for T-Max film although it works well for pushing. Probablly D-76 was used during the research on the T-Max emulsions. Xtol is close to being the optimum developer for it, finer grain than T-Max and about the same speed. However, T-Max works well in many developers. -- -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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T-MAX 400 For Studio Portraits?
Przyjazny wrote:
: On 2010-10-31 16:03, Darkroom User wrote: : : Is Kodak 400 2-TMY a good choice for portraits? What developer do you : use to get good negatives? : (120 roll films.) : So many developers to choose it is bewildering. : Both TMAX RS and D-76 1+1 seem to work very well. I prefer the TMAX developer to TMAX-RS for tmax film. -- ------------------- Keep working dumbo needs the money |
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