Digital BW, The Print

umm, actually I meant Tmax 100 or Tmax 400 etc... sorry I was so 
sloppy... guess most of my post didn't make much sense to 
you:)  ...but my advice about starting out simple and cheap is 
sound.  B&W is really forgiving so you don't need a whole lot.  But I 
agree 100% about avoiding cheap stainless steel reels, but the jobo 
ones are great!  much easier than the plastic ones IMO, but the 
paterson plastics are fine as well (the ss ones are more elegant 
though;)  In general I shoot at manufacturer's rated speeds and 
adjust my development to get it out of the film... which I don't want 
to argue about.  Rodinal is a nice developer in that it comes in a 
tiny concentrated bottle and is easy to mix as needed, most others 
come in powers that have to be mixed and stored... it increases 
grain, but gives about the sharpest possible negatives.


mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Derek Hamlet 
<derekhamlet@s...> wrote:
> TMAX 100/400 refers to 100asa film and 400 asa ratings.
> Rodinal/ID11/D76/Xtol are four different development chemicals.  
Each one
> has its own parameters for the length of time for a particular film.
> At 08:24 PM 12/5/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >    Ok, thanks to you, Andre and Tom I am feeling much more 
courageous than
> >  I will be studying the info in the links posted by Andre over the
> > weekend but I was wondering if you wouldn¹t mind explaining the 
shorthand
> >  Also, any other tips on what to buy/not to buy before I wander 
down
> >  I will likely wander into the following store in London on
> >  
> > 
> > http://www.silverprint.co.uk/indexA.html
> > 
> >&  My
> > goal is the least amount of fuss (read: mess) possible and an 
extra few quid
> >  With regard to the scanner in the mix, my working
> > assumption is that I will fork out for the new Nikon 9000 once it 
becomes
> > available.
> > 
> > Thanks again 
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> ><>
> > 
> >&w film/dev combos *I* find forgiving:
> > 
> > 
> > TMax 100/400 in Rodinal/ID11/D76/Xtol
> > 
> > TP @80 in Photographers Formulary TD-3
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