Digital BW, The Print

Andre,

The short answer is that I don't know how Tmax with Xtol will do.  I intend
to give that a try at some point.

Tmax 100 in was my standard film for years, but I always emphasized the
sharpness in development to offset the softening of the enlarger, etc.
However, I found my Tmax negatives were grainier than I liked when I started
with digital.  I never liked Xtol with Tmax when using the enlarge due to
its lack of sharpness (even if the resolution is there).

I do think Xtol gives the softest grain for the speed.  So, it'll be an
interesting experiment to see how it does with Tmax 100 and a scanner.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andre [mailto:am1000@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:25 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT - controlling tech pan contrast

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Just for the record, I currently use Tech Pan in my Bronica 645 
RF.....  
> With the Nikon and GEM enabled, the MF negs enlarge to 22 x 28 with
> virtually no grain -- very nice indeed.
> 
Paul,

Were you able to make those enlargment sizes with 100Tmx and Xtol ?

Cheers,
Andre






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