Digital BW, The Print

>I am interested in this as I do b&w landscape work with t-max 100
>and would like to develop it to optimize its scanning abilities.

T Max is highly sensitive to minor variations in developing time,
temperature, and agitation so IMHO the most important thing when using it is
to first do some testing with the developer of your choice to nail down the
correct time for a normal negative and then be sure that you maintain that
same time, termperature and agitation method for all of your processing.
FWIW I process T Max 100 sheet film in BTZS tubes (contstant agitation). 75
degrees for 6 minutes fifteen seconds for a normal negative using D76
diluted 1-1.

I've used D76 for many years. It's an excellent general purpose developer
that has been around for about a century but I think any of the standard
developers will work fine with T Max 100 as long as you do the appropriate
testing and then maintain consistent working procedures. FWIW John Sexton
uses T Max RS developer diluted 1-9 as I recall. However, if you're just
starting out I'd suggest that you consider a film that is more forgiving
than T Max of minor processing variations and exposure errors.  I prefer
Ilford HP5+ film from that standpoint. I use T Max 100 only because it is
available in Readyload form and Ilford isn't.

My impression is that most of the active participants in this group either
use digital cameras or color film. You might get a wider variety of
responses from the rec.photo.darkroom group or another group comprised of
more people who use black and white film.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joshscapes" <joshrandall@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 8:35 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Tmax 100 film




hello group,

Just wondering if anyone has found the best developer to use with
Tmax 100 so that it scans at its best.

I am interested in this as I do b&w landscape work with t-max 100
and would like to develop it to optimize its scanning abilities.

Thanks in advance,

Josh






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