Re: Medium format (was: plastic sheets

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Jim MacKenzie wrote:
> 
> I shot mine through a Cokin 003 (I believe - red, anyway) filter, metered
> through the filter at EI 200 and bracketed five frames at 2/3 stop
> increments.  A few of the shots were usable but they were mostly
> extremely dense, way too dense to print in the case of the one image I
> thought was going to be spectacular (of course).  I used ID-11 1:1 at 20
> degrees for about 11 minutes.

I'm not sure I know the answer here.  I am assuming that the film was
loaded and unloaded in the dark, so that there is no fogging.

> How are you making out with XTOL?  I have started converting to this
> developer but haven't made the final call yet.  I found that my pushed
> T-Max negs (400 at EI 1600, 3200 at EI 6400) were quite underdeveloped
> though negatives in ID-11 1:1 using D-76 times were quite good.  I'm not
> sure if I got a bad batch of XTOL, it got contaminated, or what.  I used
> the recommendations from Kodak in their publication which I got in .pdf
> format off their web page, 1:1 dilution.

Xtol has been working wonderfully with my TMX.  TMY does not "push" well
at all, so I wouldn't necessarily blame the developer.  TMZ in Xtol did
not work well for me beyond EI 1200, though working with negatives shot
at EI 1000 yielded wonderful results.  So far, I've found Kodak's times
to be very close.

I shot my current roll of HIE at EI 1000 and made a guess at development
via Xtol.  It appears pretty close, though I'll need to make the prints
before making a decision.

george

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