Re: Medium format (was: plastic sheets

[Jim MacKenzie <aa279@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, George L Smyth wrote:

> 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.

Other than a tiny bit of fogging from the illumination that peeling the 
attaching tape produces, there is no visible fogging.  I loaded the film 
in a changing bag and unloaded it the same way.  I suppose the bag could 
have fogged the film but I got good results using this bag a few years 
ago, it is little used so should have no leaks and I didn't notice any 
fogging of the unexposed areas.

> 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'll have to play around a bit then.  I was very pleased with EI 1600 
negatives in ID-11 1:1 on TMY.  This is a little off topic, but what 400 
speed neg films have you found push well?  Tri-X is a little grainy at 
1600, isn't it?  Maybe I should just shoot TMZ.

Jim

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