[MF3D.FORUM:199] Re: B&W technique

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Kazdan writes:

> I do some B&W prints (Holmes cards), and they have a nice look them.
> Panatomic X used to develop up reversal very well at 64 speed, but it's
> gone; does TMax 100 reversal give as good results?

A friend of mine here at work (Fritz Brown) does a lot of B&W 
reversal processing. His favorite film for this is Kodak Tech Pan 
2415. I beleive that he does not like TMax at all for this purpose. He 
has also done some reversal on B&W IR. Most of his work is in 
35mm, but is no different for MF. The main problem (which is not so 
much with MF) is that most B&W films depolarize, which means 
projection is out of the question unless you have a projector with the 
polarizers after the film.

If anyone wants specific information about exposure indexes (which 
change drastically when you reverse process) or development 
protocols I am sure I can talk him into passing them on.

That's all for now,

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx