Response to B&W film evaluations - TMax 100

I'll repeat. Slower to you with your equipment and working conditions. I tend not to make blanket statements about film and processing based on any of my half-assed tests because others, especially newcomers to this sport, are easily convinced about x,y, or z and get caught up in believing in such nonsense and waste valuable time that could be better spent learning to do things like calibrate their equipment and materials. Throwing completely different films together into a certain developer and developing them all for the same time, when clearly they all have different requirements, isn't much of a test. I just hope that those photographers out there who haven't used Tmax, don't get the wrong assumptions about the film based on your shoddy test. Or Plus x for that matter. Tmax is a wonderful film. I used to hate it because of conclusions I made based on the wrong assumptions. Until I calibrated my proceedures properly, there was no way I could get the film to behave like other more proficient photographers. But when I finally ran the proper tests, I was able to get an incredible amout of variability out of the film. So all of you new people out there. Let that be a lesson to you. Don't look and listen to what others say and do. Test for your self. Don't be slaves. Be leaders. James

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