Response to Acros & HP5+

Well, go ahead Michael, have densitometer can travel...:-)) I am telling you this because I just made the test with 8x10 fuji acros, beautifull long scale, the curve looks even better than TMX. As for the speed or EI, whatever you want to call it, it all depends on your convination of film and developer. With my developer ( catechol formula I developed) I see no difference in speed between TMX, ACROS, FP4+....well maybe FP4+ is a tiny bit faster. I dont know why you assumed I was taking the manufacturer's spec as gospel, since I don't even check them, I just shoot at the EI I think will work for me and go from there. Your comment that TMX is too slow at 64 when you want to shoot it at 100 I think is nit picking, you are talking about 1/3 of a stop, if you are shooting in ranges where reciprocity is a concern then maybe this 1/3 stop might be relevant, but at speeds less than 1/2 I really don't see where the adavantage is. Bottom line is you have worked with fp4+ and Delta, you like them and they produce the results you want with your particular set up, but to go and state that neither ACROS or TMX film come close to fp4 and delta is just nuts! PS. I don't know why you seem to think you are the only one with a densitometer out there, or that other posters don't run tests and just go and make statements because they developed a roll of film and it worked. So my answer to you is run your tests, I did, what I saw I liked and might even change to fuji ACROS, on the same hand when I ran my tests to compare Delta and TMX, delta did not even come close .....so for MY methods and set up, TMX was better, but I would never go out in a public forum and tell people Delta can't come close to TMX!

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