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Response to Best developer for TMax100

from Ryuji Suzuki (rsuzuki@rs.cncdsl.com)
I disagree with Bob and Conrad :-)

I made 11x14 from 6x6cm TMX neg (cropped) with two lenses. TMX was developed in the developer described above. There's no visible grain on the print, and I could BARELY see the grain in my grain focuser. However, the prints clearly indicate the contrast difference of the two lenses, one for Mamiya 6 and another for Mamiya TLR. They aren't exactly at the same focal length, but Mamiya 6 lens was more contrasty and crispy. I need a magnifier on print to tell the resolution difference, but Mamiya 6 (50mm f/4) lens is superior. However, I like the way bokeh comes out with Mamiya TLR lens (75mm f/2.8). Both were shot at f/11. Again, these are not fair lens comparison, but I'm saying that I can clearly see the difference of the lenses through TMX, on the contrary to what Conrad said above. This difference is hard to see if processed in D-76 1+1, and probably impossible to tell if processed in HC-110! Sorry, I can't comment abotu Rodinal - I never used it regularly.

(posted 8168 days ago)

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