TMZ in Xtol and other developers

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I shoot some pictures last thursday at a ballett training, without flash I used Neopan 1600 (@1600) and TMZ (@3200). The Neopans developed in Xtol turned out nicely for printing on grade 2-3 - as always. I used TMZ before and had good results in Tetenal Ultrafin Plus and DD-X rated at 3200 and 6400, they were slightly on the thin side (for my taste) and printed on 3-4.

But these TMZ in Xtol developed according Kodak times turned out really grainy, while I like the grain of TMZ/DD-X at 10*12'', this looked no good at all.

I did this before (TMZ/Xtol)and found the negatives inferior to the Minilabs TMZ/Ultrafin Plus. (I know we are supposed to learn from our mistakes). Anyone having similar or opposite results with TMZ/Xtol?

Kind regards,

Wolfram

-- Wolfram Kollig (kollig@ipfdd.de), April 17, 2000

Answers

I found TMZ in Xtol creates a nice clean image, if the time is altered. It seems as though the recommended time at 75F produced negs about 10 to 20% underdeveloped. For a punchier and more robust negative, I find the need to add about 1 to 1.5 minutes of time to TMZ in XTOL at 75F.

-- Chris Tisinger (chris.tisinger@netzero.net), April 20, 2000.

I develop TMZ in D-76 and it produces fine results, I push it by 2 stops (6,400) and then develop for 17 and a half mins. It gives me great results for moody atmospheric prints !!

-- Peter McCullough (pete.dax@virgin.net), May 21, 2000.

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