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Did I push properly?

from Johnny Motown (johnny.motown@att.net)
Last night, I developed a roll of T-Max 100, shot at EI 400 (I know, stupid me for not checking the ISO after I loaded the film). Anyhow the negatives appear to be a little thin. They are also contrasty but I expected that with pushing film. The edge print looks just slightly thinner than usual (assuming due to extended development). Other than the thin-ness of the image, everything looks cool. I have never pushed film before and was just curious if I did it right. My setup:

All chems were in a 68 degree F water bath.

Sprint developer: 11 minutes, agitated first 30 seconds, 5 inversions every 30 seconds.

Kodak stop bath: 1 minute, constant agitation.

Sprint fixer: 3 minutes, first minute constant agitation, 10 seconds agitation every minute after that.

Water rinse: 1 minute, fill and dump.

Sprint HCA: 3 minutes, first minute constant agitation, 10 seconds agitation every minute after that.

Water rinse: 5 minutes, fill and dump.

Photo-flo bath

Did I do something wrong or is this the nature of pushed negatives (thin)? I have developed Tri-X and T-Max 400 with this method and times (with the exception of developer times - 8 minutes instead of 11) and I am happy with the results.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

(posted 8425 days ago)

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