Response to B&W film evaluations - TMax 100

Expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. Without the proper exposure your developing scheme is useless and has no bearing on any of these films or the developer. John shoots Tmax 100 at iso 64 because that is what his equipment needs to get consistent results in the shadows and knowing how John prints it is what gives him the shadow densities he is looking for. I expose Tmax 100 at anywhere from 120 to 50 depending on what I want the film to do for me. Your developing times have little meaning without the rest of the calibrations necassary to get a print to have the desired look anyway. And matching fp4 and plus x against the T and Delta films is useless also. James

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