Response to sexton dev times for tmax 100

Some years back I was involved in John Sexton's method of diluting the T-Max developer 1:9 for T-Xax 100 at 75F. After months of spending mucho dinero I decided to quit using the film and Sexton's method due to the desastrous results. Years later I saw a beautiful b&w print in a professional lab of one of my friends and asked him about the print. Well, he answered, I first tested the film on a beautiful day with a good tonal range to determine the EI useful for my camera. Then I open 2 stops metering from a white bright subject to determine my highlight development time. When I mastered both of these steps I had my personal EI for the film and the appropiate development time for the highlights at that EI with my camera. From there on, it was easy for me to produce prints like the one I am showing here. His developer: old D-76, 1:1 dilution at 68F. I have been doing that, after I found my EI and highlight development time and I have been very happy ever after. William.

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