35mm Tri-X in Diafine

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I'm going to shoot a few rolls indoors this weekend, and might need some extra speed. I'll be using Tri-X because I have a lot on hand and this was a short-notice trip.

Has anyone tried Tri-X in Diafine? The Massive Dev. chart (and the Diafine box I think) recommend an EI of 1600 at the standard 3+3 times. I want to try the Diafine becuase of the EI, but am a little leary about wasting some shots without hearing of anyone's experiences.

As a side question, can you compare Tri-X at 1600 in XTOL versus Diafine?

-- Dave Mueller (dmueller@bellatlantic.net), June 22, 2001

Answers

IMHO you will not get that much speed. Diafine is beautiful! I use it alot for my 4x5 TXP but I rate it at 400. If you want the speed, get some 3200 Kodak, rate it at 1600 and process it in D76 1:1... that is beautiful. I have done ALOT of this and I think you will be more satisfied. Cheers

-- Scott Walton (f64sw@hotmail.com), June 22, 2001.

Tri-X 135 in diafine EI 1600 is one of my favorites. Check out this picture (which was actually under-exposed - probably EI 3200): http://communities.msn.com/NewOrleansStreetPhotography/aroundnola.msnw ?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1 Good luck - John.

-- John Fleetwood (johnfleetwood@hotmail.com), June 24, 2001.

"Good luck - John" is not part of the address! If anybody has any tips on posting addresses as links, please let me know. Thanks - John.

-- John Fleetwood (johnfleetwood@hotmail.com), June 24, 2001.

As a long time user of Diafine, I've found that the ratings on the developer box are pretty accurate. I've got several rolls of Tri-x professional 220 in my frig, that I plan to shoot soon and I plan to expose it at the recommended EI of 1000. FWIW.

-- Gene Crumpler, NC, USA (nikonguy@att.net), June 25, 2001.

John--

That photo ID (1) can't be found. Maybe the wrong ID?

-- Charlie Strack (charlie_strack@sti.com), June 25, 2001.



Charlie, try this address and click on "lucky dogs." http://communities.msn.com/NewOrleansStreetPhotography/aroundnola.msnw

-- John Fleetwood (johnfleetwood@hotmail.com), June 27, 2001.

I'm interested in this question also - I often shoot indoors under far from the best lighting conditions. I've used Delta 3200 at 800 in HC110 dil B and I like the results.

I've been curious about pushing Tri-X with diafine. John - if your results are typical I'm just going to have to try it.

-- David Parmet (david@parmet.net), June 27, 2001.


David, I'll take that as a compliment. As you can see from the picture, diafine did a great job with a contrasty scene.

-- John Fleetwood (johnfleetwood@hotmail.com), June 28, 2001.

John

It's a compliment. It looks like it was a sunny day and yet the highlights are just right. And technical mumbo jumbo aside - it's a nice picture. There's lots to look at and lots going on.

-david

-- David Parmet (david@parmet.net), June 28, 2001.


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