T-Max developer 1:9 with Tri-X

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In searching for a good push developer for Tri-X I saw that T-Max developer could be used 1:9 with Tri-X giving a 640asa. Has anyone tried this developer at the 1:9 dilution with Tri-X? What were your results like (blown highlights, etc.)? Was it sweet? I am presuming at 1:9 this is a one-shot dilution...tossed out after developing.

Appreciate any and all responses.

Michael Hintlian

-- Michael Hintlian (michael@hintlian.com), January 13, 2002

Answers

Don't use any developer combination without trying it first unless you don't care about the results. Your water quality, agitation and technique will not be the same as someone else's and your results won't be either. Better you blindfold yourself & play on the freeway than try important film with a new developer.

-- Dan Smith (shooter@brigham.net), January 13, 2002.

Yeah Dan, appreciate the advice...but your preaching to the choir. I'm interested in what others have found rather than waste time, etc. What did you find with T-Max 1:9 with Tri-X? Is it worth pursuing? TIA.

-- Michael Hintlian (michael@hintlian.com), January 14, 2002.

If you want that small of a push, I recommend using Diafine. It is a 2 bath developer that gives a bit of a push (not as much as the package states!) with not a blown highlight in site! Your highlights will be perfectly developed out and you will gain shadow detail essentially doing better than pushing!!!

-- Scott Walton (scotlynn@shore.net), January 14, 2002.

Michael, years ago, when T-Max developer first came out, I used it 1:6 with Tri-X [think I just increased the developing times by a factor of 1.5], I did not do it to push the film, but shot at 400.

I loved the results, and so did everybody around me - I was at a university at the time. Wonderful tonality etc. I gravitated to using other film, but when looking at my prints from that time, they still look super.

chris

-- Christian Harkness (chris.harkness@eudoramail.com), January 15, 2002.


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