TMax3200 in Rodinal - Maximum Grain

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I'm looking for a high grain combination. Was thinking about TMax 3200 in Rodinal with maybe full exposure and reduced development. Anyone got time / temp suggestions for different lighting conditions.

-- Herbert Gibson (herb@nireland.com), March 12, 2001

Answers

I would think this combination would give pretty chunky grain. If anyone responds, I'd like to add the data to my list of times for Delta 3200.

-- Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com), March 12, 2001.

Try exposing TMZ at 1000 and using Agfa's times for TMY listed on the Rodinal bottle (dilution 1:50). That's how I used up my last couple of rolls of TMZ before embarking on my Delta 3200 adventure. The negs ranged from slightly thin to pretty good. I'd do some bracketing at 1 stop overexposure to see if you needed beefier shadows.

I miss the big grain of TMZ, so I'll probably return to it after my Delta 3200 is used up. I'm amazed at how much smaller the grain with D3200 is, even using Rodinal (EI 1000, 1:50, 24 min @ 68F).

-- John O'Connell (boywonderiloveyou@hotmail.com), March 13, 2001.


If you want big grain, try TMZ in Dektol.

-- Steve Wiley (wiley@mail.accesshub.net), March 13, 2001.

I don't agree. One more important thing is the uniformity of the grain. Tmz in a coarse grain developer will yield a very ununiform grain clumps. It's ugly. If you want grain you can try Kodak recording(if still there any) or forte 400 overdeveloped in rodinal, DK-50, Fx-1, or D-19- depending on the look you want. You can also presoak the film in an alkaline solution of sodium carbonate or even potassium hydroxide prior to developing. One more important thing: paper grain. print of cold -tone high contrast paper. I use Dokulith for developing paper with grain (this is not infectious development)

Xosnib

-- xosni (Xosni@gega.net), March 14, 2001.


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