Thardy
Veteran
So the inside shots were pushed to 1600? Maybe that would explain the increased contrast, but they still look good.
Thardy
Veteran
Probably the same goes with out dated film. Remember Kodak's great expired film giveaway? Guilty as charged.
Ronny
Well-known
Samsam
Established
I live in Paris: expose @ 200 or 250 in daylight with Tri-X, 400 never gave me good results in D76 or Rodinal
FrankS
Registered User
So THAT's the old saying! I've always thought it was: "film is cheap, an affair is expensive".
Darkhorse
pointed and shot
I hear this over and over again. I ought to start doing it. Got a development time?
I live in southern California so I pretty much need to work at a higher temperature to keep things constant, specifically 75° during the hot weekend I processed these.
Turtle
Veteran
underexposed or underdeveloped. Your shadows look just OK to me and if the negs are very thin, a good dose more development would have brought them up a touch too. I suspect underdevelopment more than underexposure.
Bingley
Veteran
I regularly expose Tri-X at iso 250, and develop in Rodinal 1:50 for 11 mins. at 20C, and don't agitate too much. I'm happy w/ the results. Also, check out the sticky "How Charjohncarter does it" over in the film dev forum.
I've also had good results from an approach I picked up from mfogiel over on flickr: expose Tri-X at 400, but develop in Rodinal 1:60 for 12 mins. at 20C, again w/ minimal agitation.
I live in the Central Valley of CA, so I also encounter warmer water temps coming out of the tap during the summer. My approach is to mix up the chemicals, take temp of the developer and fixer solutions, and if they're over 20C put the graduated containers in the refridgerator while I load film on reels. Usually, 10-20 mins. in the refridgerator brings the temps down enough.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Really? Whereabouts?
I've hardly ever had trouble with Tri-X; best results for me were indeed with D76, then Rodinal, then Diafine.
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Darkhorse
pointed and shot
I used to do this, or put the solution in ice water in the sink. But I became worried that the temperature would increase during the course of development. However, when I think about it, this became a worry when I was using HC110 for a while, which is a tricky developer.
umcelinho
Marcelo
beautiful!
Darkhorse
pointed and shot
You guys were right, I was worrying over nothing. They all pretty much printed fine in the darkroom. Even this one, the slightest of the negatives I produced:
Print:
The print actually captured the highlights better.
However, you can see a white spot which I guess is some damage to the neg perhaps? The streaks and spots of my first roll (that I made while exhausted w/ new mixed powder chemicals) are readily apparent in the prints. Oh well. I pumped out 28 5x7 prints yesterday, which is the most I've been able to produce in under 6 hours. Now I can show my coworkers what I was snapping pictures of.
Print:
The print actually captured the highlights better.
However, you can see a white spot which I guess is some damage to the neg perhaps? The streaks and spots of my first roll (that I made while exhausted w/ new mixed powder chemicals) are readily apparent in the prints. Oh well. I pumped out 28 5x7 prints yesterday, which is the most I've been able to produce in under 6 hours. Now I can show my coworkers what I was snapping pictures of.
aureliaaurita
Well-known
really enjoy the cat peering through the ironwork