Thanks Walt,
I liked Panatomic X too. I used it in high School before it was discontinued
and developed it in Rodinal. It was beautiful stuff, wished for years they'd
bring it back. I like tmax 100 in Rodinal but it wasn't the same as Pan-X.
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
On 3/19/07 5:06 PM, "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Plus-X is probably still my favorite, but I've been shooting a fair amount of
> Efke 25 in the OMs the RB67, and the 6x9 Graphics lately, developing it in
> Rodinol. Nearly invisible grain, but since it's so slow, it's a PITA to shoot;
> usually need that three-legged thing. \
>
> I think D-76 may be better for Plus-X, but I can't really tell much
> difference; a bottle of Rodinal keeps forever, while D-76 doesn't, once mixed.
> When I get really, really serious, I break out a bottle of one-shot Tetenal
> Neofin Blau. It has a certain magic, especially with the Efke stuff, which is
> supposedly Adox redux. I still miss Panatomic-X, though.
>
> Nice shot!
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> I still shoot a lot of black and white film in my OM's and my Mamiya 645.
>> Back in college I played around with about every film available then (in the
>> late 90's) and settled on Kodak's Tmax films as my favorites. I recently got
>> the bug to experiment after noticing how many films from small eastern
>> European factories are available now. I tried Forte, Efke, and Foma films,
>> developed in PMK and Rodinal. I have used and loved Rodinal since high
>> school, but am just starting out with PMK. I have to say I have fallen in
>> love with Efke films in PMK. Check this out, shot with my OM-4T, 35mm f2, on
>> Efke KB-100 film developed in PMK:
>>
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/new-mexico/photopages/cigar
>> ette-machine.htm
>>
>> Isn't the tonality GORGEOUS? I have just ordered a big order of Efke KB 100
>> in 35mm and 120. Wow! I have a few rolls of the 25 I bought too to try but
>> haven't got to use it yet.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Crawford
>> Photography & Graphic Design
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico
>>
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
>>
>> http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
>>
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