 Rhonda Kramer |
Thin negatives My negatives are always thin. I have tried different film Tmax 100/400, Ilford Delta 400, HP5 etc. I have also tried the C41 B&W film. I did a test self developing Rodinol and have previously developed in D76 but am still having the same problem. When I tested Ilford Delta 400, HP5 and Tmax 100 ... (shooting each film with 4 stops over and 4 under 3 times - then cutting it into 3 and developing it for normal, 1/2 and double the development times) when plotting the graph all of the graph lines on the curve were on top of one another. I realise I am doing something horribly wrong but what???? Any ideas?
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doug Nelson |
Maybe you're consistently underexposing. Shoot a roll of slide film, of the subject matter you normally do. If they're consistently too dense (unlike negs, which are too thin when underexposed)the problem is your light meter. Maybe I'm being simple-minded here, but look at the simple things first.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Another time I see a question that's a year old but if somebody else has the same question, I'll give a response anyway. One thing I want to say is that D-76 isn't the first choice to develope T-Max films. And the HP5 was Ilford's answer to T-Max, so D-76 wasn't the first choice for that either. T-Max developer is recommended for T-Max film because it's a stronger developer. You can use D-76 but you should increase you developement times, trying to remember off hand, I think about 1&1/2min to about 2min. But also look at the previous persons answer. Try the f/16 rule. In case you don't know what that is, on a clear bright day with sun at your back, take a picture with alot of neutral colors(green grass) and shoot it at f/16 with shutter as close as you can to film speed and develope in T-Max at the correct temp and dev. time and see how they look.
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