Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L, Kodak Tri-X
Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L, Kodak Tri-X
Hand-held: 1/60 sec. at f/1.2 (Tri-X pushed to 1600 asa. in D-76 at 1:1)
Rating Tri-X at iso 1600:
D76 is an incredible all-purpose developer, fine grain, good sharpness, good tonality good stability and shelf life, easy to use. One day I wanted to shoot tri-x at 1600, this is 30 years ago when I was a student at the Univ. Of Texas at Austin. I enrolled for a free elective photography course in the summer. I had photographed a student in a series of photos, and in one of the scenes, we were indoors in a pool bar, inside the exposure of light falling on her face was some thing like 1/60 sec at f1.2 at iso 1600 (measured with an incident meter close to face). I had Tri X film. I under exposed the tri-x from its box rating of iso 400 but knew i would have to over-develop for iso 1600 and researched and checked the tables and compared the options. I decided to go with D76 but straight. I forget the developing time. I developed and to this day am amazed at this combination. So beautiful were the negatives and prints.
I vividly remember the excitement and sense of accomplishement developing negatives and making prints and the science, mixing chemicals, checking and recording time temperatures etc., and the art involved. Yes for me this photo sums it all up and is representative of my teen years.
Here is an example:
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Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L, Kodak Tri-X
Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L, Kodak Tri-X
Hand-held: 1/60 sec. at f/1.2 (Tri-X pushed to 1600 asa. in D-76 at 1:1)
Rating Tri-X at iso 1600:
D76 is an incredible all-purpose developer, fine grain, good sharpness, good tonality good stability and shelf life, easy to use. One day I wanted to shoot tri-x at 1600, this is 30 years ago when I was a student at the Univ. Of Texas at Austin. I enrolled for a free elective photography course in the summer. I had photographed a student in a series of photos, and in one of the scenes, we were indoors in a pool bar, inside the exposure of light falling on her face was some thing like 1/60 sec at f1.2 at iso 1600 (measured with an incident meter close to face). I had Tri X film. I under exposed the tri-x from its box rating of iso 400 but knew i would have to over-develop for iso 1600 and researched and checked the tables and compared the options. I decided to go with D76 but straight. I forget the developing time. I developed and to this day am amazed at this combination. So beautiful were the negatives and prints.
I vividly remember the excitement and sense of accomplishement developing negatives and making prints and the science, mixing chemicals, checking and recording time temperatures etc., and the art involved. Yes for me this photo sums it all up and is representative of my teen years.
Here is an example:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=19725722%40N06&sort=da...