I slipped in a test of the 120 TMY-2 while printing paltinum today. I was of the impression that it wasn't supposed to work as it is UV coated. But it worked fine. I had shot a side by side test with the new TMY and the old TMY and processed them both in Xtol and made RC contacts and they were basically identical except that the TMY-2 had just a bit more contrast. I printed them together in platinum today and they showed the same relative difference as they did on the RC contact. The TMY-2 was just a bit contrastier. And they printed at the normal printing time.
So it makes me wonder if perhaps the UV coating comes off in processing. I know there is some apprehension about whether the sheet film will have the UV coating or not and according to my 120 film test it doesn't matter if it does or doesn't. Of course there is the chance that the batch of TMY-2 120 I got is for some reason not UV coated. It definitely says TMY-2 on the film. And the UV coating is the most likely reason for the extra contrast as I shot the test in bright sunlight.
Anyway that is the report from my basement.
Dennis
So it makes me wonder if perhaps the UV coating comes off in processing. I know there is some apprehension about whether the sheet film will have the UV coating or not and according to my 120 film test it doesn't matter if it does or doesn't. Of course there is the chance that the batch of TMY-2 120 I got is for some reason not UV coated. It definitely says TMY-2 on the film. And the UV coating is the most likely reason for the extra contrast as I shot the test in bright sunlight.
Anyway that is the report from my basement.
Dennis