"X" Films...125PX in Diafine!

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Thomas Bertilsson

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Plus-X looks amazing in any developer.

Diafine is pretty cool stuff. Makes things simple.

- Thomas
 

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Stephen,

I tried Diafine after reading your posts both here & your blogs on FR. I must say I'm rather disappointed. In my testing of Diafine with Tri-X (rated anywhere from 800 to 6400) all I got were "grey" negatives, reminiscent of Rodinal.

That's what I hate about "compensating" developers. It's all mid-tones, barely any highlights at all.

X-Tol on the other hand.... OMG there's a marriage made in heaven!

Just my observation. Love your stuff though. You rock!
 

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Daniel,
When you print or scan your Diafine or Rodinal negatives - what are the results? I get very good results and punchy highlights with both of those developers.
- Thomas
 
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Using Diafine with just about any film will result in a very linear film curve...this is normal and at first open in PS the image looks flat with really open shadows, tons of midtones and gray highlights...just apply a "S" curve in curves and perfect...you decide on the amount of contrast and highlight/ shadow pop you want. Scanners are linear devices and having a neg with open shadows helps esp on lower end scanners.

Cheers-
Stephen
 
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