"A few ideas on using Kodak T-Max Films Successfully"

I am trying to find the article by John Sexton-1988 "A few ideas on using Kodak T-Max Films Successfully". Does anyone know where I can find it?

Also, I am going to develop T-max 100 8x10 film using T-max dev.

with JOBO processer. If anyone know about the starting point of

Dev. time and good dilution of chemical 1:4 or 1:7? or any advice,

please teach me.

Thanks

Ric yama

Ric...There is an abundance of processing information for T-max films

at the Kodak website... I think the address is www.Kodak.com Best of

luck -Dave

A few people have written to me asking for a copy of the Sexton

article on using T-Max films. Rather than send copies off all over, I

have scanned it and reproduce it below. Enjoy.

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<b>Editor: I have moved the copy to the static LF page with

John Sexton's permission.

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As a TMax 100 user I will say don't overlook Xtol as a developer to

consider. It is easy to use & works well as long as you use purified

or distilled water. Tap water varies too much for consistent results

if you use 1:2 or 1:3 dilutions. Other than that, process the film

with the control you would use for color films & you should get some

excellent results.

I'm sure everyone appreciates Alan's effort in sharing Sexton's

article with us. Please permit me to take this thread in a different

direction. We semi-regularly find questions on these bulletin boards

expressing concern over copyright and intellectual property issues as

they relate to images. Yet, many seemingly feel no hesitation about

posting complete copies of the text of periodical articles or others'

Web sites content, making no mention of having received permission to

do so. What are your opinions of that practice?

Sal, if this info was copyrighted I would be the first to condemn the

prisoner. But this info is all over the place for the asking. Most of

it comes from Kodak and common sense. james

James, my intent wasn't to condemn Alan. I instead hoped to stimulate

discussion of what seems to be a fairly common practice. Since I

can't find the original magazine containing that Sexton article,

though it may very well be in a box around here somewhere, it's not

possible to say with absolute certainty that the publisher included a

copyright notice, but most do. Even if the subject matter has since

been widely discussed (on Kodak's Web site and elsewhere), the fact

remains that Sexton's specific article was copyrighted when it was

created, just as photographic images are. I understand that only the

types of damages collectable are determined by registering a work's

copyright, and that an infringer is always liable to some extent.

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James, thanks for chiming in. I appreciate your response. Anyone

else have an opinion?

This article was in Darkroom & Creative Camera Techniques (now Photo

Techniques) in about 1988. I would bet that Mr. Sexton nor the

magazine appreciates having this information posted here.

I should think they'd be honored. I would be. Sexton didn't make a

pile of money, I'd wager, on that article and I would also bet his

first intention was to help other photographers with a new and tricky

film. I realize that this is all irrelevant with regard to law, but

come on. A brief, informative piece that is currently unavailable

except in certain Goodwill stores and a few large libraries can have

no better fate than to be distributed on a top-notch site like this

one. I have written many pieces for various magazines and

newspapers, usually gotten a pittance for it, and would be delighted

to see that someone found the information therein to be worth the

trouble to scan and post someplace. There are obviously limits to

this thinking: scanning somebody's out of print novel may or may not

step on a few toes and you'd be a fool not to ask permission first.

But a brief piece like this one is a different story, in my view.

It's little more than photocopying a piece for your neighbor. I say

lighten up.

Gents, not to be Draconian about this, but yes, it's both illegal and

unethical to post the entire text (or any large portion of it) here

without permission. The fact is, John Sexton may not mind; but the law

does assert that he's the owner of the rights to his work and his words

and he must be asked if you wish to legally disseminate it. Given the

history of "shareware" on the internet, I'd suggest that it would be

entirely in keeping with the spirit of the 'net for you to do the right

thing and ask John Sexton if it's all right with him if you post his

article here. If you can't get his permission, it should be removed.

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--Mike J. / Editor-in-Chief, _PHOTO Techniques_ magazine