Any experience with the Kodak Professional T-MAX 100 Direct Positive Film Developing Outfit?

[chad_worthman1]

Hi there,

 

I'm new to developing my own film. I'd like to make 6x6 b&w slides

from my Mamiya C330S with the Kodak Professional T-MAX 100 Direct

Positive Film Developing Outfit. Has anyone here used the outfit?

Did you like the results? Would it be too involved for a beginner

versus the regular process? Can anyone post some sample images?

[barry_books]

I have not used the Kodak kit but I have reversal processed 120 T-MAX 100 many times

with T-MAX developer and I make my own bleach. I suspect the kit will produce similar

results. It's not really any more difficult than making negatives and you don't have to print

them.

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I don't have any samples scanned in but they would look like any other B&W photo by the

time they made it onto a web page. They are very impressive projected, no visible grain

and very pleasing tones. I usually selenium tone mine but it might also be interesting to

sepia tone them.

[jordan_w.]

The process is not terribly difficult but I would wait until you are very comfortable developing negatives by the usual process. Reversal processing has many more steps and a tighter temperature tolerance. You can use the kit (probably easiest to start with) or home-brew as Barry does. Apparently Foma also makes a kit for B&W slides, I'm not sure if it's available yet in the USA.

[jim_shanesy]

The really easy way is to just send them to .dr5 and the quality will probably be superior to your own beginning efforts.

 

http://www.dr5.com/main.html

[scott_walton2]

The results are superb! I used to do alot of this and the resulting slides where full of detail with beautiful tones and very fine grain! As I recall, you need to rate your film @ 50 ASA.