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Tasma films?

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Matthew McGrattan - 25 May 2005 17:43 GMT
Hi,

Anyone tried the Tasma films (from Russia) - they do a 64 ASA and 100
and 125 ASA films?

I wondered if there were any rough developing times out there.

I am thinking of exposing the 64 ASA at 50 and then processing more or
less as if it was Pan-F or Efke 50.

Maybe 10 or 11 minutes at in Rodinal 1:50, or about 8 min or so in
Ccalbe A49/Adox ATM49 1+1.

Anyone any tips?

Thanks,

Matt
Rod Smith - 25 May 2005 19:12 GMT
> Anyone tried the Tasma films (from Russia) - they do a 64 ASA and 100
> and 125 ASA films?
>
> I wondered if there were any rough developing times out there.

I've never used them, but there's ONE entry for it at the Massive Dev
Chart. Well, two, technically, but they for D76 and ID11, and they give
the same time: 7 minutes at 20C, diluted 1:1. This is for the ISO 100
film. Check http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html.

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Bogdan Karasek - 28 May 2005 17:35 GMT
Hi,

Could you indicate where I could get the TASMA film.  I'd like to try
it.  Thanks for any info!

Regards,
Bogdan

> Hi,
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> Matt

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Neil Purling - 30 May 2005 18:11 GMT
I do believe that the Tasma 100 is a relatively new product becauseit is
packaged in DX coded cassettes. The dev time approximates to that as for Pan
F.
Retro Photographic in the UK markets the 64, the 100 and the 125ASA.
The 64 and 125 are possibly examples of their internal market stuff. The
film is wound onto a spindle but that spindle is then wrapped in black paper
as to be light-tight and then sealed in a foil bag. A Soviet or Russian
photographer might have reloadable metal cassettes like the Leica type which
have two cylinders, forming a light trap. The Soviet types have the light
trap opened when you close one of the latches on the base of the
camera.There are two different sorts for the Fed and the Zorki, the Zorki
type won't work in a Fed. The spools of the Tasma just slot into either
cassette.

Now the Tasma Foto company in Tartarstan are not the easiest to deal with,
they seem to still have the Soviet era ethos that the customer is always
wrong. I got the impression that Retro might not continue to deal in this
film after they have exhausted the considerable supply they obtained.

Who else deals in these films? Did Tasma make a higher speed film?
Matthew McGrattan - 30 May 2005 18:59 GMT
>I do believe that the Tasma 100 is a relatively new product becauseit is
>packaged in DX coded cassettes. The dev time approximates to that as for Pan
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>
>Who else deals in these films? Did Tasma make a higher speed film?

I picked up a couple of the foil-bag wrapped spindles of 64 and 100.

I processed the first roll of the 64 yesterday and developed it more
or less as Pan-F+  rated at 64ASA.

I gave it 12 min in Rodinal diluted at 1:50.

The results were pretty dense negatives and contrasty negatives - they
didn't scan particularly well but the scanner I use definitely prefers
flatter, thinner negs.

http://www.mcgrattan.f2s.com/tasma_test.jpg
http://www.mcgrattan.f2s.com/tasma_test2.jpg

[jpegs probably bigger than browser window so click to resize]

I think the next roll I may developed Rodinal in 1:100 and see what
happens.

Incidentally, the film curls up REALLY badly. Even when hung straight
to dry the moment you take any weight off it, it curls up. Holding it
flat to load it into the negative carrier for the scanner was a
nightmare.

Hopefully this was due to some handling error on my part.

Matt

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