[Leica] FA-1027 Developer

[feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)]

Has anyone tried this, yet?

Feli



http://www.fineartphotosupply.com/FA1027%20Developer.htm


FA-1027 is a brand new, highly concentrated, high acutance film
developer, that performs beautifully with all black and white films. It
is a liquid which dilutes either 1:9 or 1:14. Among it?s characteristics
are:

      *  The ability to produce an optimum negative with any black and
        white film, whether standard ?random grain? (HP-5, FP-4, Pan ?F,
        Tri-X, etc), or ?fabricated grain? or ?T-Grain? (Ilford Delta
             100, Kodak T-Max, Agfa Acros). You get the same, full
           information negative, only the development times change. 
        
      *  The grain is very fine, but also very sharp. There is no soft
          grain fuzziness that is apparent from low activity, sulfite
        action ?fine grain? developers like D-23, D-25, Microdol-X, etc.
        There is no developing action on unexposed silver which creates
         excess fog you have to print through (as with DD-X), which can
        be troublesome in printing. Printing times with FA-1027 require
                ? the exposure time they do with Ilfotec DD-X. 
        
      *  FA-1027 maintains a precise balance between Phenidone and the
         developing agent Hydroquinone. It also utilizes 2 restrainers,
         Potassium Bromide and Benzatriazole. This accounts for it?s
                            remarkable performance. 
        
      *   Ansel Adams, in The Negative, refers to acutance as ?edge
        sharpness?. My HP-5 negatives developed in FA-1027 resemble the
        clear, crisply defined Tri-X/HC-100 negatives I was so used to;
                       without the high contrast effect. 
        
      *  Prints made from FA-1027 negatives show broad distinct breaks
        of  tone in all areas. There is none of the D-76-like high value
          compression, and no loss of density in Zones VI and below as
        with HC-110 (the ?HC? in HC-110 stands for ?high contrast?).
         Negatives are optimum: high in local contrast, low in overall
                      contrast, with very high acutance. 
        
      * Plus and minus development with FA-1027 will also yield superior
         negatives. The same distinct breaks of tone are in evidence,
             with the contrast either raised or lowered. With other
        developers, you?ll get an overall gain or loss in density with
                        only a slight contrast change. 
        
This is the best black and white film developer available. Try it and if
          you don?t agree, we?ll give you your money back.

          #FA-1027 .9 liter bottle (1 US quart)..??.$12.97

   If you would like a free Technical Information sheet available on
                  FA-1027, we?ll send it on request.
                                    

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