Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I think most darkroom people think that using D76 straight is for
developing sheet film in the tray. Big sheet film.
For roll film forget about it.
But that?s just me. And everybody else.
--
Mark William Rabiner
Photographer
On 6/14/17, 5:31 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jim Hemenway"
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of jim at
hemenway.com> wrote:
Use D76 or be square, have used it for lots of different b&w films for
60 years.
1 to 1 is okay, but straight D76 offers a nicer level of contrast.
Agitate no more than once a minute.
Or, use instant coffee and vitamin C
Please see:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=vitamin+c+developing+film&gbv=2&oq=vitamin+c+developing+film&gs_l=heirloom-hp.3..0i22i30.6417.17660.0.23152.25.25.0.0.0.0.205.2447.19j5j1.25.0....0...1.1.34.heirloom-hp..0.25.2445.qVmI5ilTrj8
But... I went to art school, what do i know?
It was so hot here yesterday that cows were giving powdered milk!
On 6/14/17 4:41 PM, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> You can?t really say ?Pyro? is ?Good? or ?Bad? because there are a
bunch
> of pyro-based developers out there. I use PMK and with most of the
films I
> have used it with, the tonality is gorgeous. Ilford FP4 and HP5 are my
> favorites, but I have gotten great results with Tmax 100, Tmax 400, and
> Fuji Acros.
>
> There are modern Pyro developers that have been designed for modern
films,
> like PMK and Pyrocat. Older ones don?t work well with modern films, and
> that may be why you don?t think highly of Pyro.
>
> I?m not doing stand developing. PMK won?t work for that, it needs
frequent
> agitation or it gives streaks and uneven developing.
>
> Here?s some examples:
>
> FP4 in PMK:
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1758
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1628
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1575
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2029
>
>
>
> HP5 in PMK:
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1824
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1866
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1756
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1757
>
>
> Pan-F in PMK:
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1645
>
>
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