Kerik
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> From: Korfhage, Willard[SMTP:Willard-Korfhage@deshaw.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 1997 8:20 PM
> To: 'Alt Photo Process'
> Subject: Developer suggestions for Tri-X?
>
> A while ago I had to shoot some 8x10 Tri-X instead of the film I
> usually
> use, and I haven't managed to find a developer/time combination that I
> like. I would like to draw upon the collective wisdom of the list to
> get
> suggestions for developers I might try with my few remaining test
> negatives.
>
> I am developing the negatives in home-made tubes of ABS pipe, and
> print
> VanDyke using a UV lightbox. The negatives get lots of agitation
> because
> the tubes spin continuously in a water bath.
>
> I had some D-76, so I tried that dilulted 1:1 and the negatives were
> terribly dense - shadows coming in at 0.6, and maximum negative
> density
> of 2.4 according to my densitometer. I tried printing one, and after a
> 50 minute exposure the print still didn't have any hilight detail
> showing. Less development could lead to undesirably short times.
> Farmer's reducer applied to the negatives might will get the density
> range into something reasonable - anybody have a recipe?
>
> I tried some Arista developer, from Freestyle. The negatives came out
> so
> thin that it looks like I would have to greatly extend the development
> time to get a good density range.
>
> Anybody have developer suggestions for me to try? HC-110? Something
> else?
>
> Willard
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