From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 02/01/03-08:57:55 PM Z
Steve Shapiro wrote:
>For stand development it is important to find developerd designed for that.
>I use the D 23 simply metol and SOD sulfite (100g SOD sulfite 7.5g metol)
>and let stand for from 4 to 28 hours. Any speed any exposure, it all
>develops in a no fail, full range consistency.
>
>P.Cat, I count on for expanded negatives, only. Developing by inspection is
>now my process without hesitation except for the stand development with roll
>film, for me.
>
>to each his own.
>
Glycin based developers are often mentioned in the literature as
being very good with stand development. I tried several different
formulas based on Glycin but did not get any better results than with
a very diluted solution of Pyrocat. Others have told me that a very
dilute solution of Rodinal will also work well.
But if you have never experimented with stand development it is worth
a try if only for the educational benefit of seeing what kind of look
you can get with extreme adjacency effects. It is kind of like using
the unsharp mask with Photoshop.
Unfortunately I have never managed to get good results with sheet
film. Wonder how Atget managed to make such good negatives with stand
development? He did use sheet film or plates did he not?
Sandy King
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