From: Tillman Crane (tillman@tillmancrane.com)
Date: 02/02/03-10:03:16 AM 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
Sandy,
I think that Atget used glass plates. Not sure but that's what I
remember reading somewhere. Don't know how that would change
development.
tillman
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