Re: recipe for fine-line developer?

Ryuzi,

Using Kodalith with minimal, but not completely without, agitation is not my
reasoning from ordinary continuous tone developers. It is a practice very
commonly used. Seeley's "High Contrast," "Darkroom Dynamics" (or some title
like that) as well as many many articles and photographers talk about it.

And I have used it that way too. Have a thick folder full of test results
with Kodalith and Fine-Line developers.

Dave S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryuji Suzuki" <rs@silvergrain.org>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: recipe for fine-line developer?

> From: Dave Soemarko <fotodave@dsoemarko.us>
> Subject: Re: recipe for fine-line developer?
> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:55:33 -0400
>
> > For application in photopolymer, I think diluted kodalith and stand
> development might work fine.The stand development will give the
> nice, crisp edge because of local exhaustion; but the dilution must
> be done just prior to development, otherwise the developer might be
> exhausted too quickly.
>
> Actually, in lith developers, your reasoning from ordinary continuous
> tone developers does not work. If you use Kodalith without agitation,
> you're more likely to get distorted lines and fuzzy edges. Similar
> will happen to diluted bath. What you need is a developer with higher
> sulfite concentration, higher pH, etc. counterbalanced with reduced
> agitation.
>
> --
> Ryuji Suzuki
> "You have to realize that junk is not the problem in and of itself.
> Junk is the symptom, not the problem."
> (Bob Dylan 1971; source: No Direction Home by Robert Shelton)
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 6 09:21:47 2004