RE: Pt/Pd Development

Eric,

That's interesting, thanks for the info. I've got some pot ox and pot
phosphate dibasic on the way...should be here today.

We'll see what happens I guess.

Camden Hardy

camden@hardyphotography.net
http://www.hardyphotography.net

On Tue, July 18, 2006 11:19 am, Eric Neilsen wrote:
> Camden, About ten years ago I was making prints with the dibasic form
> while
> Rudiak and I ran our printing business in Taos. It seemed to warm the
> prints
> rather than cool them. I have both forms in my darkroom, mono basic and
> dibasic. Both formula use a more dilute Pot Ox than the standard formula.
> One should be careful not to make your developer too dilute as that will
> lead to slower printing speeds and more grain in the print.
>
> Eric
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Camden Hardy [mailto:camden@hardyphotography.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:04 PM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>> Subject: RE: Pt/Pd Development
>>
>> Loris,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking into this development
>> mixture not so
>> much for its results, but mostly for the sake of trying it.
>>
>> I've been looking at places like B&S and the Formulary, and the
>> Formulary's the only place I've found online that sells
>> potassium
>> phosphate at all (short of buying $1000 worth in bulk). The
>> original
>> question was whether potassium phosphate would work in dibasic
>> form as
>> opposed to monobasic (which is what the "recipe" called for).
>>
>> So anyway, I think I'm just going to dive in and see what
>> happens. I'm
>> waiting on chemistry and paper at the moment, but if I find out
>> anything
>> I'll let everyone know.
>>
>>
>> Camden Hardy
>>
>> camden@hardyphotography.net
>> http://www.hardyphotography.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, July 13, 2006 1:30 pm, Loris Medici wrote:
>> > Camden, I found one of my Ziatype prints, see it @:
>> > http://www.loris.medici.name/Karda_Sandalyeler_Ziatype.jpg
>> > (12 drops AFO + 10 drops L2PdCl4 + 2 drops KAuCl4 - works
>> like AuCl3
>> > a.k.a.
>> > Gold Chloride)
>> >
>> > Save the file and open it inside from an icc aware
>> application to see the
>> > exact scan (which is very close to the real print - in my
>> calibrated
>> > screen).
>> >
>> > Did you notice the split tone? Like it? If yes, it's time to
>> try Ziatype
>> > ;)
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Loris.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name]
>> > Sent: 12 Temmuz 2006 Çarþamba 23:01
>> > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>> > Subject: RE: Pt/Pd Development
>> >
>> > It's not an answer to your question but let me suggest you
>> trying straight
>> > Ziatypes - that is: LiPd as the metal + Ammonium Iron(III)
>> Oxalate as
>> > sensitizer (and maybe adding a drop or two of Gold Chloride)
>> - for
>> > blue/black prints. It's truly wonderful. I prefer much the
>> print-out
>> > version
>> > and I believe that AFO is a better iron sensitizer than FO
>> (because it's a
>> > well-defined, easy to obtain and not-PIA-to-mix compound)
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Loris.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Camden Hardy [mailto:camden@hardyphotography.net]
>> > Sent: 12 Temmuz 2006 Çarþamba 20:58
>> > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>> > Subject: Pt/Pd Development
>> >
>> > There's a recipe out there to add potassium phosphate
>> monobasic to
>> > potassium
>> > oxalate developers for blue-black tones, which I would like
>> to try.
>> > However, Photo Formulary's only got potassium phosphate
>> dibasic.
>> > Does this matter? Can I get away with using dibasic instead
>> of mono?
>> > What's the difference?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
Received on 07/18/06-01:25:34 PM Z