Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper Negative Developers?
Hi: Dektol can be tamed by diluting. Some pinholers use high contrast film and process it in hightly diluted dektol to cut down contrast. 1-10 upto 1-30. could alse try adding baking powder which lowers the pH which will give lower contrast Gord On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Beau Schwarz wrote: > Hi! Based on a View Camera article, I've thought about trying D76 as the > developer for paper negatives. However, in looking at a Kodak Dataguide, > Dektol will develope 120 sheets of paper while D76 will develope approx. 16 > 8x10 sheets of film. So the question is how many sheets of paper will a > gallon of D76 develope? How do you tell when the developer is near > exhaustion? Or would it be best to use it as a one shot developer? Is there > some way of 'taming' dektol, so it gives a less contrasty neg? > > _ > Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ___ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???/discussion/ > - Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsgUniversity of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 -
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper Negative Developers?
--- Beau Schwarz wrote: > Hi! Based on a View Camera article, I've thought about trying D76 as the > developer for paper negatives. However, in looking at a Kodak Dataguide, > Dektol will develope 120 sheets of paper while D76 will develope approx. 16 > 8x10 sheets of film. So the question is how many sheets of paper will a > gallon of D76 develope? How do you tell when the developer is near > exhaustion? Or would it be best to use it as a one shot developer? You should always use developer for your negative as one-shot (unless it is specifically designed for replenishment). Whereas you can always make another print, if you screw up your negative with inadequate chemistry, you're pretty much out of luck. > Is there some way of 'taming' dektol, so it gives a less contrasty neg? Of course, just increase the dilution. I use a dilute version of Dektol (1+10 to 1+20, depending upon the scene) when processing halftone film. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://GLSmyth.com DRiP Investing http://DRiPInvesting.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
