Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where is AB55 available. And, of course, thanks for the insight. Bob boburgess@erols.com - ---------- >From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Tri-X , AB55, and Kodak vs Ilford? >Date: Tue, Feb 16, 1999, 10:03 PM > >>After about a 20 year photography hiatus I got back into it last year. > >>I love to hear about the film/developer combinations that work for other. . >>Bob Bedwell > With all the postings on darkroom setups, etc, I want to recommend again the > absolutely simplest developer I have ever used - Cachet's AB55. I have used > it with Tri-X, Delta 100, and Agfa25. In fact, I once souped all three films > at the same time in a four reel Nikkor tank. Temperature requirements are > pretty much whatever is currently reasonably comfortable in your darkroom. > Time is somewhere around five minutes in part A followed by another five > minutes in part B. If you don't have a watch or timer, you could probably > estimate the five minutes, too! > > So if anyone is getting started or getting lazy, it's hard to beat AB55. The > results have been as good as any other developer I have tried. I have used > is successfully for medium format, 4x5, and in a Jobo rotary processor, too. > I also used it with Kodak HC (high contrast) film, making negative to > negative, positive B&W slides for projection, using a Honeywell Repronar > slide duplicator. The HC film and AB55 developer captured all the midtones > of the original Leica neg, projecting a sparkling slide that you could never > get by taking a picture of a B&W print. The two working solutions also keep > well for many weeks without changing characteristics > > AB55 is like the Swiss army knife of developers - I keep thinking I need a > more specific developer tool for different situations, but the AB55 just > does the job like an old workhorse. It's a great asset in the darkroom. > > Regards, > Gary Todoroff > Tree LUGger > >