Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > Try doing D76 1:2 instead of 1:1 like everyone I went to Webster college > with in the 70's did and I did. > > The one guy who didn't you could spot his 8x10 prints on the wall from ten > feet away. They were mushy. No bite. > > You get a nice kick of adjacency effects with the added dilution as you > would when you'd so dilute just about anything. > And a more defined sharper grain. Not for everybody. But the sharpness > effect mainly through edge effects is well worth it. > > The question is add a tab of acid to it: ascorbic acid that is: and see if > it matches or beats Xtol. I think it would. Lots of people do this already. I might just do that. Summer is a good time to experiment and I have some D76 lying around. All I need to do is pass by the health food store (or squeeze an orange) ... :-) Daniel