Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have to dust off the uniroller and see if it still works! While the D23 was sweet when adequately seasoned I still wasn't happy with the definition. The 777 seems to have nicer definition and grain. Dissolved grain with sharp edges- can't beat that for TriX. At 02:02 PM 6/8/2009, you wrote: >I bought mine from bluegrass so no imposter there. > >The magic is definitely in the seasonness of the soup. This is a >freshly mixed batch, and you can see the fine grain and tonality >already but not quite the "highlight that goes on forever" yet. In my >blog post, the 2nd picture was done 3-4 years ago and even on the >small 35mm negs, you can see the highlight just keeps going, and >going. > >The other magic, if you read the famous unblinkingeye article, is >consistent agitation method. Let that sinks it a little. I use a Jobo, >and if there is one thing that a Jobo does well, is that it is >extremely consistent in agitation :-) - always rolling. > >To compensate for the potential small tank issue, I just use a lot of >it, to the max of the tank capacity. > >I have read replenished D23 is pretty good too. > >On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Chris Saganich<chs2018 at med.cornell.edu> >wrote: > > Also, the real "777" doesn't like small tanks either. The magik is in > > the > > ratio of developers used which may not be possible to reproduce for small > > tank development. I have read success can be had using1 roll in a 4 roll > > tank. Like D23 it sweetens with age and is economical. My last batch > > D23 > > didn't start really shining until after about 20 rolls. After one full > year > > of using the same 1 liter bottle I finally disposed of it. That's when I > > realized how sweet it had become! > > > >-- >// richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >// w: http://www.rfman.com >// b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049