Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1. What dilution do you use Rodinol at for Agfapan 25? 1:50? 2. What other developers are suitable or better for A-25? Any feedback on Xtol for A-25? Skip At 1/6/00 02:15 PM -0800, you wrote: >Paul Roark wrote: > > > ><Snip> > > Have you done a side-by-side comparison of TP's grain and sharpness when > > developed in Xtol as opposed to liquid Technidol? I'd guess Xtol wins on > > grain. > >I'd like to know how high of a magnification you'd have to go before ANY grain >was visible! >I can never find any! >I'd think the issues at stake would be ones overall look, tonality, separation >and smoothness of different parts of the curve. >I can't focus on grain with a grain magnifier with that stuff. No grain >magnifier I've ever used could ever detect any. >But I've used Agfapan 25 in lieu of that stuff for years. >With Rodinol I can just makeout a grain pattern with Agfapan 25. But with no >other developer! >Mark Rabiner - ----------------------------------------------- Skip Williams Westfield, NJ skipwilliams@pobox.com - -----------------------------------------------