Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Malcolm, in your (timely) exchange with Tom Finnegan about split D23 do I understand you to say that for tab grain films Anchell and Troop suggest 35 gram/liter sulfite and you use 5-10 grams? (instead of 100 grams/liter in the Ansel Adams formula I have been using for TriX); and that similarly you have been testing using 5-6 grams Kodalk/liter instead of the 15 in the recipe I have been using? This would be a significant change in what i have been doing. The split developer practice seems to work well for me, particularly on rolls shot under varying conditions: I often find that I can increase the contrast of flatter frames but have more difficulty printing overexposed/overdeveloped frames, and often they are on the same roll. I have been testing the Johnny-inspired split D76 and split D23 with sheet film this week, and after seeing your note I just now tried it with TriX 35mm. The negatives look good. Bill Harting