Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [OT] Jobo CPE-2...
From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspw.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:39:42 -0500 (EST)

mark,

> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
> 
> If you cant [obtain higher densities throught loinger development with
> dilute developer] do that then stronger dilutions (less water) is indicated.

you'd agree that you could also maintain the (1+3) dilution and
increase the total available volume of developer?

another alternative that might theoretically work is to
develop in fresh dilute developer for some fraction of the total
time (perhaps a third) then at the next agitation inverval
to replace with fresh dilute developer for the remainder of the
developing time.  hence you could avoid developer exhaustion, while
maintaining small working volume solution.  never tried it.  but if i
were to regularly develop more than 2-3 rolls at a time, maybe it would
help out.

- -rei
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