Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 02:59 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > When Tmax 400 and it's attendant developer came on the market I switched > from Tri-x and Dektol 1:1 and after listening to Mark Rabiner and Tom > Abrahamsson I started to re-use tri-x with EXTOL although Tom tried to > convince me I should use Dektol. ;-) Dektol ? Dektol is pretty close to D-76 with respect to Metol, it has about half the sulphite but has about 75-80 grams of Carbonate. Isn't all that carbonate going to result in short - i.e. 1-2 minute developing times ? What times are you using Ted ? And what's the advantage of Dektol over D-76 ? Just wondering William - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html