Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]William Gower wrote: > > 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. > Ted would have meant D76 when he said Dektol. What Dektol is for paper: D76 is for film. Both standards. I've heard though people actually running their 4x5 film in Dektol for say 2 minutes as an instant film developer in the 40's during WWII. I can't see that working so well in roll film. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html